A 2020 FBI document included in the Epstein files alleges that billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein was “trained as a spy” under former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
The document, marked by the American agency as a confidential human source (CHS) report, contains intelligence about “improper domestic or foreign influence over the electoral process in the US”, but the source “expanded on several matters”.
According to the document, the source “shared phone calls between [Harvard law professor Alan] Dershowitz and Epstein during which he/she took notes”.
The details of the phone call would then be relayed to the Mossad foreign intelligence agency.
The informant, who delivered the intelligence on 16 October 2020, alleged that Barak regarded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “criminal” and heard a lot of conversations about Epstein before they “became convinced that Epstein was a co-opted Mossad Agent”.
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The source also recalled Dershowitz telling another US attorney that “Epstein belonged to both US and allied intelligence services”.
The unnamed source, who appears only once in the Epstein files under a designated source ID, also reported other claims, including that Dershowitz himself had been co-opted by Mossad.
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Dershowitz, a highly divisive figure and long-time friend and advisor of Netanyahu, has been involved in the defence of several high-profile US cases, including those of Epstein, Harvey Weinstein and Donald Trump.
The source added that they believed venture capital firm “Day One Ventures was in Silicon Valley to steal technology”.
Day One was founded by a former Epstein publicist, Masha Bucher, who the source said was “Vladimir Putin’s main contact in the Russian Youth movement”.
The source goes on to suggest a long-running relationship between the family of Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and sometime aide, and Israel.
The source also mentions Jared’s father, Charles Kushner, and “the deep ties the Kushner family has with Israel and their history of corrupt business practices”. The source does not elaborate on the alleged corrupt business practices.
Other recently released files reveal that Epstein and Barak, who also served as defence minister between 2007 and 2013, had a long-running relationship.
Documents have shown that Epstein advised Barak on tech firm Palantir, asked the former Israeli leader to give former British minister Lord Peter Mandelson a job at an energy company and discussed the “massive” consultancy fees to be paid to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
On Friday, Netanyahu posted on X: “Jeffrey Epstein’s unusual close relationship with Ehud Barak doesn’t suggest Epstein worked for Israel. It proves the opposite.
“Barak has for years obsessively attempted to undermine Israeli democracy by working with the anti-Zionist radical left in failed attempts to overthrow the elected Israeli government. Barak’s personal fixation led him to engage in activities publicly and behind the scenes to undermine the government of Israel.”
