Preface

Unraveling the secrets of an intelligence operation is a herculean task. Frank Olson, a scientist working for the CIA, who was “dropped” out of the 13th floor window of the Hotel Statler in New York City in 1953, being a case in point. His son, Eric, spent six decades searching for answers. The Army initially told the family that the Fort Detrick based scientist had fallen from the hotel window. However, in 1975 a presidential commission revealed that the agency had given him LSD as part of their MK-Ultra mind control experiment. At this point, they “concluded” his death was a “drug-related suicide”. Years later, Eric obtained information from investigative journalist Seymour Hersh confirming his suspicion that his father had instead been murdered.

In 2012, Eric Olson, who is a Harvard-trained clinical psychologist told reporters, “The evidence shows that our father was killed in CIA custody. They have lied to us ever since, withholding documents and information, and changing their story when convenient.”

To make sense of Jeffrey Epstein, the intelligence asset, it was necessary for me to gather and study former CIA and FBI agent whistleblower accounts. This gave me the ability to place historical events and what we, as a people, were told alongside the information these former agents revealed.

The conclusion was unsettling, as it became clear that much of what we’re told is far from the truth. Good examples are former President Richard Nixon, former President Bill Clinton and former President Ronald Reagan—all of whom confessed they had lied.

By digging into factual historical events it became possible to discern who, when, where, why and how Jeffrey Epstein came to be.

The secret of Epstein’s life is not unlike the secret of Olson’s death. And, while the CIA has worked relentlessly to place the mind control program known as MK-Ultra into the realm of conspiracy, most people are informed enough to know it existed and frankly continues to be part of our daily lives.

By beginning this book with the most well-known MK-Ultra case; namely that of CIA scientist Frank Olson, you are in the realm of history, not conspiracy. While these two men are polar opposites, they share the agency’s most clandestine operation: MK-Ultra.