Of course it was a honeytrap. Was, "Was it a honeytrap?"

 

Delia Kane, age 14 at  The Exchange Luncheon, Why is her photo up here on this thread? Well, it'll become more apparent below, but we now know that the Playboy mansion had a minor who grew up in it, and whose fell into vice about it, tried to write about it, and who had those writing suppressed by Playboy.  Additionally, from other sources, which won't receive as much press as the current A&E documentary, Playboy actually promoted the sexualization of female minors in its early history to such an extent that the result of an independent European study caused this to cease before it became a matter they addressed. This was apparently through its cartoons, but it's worth nothing that apparently at least one Playboy model was 17 years old at the time of her centerfold appearance and another, who later killed herself, was a high school student, albeit a married one.  Girls and young women were accidents of unfortunate labor early in the 20th Century. But the late 20th Century, they were the target of pornographers and sex exploiters.  Which is worse? (From a prior post, but one which is related to this one, and which we'll explain in an upcoming post).

We posted the question yesterday, and did an entry on it.

Lex Anteinternet: Was it a honeytrap?: Never get into an elevator with a Polish blonde” David M. Evans, Consular/Economic Officer, Warsaw, 1964-1967 Cold War era Greek poster warn...

After that, it really occurred to us the question wasn't, was it a honeytrap?   The Epstein teenage girl platter was of course a honeytrap.

The question is, who benefited from it?

We've made the classic suggestion, it was espionage.  But there are other types of espionage other than the clandestine statecraft type.

Industrial espionage is one.

Now, frankly it looks unlikely to be that, but it's possible.  And engaging in spycraft for nations doesn't preclude engaging in it for industry. There are indeed examples of men and women who have done both.

Which takes us to our next item. What if all the effort to stock a Caribbean island with desperate nymphs was simply to advance Epstein himself, much like bootlegging was to advance the bootleggers.

That could have worked in several ways.  One was simply a chance to offer teenage girls to men who wanted to screw teenage girls in exchange for something. . . money, connections, or whatever.

But it goes without saying that if a person set that up, blackmailing them would become very easy to do.

Indeed, why wouldn't a person who had reached such a state of moral depravity take the next step and do so?  Only for a couple of reasons, really.  One is that it might endanger the entire enterprise.  The second is that it might backfire and cause you to end up dead.

And while it's unlikely, it's possible just that occured.

Blackmail, whether as a goal, or accidental byproduct, is indeed part and parcel of an operation such as this.  Epstein had desperate teenage girls available for sex and rich associates who wanted to screw them.  Once they did, he knew that had occured. They had to depend upon his confidence and he upon theirs. The latter was easily acquired as nobody wants to end up like Prince Andrew.  The former, however, could very easily have come at a price at any point.

And the need for confidentiality on the part of the guilty is so strong, that the forces that purchased it are still at work.  By this point, we know why the entire files aren't being released.  When half released, lives are being destroyed.  Andrew lost his theoretical crown.  Peter Mandelson is now out of the House of Lords.  Bill Gates is fighting allegations he deems absurd but which his ex wife Melinda is at least somewhat crediting.

In the end, whatever it is, didn't work out for Epstein twice. The first time it certainly did, he practically got a get out of jail free card.  The second time he lost his life, most likely by his own hands.  Whatever else is in there people are fighting to keep secret.

Which brings us back to something distressing but frankly necessary.

We're never going to know what happened on Epstein Island and in his homes until all the names are released, accused as well as victim.  I know that the victims don't want that, but it's necessary.  Their anonymity keeps them subject to blackmail.  Once their names are out, and those of the accusers are out, if ever, they're free of the threat that chains them and can tell who violated them.  

And as a final note, when the "Me Too" movement broke out it emphasized believing the women who were telling their stories.  Now women do lie about crimes, just like men, and women have lied in the past about rape.  But here there seems to be a widespread acceptance that the worst stories just aren't true.

Why is that?

I'm not saying they are, but if you'd told me fifteen years ago that there was a man who ran a white slavery ring for the wealthy and had his own island where the rich and powerful frequented and sampled the offerings, I wouldn't have believed that either.

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