Epstein Secrets

had a "fundamental misunderstanding" of the role the military should play in postwar Iraq. Gen. Franks retired in mid-2003. with perfect timing. Baghdad had fallen, and he left the mess from that "fundamental misunderstand- ing" for someone else to dean up. The Army is supposed to publish unclassi

ch mansion. In that case, some of Epstein's lawyers including famed barrister Alan Dershowitz, reportedly embarrassed the girls by unearthing their MySpace pages on which they recounted their drug use. 8/31/2007 EFTA00188323 Above the Law: Billionaires in the Bedroom Page 2 of 2 The Palm Beach Poli

nd in Mr. Epstein's trash and home show that he knew how young the girls were. But after Mr. Epsteink attorneys told prosecutors about the girls' MySpace pages, which mentioned marijuana and alcohol use, State Attorney Barry Krischer sent the case to a grand jury, instead of filing charges himself.

alm Beach Post Staff IVriter Army National Guard Spec. Keith Maul lost his lower right leg and lower right arm to a gre- ;,,tnade in February near Baghdad, iiibut not his spirit. "I knew what the risk was 'when I signed uµ" said Maul, 20, wearing a Pittsburgh Pen- ins hat and a smile. "Now. I just

grand jury. Mr. Krischer backed off when one of Epstein's gold-plated attor- neys, Alan Dershowitz, announced that some of the victims had posted MySpace comments about their alco- hol and marijuana use. Epstein's "best" defense has been that he didn't know the girls were underage. "How he verified

ost-World Trade Center wars generally - was that the Pentagon and the fighting services had been unready for what they faced. Soldiers had arrived in Baghdad with forest-colored uniforms, thin-skinned transport, tank- led battle plans - all wrong and mostly dangerous. The most feared weapons system of the

ted use. Network systems rise and fall with astonishing speed. Once-successful firms in technology, companies like Wang or Fairchild Semiconductor or MySpace, found themselves unseated in months, after years of growth. New firms can emerge as if from nowhere and erase once cherished balances, demolish once