This part of Epsteins history hasn't been discussed much as far as I know. He was involved in high level genetic engineering involving pharmaceutical companies and perhaps the connection with Bill Gates. If we have super sleuths combing through these files we may hear of JE connections to certain biolabs we should pay attention to. Its said he obtained children for these purposes as well, A few things I've heard on the interwebs.
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I would tend to think that he was kind of an employee, paid for a blackmailing operation
Are all those things, that appear as "side things" - a cover-up?
That's because the blackmailing operation would be composed of a team, several people, each more or less dedicated towards what the memo says. Basic military team. This would leave few room, in reality, for "those people were fascinated by ... and ..." - because they would be playing a role. That would be part of the Psyop.
Just a guess! I am of course fascinated by all the aspects that are tied to Epstein. Could be that the question is why did he have those specs, bound to him.
Was it out of "passion" / sincere interest - or was it part of a cover-up?
I would be tempted to see Epstein as a busy military trying to infiltrate as much as he could & reporting to his headquarters (something like that). Mono-job.
Military operations seem very compartementalized, precise and everybody has a specific role. That's what I noticed when I went to the army for basic training. There is no room for "personal" things. It's boring. It's mono black & white. And this aspect is not that obvious right now in this case - while we know he was part of such thing overall. That is why I am checking a bit about this - shouldn't it be "so" and "not so"?
Logic may be carefully concealed ("prevented" and funneled) here, in the sense that we tend to adopt logic X while it's off-track.
The wonderful world of Israeli operations! When we see what they did to Palestinians... They don't feel compelled to go STO at all. What remains would be just pure machiavellianism. So, trying to find this aspect in this case.
When you strip the mask, the truth appears in all of its uglyness (it's raw - there is nothing else than service to self). So - where and what is the mask?!
But of course I may be wrong. Just something I kind of see here. After all, we will know about all of this, at some point.