Epstein Secrets

ould certainly consider such an offer. Eventually President Kennedy appointed someone else, deeming Taylor too libera

cases; * played a role, sometimes large, sometimes small, in some of the most cataclysmic events of the last half century—from the assassination of JFK, to the forced resignation of Richard Nixon, to the Chappaquiddick investigation of Ted Kennedy, to the impeachment of President Clinton, to the war

heard the “I have a dream” speech of Martin Luther King, was close to the Cuban Missile Crisis, and partook of events following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. As a young lawyer, I played a role in the Pentagon Papers case, the forced resignation of Richard Nixon, and the anti-war prosecutions of Dr. Spock

appointed but he knew it would have taken a miracle to overcome the objections of the Justice Department, and he didn’t have close connections to the Kennedys. “Good for you. Not so good for me. And good for the country,” is how he summarized the appointment to me a few days later. Good for me, because the

into men. We were scheduled to make the hour-long flight the day before the 1959 New Year. We couldn’t wait to get to Havana, but a bearded guy named Fidel got there first and we couldn’t make it. For years, I had been telling people that the flights were cancelled, but a couple of summers ago I was at a

cynics and bean-counters who have the curiosity of a hibernating slug and no sense of adventure. Would Americans have landed on the Moon in 1969 if JFK had not challenge the scientific community and the country at large? I often disagree with Newt Gingrich, but applauded him when during a January 2

conomy," said Linda Bilmes, lecturer at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and co- author, along with N

r a fourth time, defeating Henrique Capriles, and was elected for another six-year term. Allying himself strongly with the Communist governments of Fidel and then Raul Castro in Cuba and the Socialist governments of Evo Morales in Bolivia, Rafael Correa in Ecuador, and Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua, his

ity. He is currently a visiting professor at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. SON

Young Doctor at Syria's Helm." Doctor this and doctor that. And, of course, "Dr. Bashar." There is nothing like a first name to humanize a tyrant. "Fidel," for example. And more: general practitioner, ophthalmologist, director of the Syrian Society for Information Technology. Most Syrians have expres

f the officers who worked the investigation of William Kennedy Smith. who was charged in 1991 — and later acquitted — with raping a woman at the Kennedy family compound in Palm Beach. , who has a master's degree in human resource integrity development from Palm Beach Atlantic University. al- so

ut news that communist leader lidel dead Castro could be l or possibly smile to her face. • "1 was watching television, and I said to myself, 'Fidel has died. How wonderful. I almost danced d a conga," Padron. 73. saidsaidFriday we at in- ner with relatives at the Cuban Atneri- VI/l re4; Pik

and his Secretary of State, John Kerry, among many other personalities, have requested the lifting of the economic embargo imposed on Cuba by John F. Kennedy in 1962, in the midst of the Cold War, and in recent days through Havana have come Germans, French, Dutch, and Spaniards to propose bridges to the Is

alons, etc.). 2. The government of Raul Castro does not believe, as Deng Xiaoping proclaimed in 1992, that “enriching oneself is glorious.” Raul and Fidel continue to believe that capitalism is an evil expression of the worst human tendencies, and despite those who practice it. In Cuba, entrepreneurs ar