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Re: Jeffrey Epstein and MIT: FAQs

#51

Epstein didn't kill himself. Video footage "accidentally" deleted and the backup footage also lost due to "technical errors." His death and a cleanup so slovenly and brazenly done in front of the public eye is a mockery of America as a nation of "liberty and justice for all."

We all kind of know that, yet it still remain just a "conspiracy theory" which no decent person will dare to publicly acknowledge. Yeah, another one.

Re: Jeffrey Epstein and MIT: FAQs

#52

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Wow. Seth Lloyd is a very well-known name in Quantum Computing. It's pretty shady that he's depositing $50,000 gifts from known sex offenders directly into his personal bank account...

It would appear to be $50,000 plus $125,000 if I'm reading that last note correctly.

the last note says "send to mit", not "send to lloyd" so I'm not sure

Re: Jeffrey Epstein and MIT: FAQs

#53
post #30

Epstein didn't kill himself. Video footage "accidentally" deleted and the backup footage also lost due to "technical errors." His death and a cleanup so slovenly and brazenly done in front of the public eye is a mockery of America as a nation of "liberty and justice for all."

Irrespective of the trueness or falseness of this, it is completely off-topic.

It is off-topic, but that's not uncommon on HN — and it's certainly one of the most important points that can be made from the Epstein case.

Re: Jeffrey Epstein and MIT: FAQs

#54

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Kind of impressive, and nice in a way - - since it is so obviously corrupt and we become aware of it because the case is so high profile. Makes you wonder who pulled it off and how often things like it occur.

The attorney general confirmed it was a suicide, so if we're to believe it was actually a surreptitious murder, it goes all the way to the top.

Assisted suicide?

Re: Jeffrey Epstein and MIT: FAQs

#55

Epstein didn't kill himself. Video footage "accidentally" deleted and the backup footage also lost due to "technical errors." His death and a cleanup so slovenly and brazenly done in front of the public eye is a mockery of America as a nation of "liberty and justice for all."

This happens MUCH less today than at any time in the past. Only 2 generations ago, stuff like this was happening on a daily basis everywhere in the world. This was basically what justice used to be. The world is not fair. There is little justice. But it's more fair and just than it's ever been before, by far. Maybe we've taken a step back in the last 10 years. It's hard to say. But compared to even 50 years ago, we a…

"America" is different than "everywhere in the world"

Re: Jeffrey Epstein and MIT: FAQs

#56

> In September, in response to revelations about engagements between MIT and Jeffrey Epstein... This isn't true, right? MIT knew about those engagements from as far back as 2013. This is the first sentence in the first answer to the first question and it just isn't correct. What _actually_ happened in September is a bunch of fucking terrible press for MIT. This whole thing is just so sad and at the end of all this is…

The sentence reads:

> In September, in response to revelations about engagements between MIT and Jeffrey Epstein, President Reif and the Executive Committee of the MIT Corporation asked MIT's general counsel to retain a law firm to design and conduct a review of the facts surrounding those engagements.

It is the case that Goodwin Procter's fact-finding investigation began in September. And the report details interactions in 2012 and 2013, including who was aware of what at the time. You can read the report here: http://factfindingjan2020.mit.edu/files/MIT-report.pdf

Re: Jeffrey Epstein and MIT: FAQs

#57

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For an institution that claims to be an engineering leader, there's no real excuse for not having TLS everywhere with proper redirects today. It can prevent ISPs from seeing what you get or injecting their own code into webpages.

Are either of those a risk that's practically worth guarding against for this information? Engineering leaders generally have the skill of choosing the right solution for the problem at hand.

Yes. It isn't about the actual information. It is about ensuring that the page is not modified in transit aka nobody (including your ISP) injected code into it.

Wouldn't matter if the page simply contained 'hello world', https should be used.

Re: Jeffrey Epstein and MIT: FAQs

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Kind of impressive, and nice in a way - - since it is so obviously corrupt and we become aware of it because the case is so high profile. Makes you wonder who pulled it off and how often things like it occur.

The attorney general confirmed it was a suicide, so if we're to believe it was actually a surreptitious murder, it goes all the way to the top.

It is quite possible he was taken off suicide watch so he could... commit suicide. It wouldn't have to be a murder in the technical sense

Re: Jeffrey Epstein and MIT: FAQs

#59
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> and a well-known Harvard Law School professor. almost certainly Alan Dershowitz, who is up to his eyeballs in epstein dirt.

>> and a well-known Harvard Law School professor. > almost certainly Alan Dershowitz, who is up to his eyeballs in epstein dirt. My guess is Lawrence Lessig, since he himself wrote about this ("Our conversations then were about his diligence to determine whether Epstein remained an abuser"), see https://medium.com/@lessig/on-joi-and-mit-3cb422fe5ae7

I stand corrected, I didn't realize how many famous harvard law professors he was associated with.

Re: Jeffrey Epstein and MIT: FAQs

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Kind of impressive, and nice in a way - - since it is so obviously corrupt and we become aware of it because the case is so high profile. Makes you wonder who pulled it off and how often things like it occur.

The attorney general confirmed it was a suicide, so if we're to believe it was actually a surreptitious murder, it goes all the way to the top.

Of course it goes to the top. Just look at Epstein's cohorts.
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