. A longtime associate of the
, Kissinger still wields incredible power in the foreign policy arena. Curiously, Kissinger is one of the few US foreign policy elites in the neoliberal establishment who has taken a more moderate approach towards
's Russia. Indeed, Kissinger has reportedly pushed Trump to improve relations with Russia
For our purposes here, it is interesting to note that Kissinger was a some-time Cercle participant during the 1970s, as noted by
. Kissinger appears to have broken with the group at some point during that decade, however. Many within Le Cercle were deeply opposed to his pursuit of
Kissinger appears to have had some type of relationship with Robert Maxwell also. The not-always-reliable
that Kissinger's wife described their relationship as just one consisting of minor business dealings, but others in this work depict Kissinger and Maxwell as having a much closer relationship.
Curiously, Kissinger is reportedly the one who introduced Maxwell to longtime Republican Senator
. Tower was close to fellow Texan
and was initially tapped by Bush I to be his Defense Secretary. Tower's confirmation was voted down by the Senate and the post ultimately went to
It is interesting to note that Tower was one of the men present at the 1989 party Maxwell threw that was attended by Trump and Maxwell's daughter, Ghislaine (More information of the increasingly infamous 1989 party can be found
). The party would have occurred just a few months after Tower was rejected for Defense Secretary, and about a year before he was appointed chairman of the powerful
(PFIBA). Kissinger himself was already a member of the PFIAB at the time.
among the neoliberal elite, the Kochs' ideologically falls firmly in the camp of
(MPS)-style libertarianism. And it just so happens that the economists who founded the MPS are generally credited with pioneering the concept of neoliberalism during the 1930s. Because of the domination of
amongst the Liberal elite during the middle of the twentieth century, neoliberalism was mostly supported by the
However, the zeitgeist began to shift during the 1970s as neoliberalism entered the mainstream. By the late 1990s, major tenets of neoliberalism such as free trade, open borders, deregulation, and an opposition to central planning had been firmly embraced by both major political parties in the United States. The rest of the world hasn't fared much better either. An excellent account of the rise of neoliberalism can be found in Quinn Slobodian's
is a member of the MPS and together these two have played a crucial role in spreading the ideology of the MPS through a series of libertarian-centric think tanks. The depth of Koch brother influence on the modern political landscape has been explored by Jane Meyer in
. These efforts had a profound influence on the Overworld and played a crucial role in the shift to neoliberalism among the "liberal" faction of the US. As such, it should come as little surprise that the Koch brothers appear to have
The influence of the Koch brothers over the Republican party is such that they were able to place their own people in key positions in the Trump administration (noted
. David Koch showing up in Epstein's black book may be an indication as to why the Orange One felt comfortable in appointing Koch-flunky
. Soros and his
are among the most generous patrons of "progressive" causes the world over. He was a major donor for both
and in general one of the Democratic party's most generous patrons. As such, he is a longtime bugaboo of both the far right and
. No doubt both camps would be pleased to have dirt on a nephew of Soros'.
This researcher personally finds the names of British elites listed in Epstein's book to be among the most interesting. They provide some truly remarkable connections to prior black operations chronicled in this blog, among others. So, let us begin.
Cliveden would later gain infamy again during the Profumo scandal of the early 1960s.
Stephen Ward, who headed one of the rings providing girls to British elites, rented a cottage there on the weekends. As such, it was a frequent location for sex parties among the British aristocracy. Lord Asor's father,
Lord William Astor, 3rd, was deeply involved in these parties and may have been compromised by Soviet intelligence in the process. The scandal subsequently ruined Astor, who died prematurely in 1966 never having recovered from the fallout.
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| Cliveden |
It was against this backdrop that the present Lord Astor grew up around. Despite the family disgrace, Lord Astor bounced back nicely and once again has the family near the centers of power. He is the father-in-law of former Tory prime minister
David Cameron.
Cecil family: The Cecils have been one of the most powerful and well connected British families for centuries now. The patriarch was
William Cecil, Baron Burghley, who served twice as Secretary of State and once as
Lord High Treasurer for the first
Queen Elizabeth. Hence, the family has been a staple of British political life since the sixteenth century.
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| William Cecil |
Several of the
Marquess of Salisbury were close to
Julian Amery, a pivotal figure in British black ops throughout the Cold War and chairman of the Cercle complex during the 1980s (Amery was addressed during my
prior post on Epstein). Both the
fifth and
sixth were active in the far right
Monday Club with Amery, while the sixth Marquess of Salisbury would participate in several Cercle meetings during the 1980s. In general, this branch of the Cecil family was very close to the network of far right British aristocrats and intelligence officers linked to the
Hambros Bank and Le Cercle that I briefly outlined in my prior post on Epstein.
There are two Cecils listed in Epstein's black book. One, Aurelia Cecil Stephenson, is definitely a descendant of the historic family, but from the
Amherst-Hackney line. The other, a
Dr. Mark Cecil, is a hedge fund manager with ample connections to the British aristocracy. I have not been able to determine if he is related to the historic Cecil family, however.
Mark Getty: The founder of
Getty Images and a member of the wealthy Anglo-American
Getty family. Mark is the son of
Sir John Paul Getty Jr. As was noted before
here, JPG was also involved in the sex ring linked to Stephen Ward that was exposed by Profumo. He would later bring infamous filmmaker and occultist
Kenneth Anger to the UK. Anger quickly made inroads among high society types and befriended several members of the
Rolling Stones, including
Mick Jagger. And it just so happens, Sir Mick is also in Epstein's black book.
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| Getty |
Isabel Goldsmith: This would appear to be the oldest daughter of
Sir James Goldsmith. There is much dispute as to whether Goldsmith was a member of the Cercle complex or not. At a minimum, he was a close collaborator and financial patron of
Brian Crozier, another British Cercle chairman during the 1980s. He was also close to
Sir David Stirling, a co-founder of the
SAS who collaborated frequently with Julian Amery over the years.
Clementine Hambro: A member of the powerful family of merchant bankers. As was noted in
my prior post on Epstein, Robert Maxwell was set up with his first publishing house by the Hambros Bank, which appears to have continued to lend him money for years afterwards. The Hambro family and their bank were also closely linked to British intelligence, frequently providing funds and fronts for covert operations.
Sir Charles Hambro, a member of the
Bank of England's board of directors and a former head of the
Special Operations Executive during WWII, appears to have been the patriarch of the right wing network of British intelligence officers that would rally to Cercle complex during the 1970s. Several Cercle members had close ties to Hambro and his bank.
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| Sir Charles Hambro |
Its likely that Hambro's network was part of a broader intelligence web overseen by the World Commerce Corporation (WCC). Established shortly after WWII, the WCC was a commercial intelligence operations featuring numerous former members of the OSS, SOE, and MI6 among its ranks. Sir Charles oversaw British operations, while
William Stephenson represented Canada and OSS founder and director
William "Wild Bill" Donovan the United States. Donovan would briefly serve as the corporation's chairman as well. Much more information on the WCC can be found
here and in my
prior post on Epstein.
Clementine is not from that wing of Hambro family as Sir Charles, but her
father and uncles have remained powerful figures within the British banking industry. What's more, her mother was Charlotte Soames, the daughter of
Christopher Soames,
Winston Churchill's son-in-law and a powerful figure within the Tory party. One of Clementine's uncles is
Sir Nicholas Soames, another powerful Tory MP. Sir Nicholas was the chairman and still a member of the International Advisory Board of
Aegis Defense Services, one of the leading private military companies in the world. Aegis was founded by
Tim Spicer, a
Cercle participant.
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| Clementine Hambro |
In addition to being Winston Churchill's granddaughter, Clementine was a bride's maid at the wedding of
Prince Charles and
Diana, indicating that she has pretty exclusive access in her own right. On the whole, I find Clementine to be one of the most curious names in Epstein's book.
Daniel Macmillan: The great-grandson of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, whose administration was brought down by the Profumo scandal. Harold himself was not involved in the sex ring, but it would appears many of the figures close to him were (such as his Secretary of State for War, who went by the name of
John Profumo). Harold Macmillan was also the father-in-law of Julian Amery. For those of you keeping score, this is the fourth family linked to Profumo that also appears in Epstein's book. The others were the Kennedys, the Gettys, and the Astors. And we have on more to come...
George Mountbatten: The
Mountbattens are no strangers to sex scandals. George's
father, the Third Marquess of Milford Haven (George is the fourth), was a close friend of Stephen Ward. Indeed, in
The Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward,
Anthony Summers and
Stephen Dorril credit Mountbatten with introducing Ward to British high society.
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| David Mountbatten |
And then there's George's great uncle,
Lord Mountbatten. Lord Mountbatten has been
linked to the sexual abuse of children at the infamous
Kincora Boys' Home. During the 1970s, Mountbatten was linked
to a coup against Prime Minister
Harold Wilson that never quite got off the ground. Other alleged coup plotters included the above-mentioned Sir James Goldsmith,
George Kennedy Young (Robert Maxwell's onetime MI6 handler and a frequent collaborator with Julian Amery), Sir
David Stirling (another Amery crony, as noted above), and future Cercle chairman Brian Crozier. As such, Lord Mountbatten appears to have been quite close to the right wing network linked to the Cercle complex that I have described throughout this series. Julian Amery himself had also worked along side Lord Mountbatten in China during the final days of World War II.
Concluding Thoughts: A Very British Scandal
Obviously, this isn't meant to be an all inclusive examination of Epstein's black book, just the names I was most drawn to the most. But even in a precursory overview such as this, it is clear that Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans should be sweating bullets right about now. And indeed, there are already
indications that panic is beginning to spread among elite social circles in Epstein's old stomping grounds (i.e. Manhattan, D.C., and Palm Beach).
There's good reason to be concerned: Epstein clearly had contacts at the highest levels of the "liberal" faction in these United States. Democratic royalty such as the Kennedys, Clintons, and Soros are all present in Epstein's black book, as are mid-tier party officials such as a pair of former New Mexico governors,
Bruce King and
Bill Richardson. Also present are anti-Trump Republicans such as
Leslie Wexner.
But for my money, it is the British connections that really put this scandal into perspective. It is beyond striking that five families that turn up in the Profumo affair --the Kennedys, the Astors, the Gettys, the Macmillans, and the Mountbattens --have descendants listed in Epstein's black book. And then there's Trump himself --while his family was in no way linked to Profumo, his mentor, Roy Cohn, surely was. Increasingly, the Profumo Affair appears to be one of the pivotal deep events of the twentieth century. Its reverberations can still be felt in the second decade of the twenty-first century.
And then there is the enigmatic Maxwell family. Ghisliane Maxwell has frequently been described as Epstein's madam and implicated in sexual abuse along with the billionaire financier. And yet, she was not faced any charges as yet. Her father, Robert Maxwell, appears to have had a decades spanning association with multiple intelligence services, including MI6, the KGB, the CIA, and especially the Mossad. But as I noted in
a prior post on Epstein, Captain Bob appears to have been largely the creation of this far right wing network of British aristocrats and intelligence officers that I've been describing throughout this series.
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| Robert Maxwell |
This network crystallized in the immediate postwar years under the banner of Sir Charles Hambro (almost inevitably with the support of the World Commerce Corporation). Throughout the Cold War, this network would be implicated in a host of black operations, both foreign and domestic. During the administration of Harold Macmillan, it appears to have gone into rebellion against the government over the anti-Colonial drift. This sentiment gave rise to the
Monday Club, which featured many future Cercle members and fellow travelers.
When Profumo broke, this network went largely unscathed including families such as the Mountbattens who were both close to the scandal itself, and deeply implicated in sexual abuse. However, Macmillan and other Tories who either lacked the necessary fortitude or were compromised by the Soviets, were drummed out.
By the 1970s, this network established close ties with the Cercle complex, and eventually took it over by the 1980s. Around the same time this British network joined Le Cercle, the complex appears to have moved to the pinnacle of elite pedophile networks. Its tendrils stretched across at least three continents.
And then there's Trump and Cohn. Both men are closely linked to the old
American Security Council (ASC) network. Throughout the Cold War, the ASC was essentially Le Cercle's American counterpart. Virtually every major American defense contractor contributed to the ASC, while its membership rolls were loaded with former high ranking military and intelligence officers. Like Le Cercle, it was both a think tank and a private intelligence network. Much more information on the ASC can be found
here.
While Roy Cohn never joined the ASC, he was a member of the
Western Goals Foundation, a private intelligence foundation that tracked the Left in the United States. Western Goals was closely aligned with the ASC and there was much overlap in the membership. As such, it should come as little surprise that Trump's political rise has been greatly aided by the old ASC network (noted
here and
here).
Even less surprising is that there was much overlap between the ASC and Le Cercle as well. While Britons and Americans were not officially allowed into the group until the late 1960s (Le Cercle was initially a German and French venture), the Cercle complex already appears to have established overtures with the ASC network by the early part of that decade. It was around this same time that the ASC network also began to forge ties with many of the future Cercle Britons (noted before
here).
Curiously, these connections were all being made around the time Roy Cohn's dogsboy, Thomas Corbally, was investigating Stephen Ward's sex ring. I've
speculated before that Corbally was dispatched by Cohn (and likely Cohn's patron,
J. Edgar Hoover) to investigate the claims that Ward had been used as back channel to the Soviets by the UK during the
Cuban Missile Crisis and whether or not JFK had been ensnared in Ward's ring, which the Soviets were also cozy with.
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| Cohn |
Is it possible that Corbally had hooked up with the Hambro-Cercle network during the early 1960s and formed an alliance between this faction and its American counterpart on behalf of Cohn (and surely others)? And if so, was the 1989 party Maxwell threw in which himself, Ghislaine, Trump, and Tom Bolan (Cohn's former law partner) were present an indication of the continuation of this alliance? Certainly Ghislaine would continue to associate with Trump throughout the '90s after she had encountered Epstein and appears to have set up a blackmail ring with him along the lines of Cohn's prior efforts. Call me crazy, but this seems to stretch coincidence.
The ASC and Hambro-Cercle networks are surely not the only ones involved either. This is a strong Israeli element to all of this as well, but this researcher does not understand it at present. But regardless, this whole affair certainly has the makings of a modern Profumo, right down to the descendants of many of the former players. But this time around, rather than the chief executive being nailed to the cross, it is more likely our current one will be banging the nails in.
