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usonian

(24,102 posts)
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 07:33 PM 15 hrs ago

In Jul 2015, Epstein arranged a meeting between a known highest-level Russian intel operative, Sergey Belyakov and Thiel

This is an immensely significant document that continues to get virtually no attention in US media—but lots abroad. In Jul 2015, Epstein arranged a meeting between a known highest-level Russian intel operative, Sergey Belyakov and Peter Thiel,

Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) 2026-02-06T21:55:25.796Z


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Vance whisperer and immigrant, Thiel.
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In Jul 2015, Epstein arranged a meeting between a known highest-level Russian intel operative, Sergey Belyakov and Thiel (Original Post) usonian 15 hrs ago OP
K&R...for those unaware... druidity33 14 hrs ago #1

druidity33

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1. K&R...for those unaware...
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 08:04 PM
14 hrs ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Horton_(attorney)

"Scott Horton is an American attorney known for his work in human rights law and the law of armed conflict, as well as emerging markets and international law.

He graduated Texas Law School in Austin with a JD and was a partner in a large New York law firm, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler.[1] He "has advised sovereigns on the pursuit of kleptocratic predecessors."[2] In April 2007, he joined Harper's Magazine as a legal affairs and national security contributor, and he currently authors the No Comment blog at Harper's Online.[3][4] Horton has also written for The American Lawyer,[5] and The Daily Beast[6] and has been interviewed on Antiwar Radio.[7] and the John Batchelor Show.

Horton was a lecturer at Columbia Law School,[1][4] as well as a co-founder of the American University in Central Asia[8] and of Sanghata Global.[9] Horton is a former president of the International League for Human Rights,[10] and he recently contributed to a report which claimed that human rights standards apply to detainees captured by the U.S. in the war on terrorism.[10] He "served as counsel to Andrei Sakharov and Elena Bonner, among other activists in the former Soviet Union."[7]
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