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The US already has intelligence sharing programs with many of their Allies (eg the five eyes alliance, which includes Canada, Australia, the UK and NZ). So other nations very well may have copies
For over 20 years now...
The first investigation was early 2005
But this was an international ring, other countries had other sources as well, and have for just as long.
Look at Jimmy Saville in the UK, everyone knew but no one said anything till he died, and then some random henchmen were all that went down.
Epstein and Saville weren't the only ones, and others are almost certainly still operating as open secrets right now.
That's the real reason every government is slow walking this. People implicated in the Epstein files, would snitch on people from other rings. Those people would snitch on the rest of their ring. And then another start it again.
It's basically how the aliens from Solar Opposites works, and it results the same: exponential growth.
If people on the Epstein list are prosecuted then virtually every trafficking ring and every other shady thing billionaires get up to will also likely come out. Everyone of them would sell the rest out to save themselves.
And that's why we need to do it before they die, and they can still be pressured to snitch.
I could be wrong, but I don't think the 'five eyes' agreement applies. The "Epstein files" aren't signals intelligence and weren't gathered by an intelligence agency. They were seized as part of a legal investigation.
You might be right. I really don’t know what would be included under their intelligence sharing agreements, I just know that an agreement exists
It would apply to cia intelligence. But this epstein thing is so high up in the chain, with such a critical mass of baby rapers in positions of power, that there would've been pressure to hide the information, to not record it as such in the first place perhaps. And or restrict the information from those allies.
That's true, and what else is true although not widely known is the 5 eyes alliance is in large degree an end run around laws we have preventing our intelligence agencies from spying on their own citizens. We have our allies do it, then share the information back with us. Even if it's the US initiating the investigation/operation, doing all the work itself. They put an ally on the letterhead and forward the information there and back and call it intelligence sharing.
I thought they'd backed out of that?
Trump was threatening too but I dont think he ever did.