Authored by Ted Rall via The Unz Review,
There is no other way to say it: It was a political assassination.
Osama bin Laden was unarmed. SEALs captured him alive. Following brazenly illegal orders from Washington, they executed him. “The (Obama) administration had made clear to the military’s clandestine Joint Special Operations Command that it wanted bin Laden dead,” The Atlantic reported on May 4, 2011.
State-controlled media outlets like The Atlantic claimed that President Barack Obama was desperate to avoid a trial that would give the al-Qaida leader a “high-profile platform for spreading his extremist views.” Left unsaid, as so much is in the American steno-journalism reminiscent of the Soviet Union, was a more pressing reason to silence the Saudi scion.
As much as the families of 9/11 victims craved justice, it was infinitely more important to the U.S. political establishment to deny bin Laden an opportunity to publicly expound on his ties to the CIA and the CIA-funded Pakistani intelligence agency ISI, who were training and funding the “Afghan Arabs” who fought Soviet occupation forces in Afghanistan during the 1980s. Letting people learn that 9/11 would likely never have happened if not for the CIA would have been… awkward.
Such is the fate of enemies of the state.
Last week, not so much an enemy but a man whose existence had become inconvenient, not exactly to the state but certainly to a cabal of powerful men, including a former president as well as the sitting one, joined bin Laden in the kingdom of the dead.
The official narrative of billionaire accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s death shifted faster than a New York subway rider when a homeless guy plops down next to them on a hot day. First, they said Epstein had been on suicide watch, and then that he hadn’t. Prisons are full of cameras, yet there’s still no video of Epstein’s death. Then, suicide watch or not, they claimed he’d been checked on every 30 minutes. Then more like every three hours. The medical examiner said his injuries were consistent with strangulation by a second person, but then thought better of it and ruled Epstein’s convenient demise a suicide.
I tweeted the morning of Epstein’s passing: “Bill Clinton is the happiest man in America today.” Clinton flew on Epstein’s infamous “Lolita Express” private jet at least six times, including to such sex-tourism destinations as Thailand and Hong Kong. Perhaps he refrained from partaking in the underaged prostitutes and rape victims Epstein stands accused of procuring for his traveling companions. Whatever happened or didn’t, the Epstein-Clinton connection is sketchy.
As is Epstein’s suicide — the first at the Manhattan Correctional Facility since 1998.
At this writing, it seems unlikely that we’ll ever know who killed Epstein, whether it be himself or someone else. What we do know is that, if we take the government at its word, they were incompetent and negligent to an unfathomable extent. Being insanely stupid and lazy is their defense.
Now we’re descending into the usual idiotic post-death debate between credulists (those who believe anything the government and its pet media says) and conspiracy theorists. Truth: No one knows anything. We weren’t there. The video was, but they deep-sixed that.
We don’t know how Epstein bit it but the fact of Epstein’s death tells us everything we need to know about America today. No matter what, Epstein died because the government let it happen. He was a ward of the state, the highest of high-profile prisoners, a man whose trial stood to expose extreme wrongdoing at the expense of numerous horribly violated victims, yet no one in charge took steps to make certain that he appeared at every hearing healthy and alive.
The carelessness of the powers that be reflects their confidence that they shall never, ever, be held accountable for anything.
So another man vanishes, and the few questions asked are left unanswered — intentionally.
So it was with Moammar Gadhafi, the Libyan dictator who signed a deal with the U.S. to rid Libya of a nuclear program only to be blown up by one of Obama’s assassination drones lest he say too much about his relationship with the Bush administration.
So it was with Chris Dorner, the police officer who went on a shooting spree after he was fired by the LAPD, apparently in retaliation for reporting a fellow cop’s excessive force against a mentally ill suspect, before being hunted down and killed in a cabin the police set ablaze with “pyrotechnic tear gas” canisters.
So it was with Sandra Bland, the African-American woman who apparently killed herself after being beaten and jailed by the police for the crimes of failing to signal a lane change, sassiness and the likelihood she would have spoken out about being brutalized.
So it was a bunch of Nazi war criminals who escaped judgment at Nuremberg.
So it was Lee Harvey Oswald, whom the authorities couldn’t resist parading before reporters, without screening attendees like Jack Ruby for weapons.
More will die.
It’s better for those in charge.
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I haven’t followed closely the story of the Overstock dot com CEO who recently resigned and then went on a media tour claiming the FBI had essentially forced him to try to help them spy on and incriminate the Trump campaign. It appears that he’s been trying to get out ahead of the Deep State by making his charges so public that his untimely death would raise more problems for the Deep State than it would quiet.
He also claims something I assumed all along which is that while the desire was to torpedo Trump it was equally intended to acquire evidence with which to blackmail a Hitlary administration giving these clowns free rein with no consequences.
THIS WAS A COUP AGAINST WHOEVER WON! These fuqueres should be put up against the wall.
Epstein is probably dead but the DVDs live on. Where are they, who has them and when will we learn the truth about who is on them? Let me hazard a guess…NEVER
And Barr, the latest lying POS can shove his “investigation” up his fat ass. He was responsible for the safety of the most important prisoner in federal custody and totally fucked it up. One can only come to the conclusion that Barr wanted him dead.
I agree with that assessment Barr’s complicit and even Melania likes Trudeau better than zDrumpf
Yep, and like I said at the beginning…. The guards who did it were likely FBI / CIA plants and we would never hear anything further about who these two exactly were and never will even hear them mentioned in passing and names, never…. They are off on some other death assignment for FBI / CIA
Add bad guy Whitey Bulger, unannounced transfer in the middle of the night from a MA prison to WV, killed the next day. He was connected to none other than Robert Mueller.
Whitey’s connections to the FBI are both lengthy and especially embarrassing to the G-men. For a quick overview:
Wonderful article. You get to vote-They get to hit the reset button.
Kenneth Michael Trentadue was an American citizen who was found hanged in his cell at FTC Oklahoma during the investigation of the Oklahoma City bombing. His death was officially ruled a suicide three years after it occurred. Trentadue’s family maintains that he was murdered by members of FBI who mistakenly believed he was involved in the Oklahoma bombing and that officials at the prison engaged in a cover-up.
The Trentadue family knew they were dealing with a major coverup…
He was beaten to death in his cell at the Oklahoma City Federal Transfer Center, where he is incarcerated for a minor parole violation. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons tells his family that he hanged himself, but upon inspection at the funeral, they discover injuries over his entire body.
And supposedly there were 3 bombs inside the building, not just the fertilizer bomb in the truck. A lot more to the story than was ever revealed.
We don’t KNOW that Epstein is dead either… Chip
This.
Using a body double on a gurney leaving the MCC is a distinct possibility.
The real Jeffrey Epstein may be alive and living incognito somewhere in a small ME country.
Much like Vegas, powerful people seem to be going to great lengths to hide things and avoid any transparency about the details of Epstein and those involved with his current status.
Vegas is where things went off the rails. I still can’t make any sense of it.
Antifa.
NickelthroweR,
Read you defending TBP on Zero Hedge a couple of weeks ago – good man!
Who knows what the real Vegas story is, I have some theories, but one thing we know for certain, it isn’t the total bullshit they are selling.
…defending tbp on zero hedge a couple weeks ago …
what’s the story on that?
As long as there is a state, don’t trust the state.
Who writes this mainstream fairy tale shit?
Seriously, opening with anything Osama and thereby giving it credibility is a non-starter.
winnie,
we love you man but if you don’t link it to miles so that we can confirm it,how can we believe it?
He’s taken the summer off and I’m waiting for fresh material.
The Jussie Smollett paper was 100% spot on and it’s so transparent now.
http://mileswmathis.com/smallit.pdf
I side with 22winmag. It’s more mainstream fairy tale shit. The moron author is just spouting all the lies we’ve already been told by the MSM … starting with the bullshit about Seals killing Osama. I say it again TBP Admin, why do you continue to post this fakery crap? I once thought TBP was about telling the truth … guess I was wrong.
Not the original Anonymous
Too weird. the guy had more money than anyone and could survive anywhere. We believe what we are fed to read too much.
A BILLIONAIRE who got anything he wanted, whenever he wanted, however often he wanted it …. is suddenly reduced to living in a tiny shithole jail cell, with shit food, and a musclebound goon for a cellmate who probably ass-fucked Jeffrey a few times …. and it appears that despite all his money, that this will be his future for the rest of his natural life ….. hmmmmm
Why is it so fucken hard to believe he committed suicide??? That’s what a LOT of people do who lose EVERYTHING.
He committed suicide. Close the book. Stop with the conspiracy bullshit, please!
He had an ace up his sleeve, a get out of jail free card. Why throw that away and pull an Isadora Duncan by jumping off the top bunk?
don’t keep us dumb guys in suspense,what was the ace up his sleeve?
The pictures, Meshuga. They were hidden in Paulita Island.
El Chapo has a hundred times more money than Epstein and a private army yet they have him locked up. It happens. Not often, but…
I heard he had around $1B. He also paid former president EPN $100M. I think that’s when Trump went down there for his vig. EPN did not look happy at the photo op.
Who’s to say he’ll STAY locked up? What’s his record now for jail breaks, 3 or is it 5.
isn’t he in supermax now?
ain’t but one way out–
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ9twEldw_M
Now you blew it…
Paulita sounds better than Lolita, I don’t know why. See? This is why I don’t want groupies, I can’t live up to the hype or their expectations. That’s why I love Maggie, she has no illusions about me. Adios, Paulita.
I’m not that easy to dismiss, cutie pie.
Is this a kekker?
Payola is working on a site today… she is supposed to be civilized. All day.
Mum and shush…
Is her grandcritter…
Auntie Mags gives abacuses, not video games. He liked the coonskin too.
Cool boot, Maggie! Froggers in Hondoland were 3 times that size.
it could certainly could explain why he returned to US on his own. the plan was set already.
Hey, Sticky, I heard that you are some smart dude. True, the two guys discussing you might not be the sharpest tools in the box, but they certainly were not trying to defame you. So, in light of the testimony from your own lips that you are a egoistic dunce, I’ll decline commenting on the possibility that someone is attempting to start a conspiracy that you are endowed with a brain.
Let’s try to stick to the topic, anon. Stucky is merely stirring the pot. All that can be said, has been said. What my buddy Stucky is attempting to do is illustrate the indefensible and untenable position of the state, since they haven’t bothered to address the complaints.
Sigh… another Stuck worshipper helping stir the pot and he doesn’t know not to add oregano to pineapple soup. I would happily stick to the topic if you guys were not so inept at basic communication skills.
You and the taint boil below sound a lot like trolls. Too bad admin can’t prevent changing names so easily. CLASSIC SHORT & DISTORT. A version of Alinsky bullshit used on finance boards. Pick out a leading and respected commenter and go to work on him. Stucky can unleash ad hominems that would make Darth Vader piss himself like a little girl. You boobs waste your time. Your owners will not be pleased.
Your “ buddy” Stucky I heard about the closeted guys on this site but you confirmed the rumor
No one understands me as well as you do, EC. NO ONE!!!!
Careful, bro. Lebowski is getting suspicious.
What closeted guys? He must be taking the term “Blow Me” the wrong way.
Hello… don’t tell anyone I was here saying hello.
Damn. Then Stucky’s sarcasm fooled me. I am not part of the clique.
clika
stucky,
i’m about 50/50 with you on this–it’s easy to go back/forth on this depending on who is making the argument–
a few days b4 he died he put all his assets in a trust,though he has so many assets that there may not have been time 4 it to have actually been implemented–btw,he was not a billionaire,”only” about $600 million–
you are also probably correct about him being depressed about going to prison,though i’m not so sure he would have actually gone 4 any length of time–i’m still not sure how he could be charged 4 crimes that occurred in ’05 & prior–
otoh, epstein’s death certainly relieved pressure on many powerful,wealthy,or famous people,assuming that all the tapes were destroyed so that is a powerful impetus 4 murder —
what i can’t figure out is if he were going to be murdered,why arrest him when he could have been taken out on the street,unless there is infighting among the deep state–
in my mind it would be justified to waterboard every employee of the mcc from the warden down to find out what happened–
why no cameras,why no cell checks,why no cellmate,what were the shrieks coming from the direction of his cell?
Stucky “this” you arrogant know it all
a few days ago we were saying how bb is not really the village idiot,and whom should we designate as the real village idiot–
i think we have a winner,it’s little lebowski,
LL for short–
Stucky, you could not be more wrong. Supposing he did commit suicide, why was his hyoid bone broken? Why didn’t the guards prevent it? Where is the video evidence of exactly what happened? The perfect storm defies belief except for the faithful.
You are focused on Jeffrey Epstein. That’s like a freedom fighter surrendering to the police without a fight. You have a blind spot and sweet spot for the state. You know we have an enemy domestic and that enemy is able to kill us in an orderly progression, right? Conspiracy bullshit? Please. Do you presume to be part of something greater than yourself? What great ‘evil’ is greater than a good man, if you know what I mean.
The only unhinged conspiracy theory is that Epstein actually committed suicide.
Careful, you’ll confuse Anonymous.
I’m pretty sure Vince Foster did it, but not with two shots to the back of the head.
This guy lost me about the Arabs doing 9-11. Good. Grief . If he thinks Arabs did it will all the evidence that they did not what else can be said. 9-11 was committed by the same kind of people that killed this Jewish child molester.
Exactly true Anybody that dumb shouldn’t be taken seriously Maybe the mom drank alittle vodka from time to time early on if you get my drift
Your about as subtle as a flaming faggot, Lebowski. I hope you weren’t the valedictorian at your reform school.
EVEN IF every whistleblower and enemy of the state makes it to trial, you should NEVER TRUST THE STATE!!!
Bland and Dorner don’t belong on the list, plus, no evidence Osama captured alive. Utter BS
Admin, there’s so much wrong with this piece, I’m dismayed you let it on. Firstly, Osama bin Laden died back in 2001 of kidney failure. That’s equally plausible to the sack of crap explanation here. Second, he was never charged with planning 9/11. He denied it, and his wanted poster from the FBI cited other terror shit he did, but NOT 9/11. So what was the danger of his being “brought to justice”.
Epstein was Arkancided, pure and simple and one of many. The big question here is, how are the Clintons getting away with so fucking much crime? Clinton Foundation, Uranium One, (and Gadhafi wasn’t blown up, he was beaten to death and sodomized), Bengazhi, the closet server, the bcc to China on all her emails, lying about it to the FBI yet getting off. The “Russian Dossier” and the coup de ‘tat. And BTW the logs showed Bill was aboard the Lolita Express 20-something times, not 4 as he admits.
In any case, at this juncture………..
WHY AREN’T WE SEEING ANY INDICTMENTS?
“WHY AREN’T WE SEEING ANY INDICTMENTS?”_______Coaster
Because the dude ain’t dead….that’s why.
It’s an American tradition to let former presidents walk.
A good thing you grabbed my attention. The stalker actually linked a video of my piano playing when I was sick for my mother and neither of us could travel.
Jeesh… I hadda go delete them. I left the turtle ones, though. And a really crappy rendition of some Eagles tunes. Haha… when I was sick, I played that piano a lot and filmed it for Mom. It helped her to suffer along with me.
Your friend left me, Maggie. I’m heartbroken.
Didn’t leave you…had work.
Just go with it, Maggie always humors me on my mad flights of fancy.
I don’t understand HR’s obsession in persecuting a female. I never took him for a woman hating faggot. No doubt he used to beat girls in school. That is one sick puppy. He’s got nothing, no riveting personal history, no love lost, treasures gained, zippo. He couldn’t write himself out of jury duty if his mom supplied the signature.
Oh, that reminds me, Maggito. Our TI told us only one guy had ever gotten out of Basic early; his mom called saying she was pregnant. Do you remember those stories, square needle in the left nut and all that? What about the myth of the San Antonio zoo fag (not HR) who fell ill and was taken to the hospital? He had $200 in spare change in his pocket and a quart of semen in his belly.
Ewe…basic training legends.
BTW…I should uplaod more pictures. It seems to distract h.
That was low…that was when I had that wound vacuum on!
https://vimeo.com/287456998
Here, this one is much better. How can you claim to be a woman. I don’t know as much about physiognomy as HSF, but you look like an old man in a dress. Even if you are a woman your extended face is listed as a clear sign of a deceiver.
Oh, and talking to yourself is almost as bad as hearing voices. In fact, it is a sign of schizophrenia. I would go see somebody about that. Of course, made up people on the internet might not be the same thing as walking around the house talking to yourself, but you are clearly at risk and should at the very least ask.
You are a boor.
Oh maggie, you are descending into foul language again. Have you forgotten that I really don’t care what you write about me. You can be as foul as you want. I really couldn’t care less. But I fail to see how you can claim to be female. You can erase your entire history on the internet and you will never erase the horror that is you playing piano surrounded by beer bottles and what appears to be an empty bottle of schnaps.
Queer much, Robbie? You can’t even recognize a female? Oh, that’s right, you live in Hollywood where girls are girls and so are the men.
I prefer the turtle videos.
The loser linked a video of my piano playing HERE.
What a maroon!