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From Pavilion to “Mosque”: The Strange Evolution of Epstein’s Infamous Dome (4/30/26) · The Epstein Chronicles

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Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
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Epstein Chronicles. Over the years, there's been a narrative built
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that Jeffrey Epstein was some kind of Massad superspy and
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that everything he was doing was on behalf of the
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Israeli government. While there's certainly some truth to the fact
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that Jeffrey Epstein worked in conjunction with the Israeli government,
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that doesn't make him a card carrying member of the Massad,
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especially when you start looking at all the other evidence
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that's been provided, including his infatuation with Islam. Jeffrey Epstein
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had a thing for Islam, Islamic traditions, and certainly Islamic artifacts.
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So let's just strip it down to something disciplined, because
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the Epstein was Masad narrative has been treated with far
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more seriousness than it's ever earned. There's a fundamental difference,
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one that professionals in intelligence, law enforcement, and financial crime
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understand immediately between a controlled, formal intelligence office and a deniable,
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opportunistic asset. Epstein fits squarely in the latter category. He
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was a facilitator, a broker of access, a man who
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cultivated proximity to power and then monetized that proximity in
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ways that made him useful to multiple interested parties. That's
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not conjecture. That's his operating model. And what's being pushed
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by the loudest voices is not analysis. It's reductionism. They
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took a complex, multi jurisdictional network involving finance, politics, academia,
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and transnational movement and collapsed it into a single axis explanation.
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That's not how intelligence ecosystems function. No serious service, whether
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it's Masad, the CIA, or any comparable body, relies on
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a loan ideologically committed superagent, operating and playing sight for
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decades at that level of exposure. That's fiction. What they
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do rely on are individuals like Epstein, financially embedded, socially connected,
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morally compromised, who can be engaged, leveraged, and discarded as necessary.
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And importantly, such individuals are rarely exclusive to one service.
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That's the part the narrative conveniently ignores. Now, look at
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Epstein himself, not as a character in someone's geopolitical fan fiction,
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but as a subject of record. His communications, his associations,
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his movements. None of it reflects ideological alignment with a
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single national intelligence agenda. It reflects opportunism, It reflects adaptability.
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It reflects somebody who understood the value of access across
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different power structures and navigated accordingly. Even the way he
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framed his own environments and affiliations, fluid performative tailored to
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audience undermines the idea of a disciplined, mission bound operative.
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Intelligence officers are controlled assets within a structure. Epstein operated
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out side of any structure, which is precisely why he
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was valuable. So when people repeat the claim that Epstein
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was some kind of dedicated masad operative, what they're really doing,
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whether they realize it or not, is simplifying a complex
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operational environment into something digestible but fundamentally misleading. It replaces
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structure with mythology, It replaces evidence with assumption, and in
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doing so, it moves the discussion further away from the
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kind of rigorous, multi layered analysis that this case actually demands.
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Today's article was published by The Independent, headlined Epstein obtained
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sacred items from Mecca for unusual mosque on his private island.
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This article was authored by Mike Bettigan. The Epstein files
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of shed light on the purpose of a mysterious blue
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and white stripe building on the pedophile financiers Caribbean island
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of Little Saint James. Correspondent showed that Epstein referred to
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the building as a mosque on multiple occasions, though the
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plans for the structure were changed multiple times, having at
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one point been designated as a music room, a chapel,
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and a pavilion. Well, that kind of goes in the
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face of everything that's been pitched, huh. I mean, it's
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totally the behavior of somebody in the massade to build
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a mosque on their island and then populate it with
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a bunch of Islamic artifacts. It should look old, it
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will be for the inside walls like a mosque. I
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would love to see examples. Epstein wrote and correspondence to
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a contact in Uzbekistan discussing types of tiles to decorate
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the building, which is topped with a golden dome. And
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of course the counter to this is going to be, well,
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he made it look like a mosque, because that's part
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of the psi op. It's unclear if the building was
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ever actually used for its purpose as a place of
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Islamic worship. Epstein identified himself as a secular Jew now look,
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I don't know if it was used for worship di that,
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but anybody out here pitching that Jeffrey Epstein was some
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Masad agent is crazy. The gap between what an agent
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is and what an asset is is gigantic, and they're
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not the same thing. They're not interchangeable. When you're an asset,
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you're somebody that's being run, you're being managed. You have
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a handler, you have a contact, somebody you're you know,
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talking to. When you're an agent, you work for the
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agency itself, you work for the government. And that was
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never Jeffrey Epstein's role. The whole idea was to keep
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them clandestine and to keep them off the books. That's
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how he was most effective. And to do that he
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had to be able to operate as an independent contractor,
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and that's exactly what he's always been. However, the documents
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reveal a year's long obsession with Arabic and muslimart and culture,
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evidenced in his interactions with powerful figures including Amarati Sultan,
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Ahmed bin Sulium, and Mohammed ben Solomon, who would later
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become Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. These were all of
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Jeffrey Epstein's buddies, and let's remember they share the same proclivities.
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Are we going to make pretend that these princes, the
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Sikhs over in the Gulf Arab nations aren't into some
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wild shit? Come on, we've all heard the stories about
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Instagram models, human portapottis, et cetera. So what would make
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anyone think that Jeffrey Epstein wouldn't be directly in his
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element in these countries. That's the kind of shit he
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was really into. You want to talk about a vulgar
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display of power, head over to one of these parties
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with these princes and these Instagram models. Photos released as
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part of the files show Epstein with Sulium, who was
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forced to resign from his position as head of Dubai
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based cargo logistics company DP World due to his association
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with the financier inspecting a large merge elaborate tapestry on
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the floor of his New York townhouse in twenty fourteen. Well,
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that sure goes against the narrative. Huh, the Jewish James
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Bond Jeffrey Epstein covorting with a bunch of Arab shakehs
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okay I guess. In two thousand and three, Epstein claimed
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a vanity affair that he owned the largest Persian rug
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you'll ever see in a private home, so big it
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must have come from a mosque. While serving jail time in
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Florida in two thousand and nine, Epstein had hired architects
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to draw up plans for a large Hamam Turkish bath
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house and spa, complete with baths, massage parlor, and a
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private terrist and probably someplace for the harem. Right. I mean,
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that was a gigantic thing, with the Ottoman Empire all
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the way back in Turkish history. Jeffrey Epstein had a
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fascination with this whole entire lifestyle, and he certainly had
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a fascination with Islam itself. And I think that the
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evidence backs all of that up. These plans were abandoned
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in favor of a music room, the document show, though
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the designs were still Middle Eastern in style. In twenty eleven,
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he asked his Uzbek contact about acquiring the tiles for
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his mosque, detailing specific details such as correct lettering to
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retain authenticity. Now, of course, we have to keep in
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mind Epstein might have been lying to these dudes too.
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Oh yeah, I'm building a mosque. I'm doing this, I'm
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doing that. Can you help me get some tiles? Meanwhile,
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he has no desire or no intention of really building
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a mosque. And I think that really illustrates the point
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that Jeffrey Epstein was in me first m effort, and
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he didn't care about any real ideology. He didn't care
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about religion, he didn't care about state. He cared about self.
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Epstein exercises substantial wealth and influence to acquire extravagant pieces
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for the building. In twenty seventeen, the document show he
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met with Aziza al Ahmadi, an aid to a consultant
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for the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia. Now do you
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think the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia is meeting with
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massad agents on a regular basis. Now that's not to
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say a massad agent hasn't been slipped in before, but
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do you really think that's something the Saudi royal family does.
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At that time, negotiations were being made for the shipment
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of a special tent to be shipped to Epstein's island,
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as well as more items for the mosque. We're receiving
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three pieces from the Kaba, Epstein's assistant told the customs broker,
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apparently referring to the stone Qube building that stands at
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the center of the Islamic holy site of Mecca. Are
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we just going to ignore this? Is this something that
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we should just be like? Ah? You know what, Epstein
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was pretty eccentric. He was just doing this as a
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big gag. Or could it be that Jeffrey Epstein had
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a very very high opinion of Islam overall, One of
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the idea had been used inside the Kaba, according to
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the document, and another was the kiswa, the outer covering
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of the structure, which has enormous religious significance. The coverings
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were replaced every year, created by hundreds of individuals in
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royal workshop, using about fifteen hundred pounds of silk and
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two hundred and fifty pounds of gold and silver thread.
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Each one reportedly cost around five million. And they gave
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that to Epstein. Why would they give that to Epstein
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if he was some gigantic enemy of their race, of
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their religion, of their life. Well, the answer is he wasn't.
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Epstein was an asset to them, just as much as
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he was an asset to Israel, or America or the Russians.
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That was Epstein's purpose. After it's been used, the kiss
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was divided up and distributed to various organizations or benefactors.
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The black piece was touched by a minimum ten million
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Muslims of different denominations, Sunni, Shia, and others. El Akhmadi
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told Epstein in an email, highlighting the significance of the item.
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So we're not talking about just a little, you know,
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non meaningful piece of fabric. We're talking about something that
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has big meaning in the Islamic world, and it was
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given to Jeffrey Epstein. They walk around the kaba seven rounds.
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Then everyone tries as much as they can to touch it,
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and they kept their prayers, wishes, tears and hopes on
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this piece, hoping after all that their prayers are accepted.
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Epstein died in a New York jail in twenty nineteen
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after being arrested on sex trafficking charges. Now I've never
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been a fan of the whole Masad theory. I've told
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you that from the very beginning of this. It was
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too convenient, and it's too clean, and it gives the
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real people who created Epstein and out, and also a
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convenient boogeyman that was always the purpose, and it was
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pretty effective. A lot of people bought into it. Everybody's
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looking for a boogeyman, but unfortunately, when it comes to Epstein,
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you didn't need to go overseas to find that boogeyman.
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All you had to do was head down to Langley.
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Because the truth is, Jeffrey Epstein was unleashed on the world,
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not by the Masad, but by our very own CIA
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and intelligence services right here in the good old United States.
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And that's why I always tell you that the Masad
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had a seat at the table, but they most certainly
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weren't cooking the meal. All the information that goes with
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