>>23205260• Networks with Intelligence Figures: Epstein pursued relationships with figures like Peter Thiel (cofounder of data analytics firm Palantir, known for government surveillance contracts) and arranged a 2014 meeting with him. Thiel-linked funds later invested in Carbyne. He also engaged with Russian elites, including Viktor Vekselberg (a sanctioned Putin ally who backed similar AI surveillance firms) and Sergey Belyakov (a former Russian deputy minister), discussing cyber warfare and nanotechnology. These ties suggest Epstein operated in circles where intelligence gathering and compromising information (kompromat) are common tactics, potentially amplifying his ability to collect and weaponize dirt on elites for blackmail. 
• Broader Implications for Compromising Information: The piece notes Epstein’s interest in other spy-adjacent ventures, like Levitection (an electromagnetic imaging startup that won a U.S. Department of Homeland Security contract before folding). Such technologies could support the infrastructure for Epstein’s alleged “honeytrap” schemes, where sexual encounters were recorded to control influential people in politics, business, and science. The article implies these spy links weren’t coincidental but part of a pattern of “wheeler-dealing” that blurred lines between finance, espionage, and exploitation—echoing accusations from victims and prosecutors that Epstein’s operation had intelligence undertones (e.g., possible Mossad or CIA involvement, though unproven).
