https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/07/doug-casey/how-the-epstein-scandal-is-shaking-the-foundations-of-power/

How the Epstein Scandal Is Shaking the Foundations of Power

By Doug Casey
International Man

International Man: Tucker Carlson recently claimed that it is widely known in Washington that Jeffrey Epstein operated on behalf of Israel’s intelligence service. What are your thoughts?

Doug Casey: Although I lived in DC for almost half my life, since my father’s side of the family has been there since the 1850s, I’m now out of touch with Mordor and its denizens. Therefore, I can’t retail any fresh scuttlebutt to you. The fact is that all any of us really know—or rather think we know—is what we hear, read, or see on the news. And most of that is propaganda, lies, half-truths, conjectures, psy-ops, or just plain stupidity.

That said, I’m inclined to believe the worst because of the type of people who are naturally drawn to Washington, DC. All political centers are similar—DC, Brussels, Tel Aviv, right down to the county seat of Dogpatch. A certain type of person is drawn to Hollywood, and a different type to Las Vegas, a different type to New York. DC attracts busybodies, do-gooders, ideologues, and power junkies, among others. They’re America’s criminal class. Frankly, DC makes my skin crawl. And the place has gotten much worse than it was when I lived there.

In any event, the so-called “intelligence community” is in its own world. I love the way they’re referred to as a “community,” as if it were a beneficial social group. The CIA and other praetorian agencies each have their own “campus” in and around DC, their denizens sequestered in their siloes, associating mainly with each other.

The world of Intel is necessarily one of secrecy, blackmail, bribery, honey traps, murder, and lies. It’s only logical to believe the very worst because of the kind of people that we’re dealing with.

I suspect the CIA has closer ties with Israel’s Mossad than most parts of America. They’re in the same business, they’re colleagues. They see the general public as the unwashed little people, pawns. ......