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It's a powerful and convincing statement, but my feeling=is that it would not be wise to submit it for publication. Taking th= stance of a reader who comes to the matter from afresh, perhaps having he=rd some rumors but knowing nothing, the reaction I suspect will be of the =quot;where there's smoke there's fire" kind. Few are wi=ling to think through the arguments and factual details or to try to adjud=cate conflicting claims. I've seen this happen over and over on =ther matters -- many years of having been accused of Holocaust denial, for=example.. Ugly and bitter as it is, I suspect the best course now is=not to stir the pot by raising the issue publicly, opening the door to cha=ges and accusations that can no doubt be answered in the court of logic an= fairness -- but that's not the public domain, where innuendo and susp=cion and accusation reign.

Anyway, for what it's wo=th, that's the way it looks to me, in part on the basis of experience.=/div>

The great work that you have been doing speaks fo= itself. My feeling is that you should keep at it, and simply develo= a thick skin to fend off whatever ugliness breaks through now and then, d=minishing over time.

Noam

Im considering submitting this to the oped of the wash pos= id like your thoughts

Sweetheart deal!"= So goes the attack on the resolution of the more than a decade ago federa= investigation involving our client Jeffrey Epstein. The attack is p=ofoundly misplaced, supported neither by the law nor the facts. Nor is it =upported by the structure of our constitutional republic. To the contrary,=Jeffrey was subjected to an extremely aggressive federal intrusion into wh=t would typically be considered a quintessentially local criminal matter i= south Florida. The offense investigated =94 at its core, sexual favors for hire — has long b=en treated as a matter entrusted to laws of the several States, not the fe=eral government. The conduct — for which Jeffrey t=ok full responsibility — was a classic state offens= and was treated exactly that way by able, honest prosecutors in Palm Beac= County. Nevertheless, without a request from the state pr=secutors, the federal government intervened. For their own opportuni=tic reasons, many are now criticizing the federal decision-makers at the t=me, including now-Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta (then-United States Attor=ey in south Florida), for not going far enough.

The critics are wrong on the facts and the la=. They also ignore a fact going to the heart of fundamental fairness: =AO In the decade since paying his debt to society, Jeffrey Epstein ha= led a life characterized by responsible citizenship, numerous acts of gen=rosity and good deeds.

Here are the true key facts: Jeffrey Epstein, a successful =elf-made businessman with no prior criminal history whatsoever, engaged in=illegal conduct that amounted to solicitation of prostitution. =C2 That conduct was wrong and a violation of Florida state law. =AO Although no coercion, violence, alcohol, drugs or the like were involve=, some of the women he paid were under the age of 18. Those =A0facts were carefully assessed by experienced state sex crime prosecutors=who aggressively enforce state criminal laws. No one turned a blind =ye to potential fifteen-month offenses =nvestigation, to the public led order. by the To chief the contrary, of the Sex the Crimes P=lm Beach Division. State Mr. Attorney's Epste=n was Office then conducted indicted by an the extensive state grand jury on a single felony count of so=icitation of prostitution.

During that intense investigati=n, the state prosecutors extensively gathered and analyzed the eviden=e, met face-to-face with many of the asserted victims, considered their cr=dibility — or lack thereof — and considered the extent of =xculpatory evidence, including sworn testimony from many th=t they lied about being eighteen years old to be allowed into Mr. Epstein=E2 s home. After months of negotiations, the state prosecutors =elieved they had reached a reasoned resolution of the matter that vindicat=d the public interest — a resolution entirely consistent with that=of cases involving other similarly-situated defendants. The system w=rked as it should have.

Then, in came the feds. The United States Attorney's =ffice extensively and aggressively investigated whether Mr. Epstein had en=aged in a commercial human trafficking ring, targeted minors, or used=the internet or traveled interstate in the process. But that =99s not what this was and that's not what happened. =AO That is precisely why the federal authorities' ultimate de=ision to defer prosecution to the state was the right one. =/span>

However, the feder=lly-demanded resolution was not without conditions. The federal prosecutor= insisted on various unorthodox requirements that Mr. Epstein =99s experienced defense team had never seen imposed on any defendant anywh=re. Under the federally-forced deal, Jeffrey was required to request =hat the state prosecutors demand the imposition of a thirty-month sentence=that included both jail time and the strictest conditions o= probation: lifetime sex-offender registration. Those draconian measures=C2 were far more than warranted by the state grand jury's indict=ent and would not have otherwise been required under the previously a=reed-upon state disposition. As part of this highly unusual deal, the=government required Jeffrey to pay for a highly experienced grou= of attorneys to bring claims against him on behalf of a government l=st of asserted victims. Jeffrey was required to waive the right to challen=e those claims without being provided the asserted victim's identi=ies by the government until after he was incarcerated. Importantly, =he feds' decision to decline prosecution in deference to the state =A0in exchange for these extraordinary requirements was reviewed =nd approved at the multiple levels of the U.S. Department of Justice. =AO Jeffrey took full responsibility, complied with the feds =80 demands, served his sentence, and in the process was treated exactly=C2 the same (including his time served) as any other state-incarcer=ted individuals. His conduct while in custody was exemplary, and so =haracterized by the state custodial authorities.

Jeffrey =pstein has paid his debt to society. The challenges to his Agreement =ith the Government must also be understood as challenges to the milli=ns Mr. Epstein paid to the asserted victims and their lawyers pursuant to =hat agreement. Amongst the beneficiaries of the Epstein-Federal Gover=ment Agreement were the many victims who collectively received many millio=s as a result of the conditions imposed on Mr. Epstein that prevented him =rom meaningfully contesting civil liability — moneys that would be=at issue if requests to invalidate the agreement were granted.

Ou= nation faces vitally important challenges, many involving the treatment o= women and basic human dignity. Voices are rightly being raised spea=ing truth to power, especially about women in the workplace. But Jef=rey's offenses of yesteryear, which were entirely outside of the w=rkplace, have long since been redressed by the criminal justice system. =AO He fully and faithfully has performed every promise and =bligation required of him by state and federal authorities. In the s=irit of the bedrock American belief in second chances and fundamental fair=ess, that chapter in Jeffrey's otherwise-productive and charitabl= life should be allowed to close once and for all.

As th= stories get wilder and the writers make the girls younger. =AO prostitution is a tabloid s dream , . I wondere= if having something out in the cyber world that let some people =AO point to rational arguments might allow some to defend themselves from =heir wives . " how could you " etc. =A0

I have bee= exploring the AI world with the cutting edge people. I remind=them of your comments re machines thinking :)/ =AO I thought that culture was the conciousne=s of a society. tribes were like self. . med=a approx transmitters. . It provided constraints a=d rules for some underlying interactions.

It doesnt e=ist in a physical sense but either does conciousness. =AO which it appears to me as an evolutionary advantage and pro=ides the brain with rules memories. ( culture again ) . =nd constraints. . tribes when attacked , act like a sel= . compete like selves. etc. The world we call physic=l . follows rules that we have created, most unknowingly. =AO I assume language acts like an effective transmittier. . =C2 some language like adrenaline. some like dopamine. =AO. do some extent the hormones of the culture. ? =A0

Cultures unfortunately can be swept by craziness. Na=ism for example. Or the Great Awakening. We're in one of t=ose phases now. If there's a charge, it's true, in fact True= Any response is "mansplaining," another power play, reinf=rcing the charge. You've seen I'm sure what happened to Lawr=nce. Full and complete response, amounts to zero. Isn't ev=n considered. It's like trying to discuss rationally with religi=us fanatics.

Noam