As of writing this review, I have not started to read volume 2. However, I think I can see where Webb is going.

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William] Casey and [Roy] Cohn were close friends, and, during the 1980 Reagan campaign, Casey “called Roy almost daily.” … [I]n the immediate aftermath of Reagan’s electoral victory, Cohn … took (Adnan) Khashoggi on as a client. Epstein would follow suit, shortly after his resignation from Bear Stearns. … Casey had been the legal representative of Bear Stearns during Epstein’s time there up until several weeks before Epstein’s abrupt resignation, when Casey became CIA Director. (Webb, ppg. 650–51) I plan to read some of the articles referenced and perhaps find some of the books as well. Since 2017 I indulged in these kinds of books, exploring the hidden world of shadow governments and often wild conspiracy theories. It left me in a dark depression and I stopped in 2021. Many of the books I read are not even listed on my GR shelves. Never will be. But this book just lured me in. It is widely praised on Youtube and social media (as much as it is criticized). It was one of the author's interviews that inspired me to find it. I'm going to go with: "I was in the general neighborhood." I wasn't entirely correct, but I was partially correct. Jeffrey Epstein was one character in a very large, diverse cast and--like some characters in big, complicated stories--he had to be taken out. The story just couldn't go on with him in it. His use to the overarching plot had reached its limit. I was tempted to give it only 3 stars as this book is the best example of an info dump as I've seen. A lot of seemingly extraneous information that is hard to follow. But it is rigorously researched with some details you'll be hard pressed to find other places.Why was prince Andrew so important though? Beginning in 2001, the Duke of York worked with UK Trade and investment which was part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The Duke was then acting as the United Kingdom's Special Representative for International Trade and Investment. ...

One Nation Under Blackmail, Vol. 1: The Sordid Union Between One Nation Under Blackmail, Vol. 1: The Sordid Union Between

Originally published 08/10/22. Full episode available on Rokfin, SoundCloud, Odysee, Archive.org, Apple, and all podcast platforms. Questions about the book? The author did not try to impress by writing a non-fictional thriller. She tried to provide facts and context, dishing up as much information as she could find. MEHS: a massive compilation of whose who's behind Jeffrey Epstein. A tedious compilation of hundreds of newspaper reports and books on the allegedly, probably, assumingly, involvement of criminal gangs, secret societies, bag men, money launderers, financial institutions, and governments. This book was a fascinating read. It is a summary of all the world players warring for the control of America. Don't get me wrong. I've read plenty of books before this one that document elements of these networks. However, I've never read a book before that focuses primarily on documenting the networks themselves. Other writers home in on specific kinds of misbehavior by the elite (financial corruption, sexual deviancy, whatever). All too often, these kinds of stories are focused on exposing one particular kind of person, especially in politics (Democrats are bad! Republicans are corrupt!). What the documentation of the networks shows is that they are all complicit.The presidencies of the world are mere clowns—puppets; even stooges can be set up to be the leaders of countries. Volume Two includes the role of international secret societies, and the role of mind control (which I found preachy), with only the final chapters dedicated to Epstein—his covert and illegal activities to serve this international alternative government of a massive un-elected mafia. To safeguard herself, Whitney Webb used the right language not to be sued. Her book is potent enough to expose the forces hiding in the dark, controlling the world. The bibliography is outstanding. The hundreds of articles, books, documents, and law records are mind-blowing. It will take years to read only some of the sources referenced in this book. However, more journalists and eyewitnesses than can ever be counted tried to bring awareness to the real history of mankind. This is it. In a nutshell. But a tour de force for sure.

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I don't agree with everything in the book but do appreciate the hard work of the author to summarize a part of history we all need to pay attention to. It is not a book to be rushed through by any means. If it wasn't for a group of vigilante and courageous journalists, nothing of this magnitude will ever be exposed. Sadly, they are silenced. So many whistle-blowers die as a result. Because virtually nobody within elite circles is blameless because of their links to these various networks, men like Jeffrey Epstein were useful because, if there's one criminal act that people genuinely and generally find to be unforgivable, it's the sexual abuse of children. So if you can assemble a dossier of every elite actor's proclivity for sexual deviancy, especially with children, then you secure their silence. Nobody is going to expose how deep the corruption is because nobody wants to be known as a pedophile. Jeffrey Epstein was, in essence, an insurance agent. He sold insurance to the networks. If everyone knows that everyone else is a pedophile, and if everyone knows that everyone else knows that they're a pedophile, too, then everyone is invested in protecting the network. My thoughts on Virginia Guiffre(then Virginia Roberts) who is not the center of attention in the book at all, but still bothers me. She was allegedly a victim in the Epstein-Prince Andrew scandal. In the final chapters in which her case is discussed, I can only conclude that she got paid to keep her mouth shut and go away. Hoover repeatedly declined to use the Bureau to target organized crime networks, referring to organized crime as a “local” problem in which the FBI did not need to intervene for most of his nearly fifty-year stint as the top law enforcement administrator in the countryIn his official position, Andrew began doing business with executives from some of the world's most powerful companies as well as major politicians in both the UK and abroad. In this position, Prince Andrew traveled throughout the United Kingdom and the wider world.