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The CIA and Jeffrey Epstein

"some kind of symbiosis"

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Henry Abbott
Mar 17, 2026
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Not so long ago I bragged a little about Julian Dorey calling TrueHoop’s Epstein research “some of the best shit I have ever read.” That was kind of him.

But watch that whole episode, which of course I did, and it included something that I didn’t digest so well. The guest on that episode of Julian’s show is former CIA officer John Kiriakou. Kiriakou’s a fascinating guy who has scored a lot of points with me for his repeated truth-telling, very much including going to prison for blowing the whistle on CIA torture. He is the opposite of mealy-mouthed. I wish we had many more insiders speaking in public with Kiriakou’s candor.

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But in that episode, Kiriakou pours cold water on the idea Epstein worked for the CIA. He explains that he worked near a lot of high-level insiders, who talked about Adnan Khashoggi all the time. And h…

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