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Jeffrey Epstein, Israel, and Elite Power, with Murtaza Hussain – #100
Description
Murtaza Hussain is a reporter for Drop Site News, which has broken
important stories based on recently obtained Epstein emails. Hussain
reports that Epstein had an “extensive relationship with Israeli
intelligence, U.S. intelligence and the intelligence agencies of other
countries, as well... He was a dealmaker and a fixer at a very, very
elite level.”
Links:
Drop Site News series on Epstein and Israel
https://www.dropsitenews.com/s/epstein-and-israel
Former Israeli spy Ari Ben Menashe on Jeffrey Epstein
https://x.com/hsu_steve/status/1994046737040712144
- (01:08) - Introduction
- (02:20) - The Mission of Drop Site News
- (06:00) - Epstein Emails
- (15:28) - Epstein connections and elite power
- (35:48) - Epstein and intel agencies
- (39:54) - Ari Ben Menashe and the Iran Contra Affair
- (42:21) - Media Censorship and Political Implications
- (47:33) - The Future of Epstein Investigations
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Steve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation at MSU and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Science at the University of Oregon. Hsu is a startup founder (SuperFocus.ai, SafeWeb, Genomic Prediction, Othram) and advisor to venture capital and other investment firms. He was educated at Caltech and Berkeley, was a Harvard Junior Fellow, and has held faculty positions at Yale, the University of Oregon, and MSU. Please send any questions or suggestions to manifold1podcast@gmail.com or Steve on X @hsu_steve.
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