The Smoking Arsenal: 7 Threads That Connect Israeli Intelligence, Emirati Ports, and American 911 Systems to a Convicted Sex Trafficker

There is no single smoking gun in the Epstein files. There is something worse: a smoking arsenal, scattered across 3.5 million pages, being reported in fragments by outlets on five continents, none of whom have assembled the full picture.

Newsweek covers the torture video. Drop Site News covers the Israel connection. The Wire covers the India backchannel. CNBC covers the DP World fallout. CBS News covers the orange shape on the death night footage. The Chronicle of Higher Education covers the tuition pipeline. Each one devastating in isolation. Together, they describe something no government wants to name.

Here are the seven threads. Pull any one of them, and the whole thing unravels.

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1. The Man Who Brokered the Abraham Accords Before They Existed

The Abraham Accords, signed in September 2020 and widely celebrated as a historic diplomatic achievement, normalized relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. What the Epstein files reveal is that the personal relationships undergirding that agreement were brokered, nurtured, and maintained for over a decade by a convicted child sex offender.

The central node: Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, chairman and CEO of DP World, a Dubai government-owned logistics empire that handles a tenth of the world's container trade. His name was one of six read into the Congressional Record on February 10 by Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie after the DOJ improperly redacted it.

Drop Site News, working from over 100,000 leaked emails from Ehud Barak's inbox (released by Distributed Denial of Secrets), documented the timeline:

2006-2010: Epstein cultivated a close personal friendship with Sulayem, describing him as a "personal close friend" he had known "for more than 8 years." Sulayem shared intimate details of his personal life and sexual exploits with Epstein in graphic emails.

2013: Epstein began actively pushing Sulayem and Barak together. On June 18, 2013, Epstein wrote to Barak: "I tnk you should meet. He is the right hand of maktoum." He was referring to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai. Barak initially hesitated, writing it was "a little bit too early" for Israeli-Emirati business ties but added, critically: "I think we have to think harder on how to leverage this acquaintance."

2015: Epstein arranged another meeting between Barak and Sulayem at the St. Petersburg summer conference.

2018: Sulayem emailed Epstein expressing interest in investing in Carbyne, an Israeli cybersecurity company that Epstein funded and Barak chaired. Sulayem discussed deploying Carbyne's surveillance technology at DP World ports and for "Dubai 911." This is the moment Israeli military intelligence technology, funded by a pedophile, began flowing into Emirati infrastructure.

After the Abraham Accords were signed in 2020, Sulayem signed a memorandum of understanding for DP World to establish maritime services between Israeli and Dubai ports.

They went "out of the closet" because a sex trafficker held the door open for a decade.

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2. Carbyne: How a Pedophile's Money Became America's 911 Infrastructure

This is the thread that should terrify every American.

In 2015, Epstein partnered with Ehud Barak to invest in an Israeli startup called Reporty Homeland Security, later rebranded Carbyne. The company markets itself as a platform for modernizing emergency dispatch services -- providing 911 operators with precise GPS location data, live video feeds, and audio streaming from callers' smartphones.

Carbyne was co-founded by Amir Elichai, a veteran of Israel's Unit 8200, the military's elite signals intelligence division -- Israel's equivalent of the NSA. Another director, Pinchas Buchris, was a former commander of Unit 8200 itself.

The investment chain:

1. Epstein invested $1.5 million through a joint venture with Barak
2. Barak served as Carbyne's chairman, using his legitimacy to seek further investment
3. Epstein brokered a meeting between Barak and Peter Thiel
4. In 2018, Thiel's Founders Fund invested in Carbyne's $15 million Series B round
5. Sulayem expressed interest in deploying Carbyne at DP World ports globally
6. After the Abraham Accords, UAE investors poured money into Carbyne, including a $56 million Series C in 2022

Carbyne's software now routes emergency calls in approximately 30 American counties. Its servers process data in the cloud, meaning location coordinates, audio recordings, and live video from American citizens' 911 calls flow through infrastructure built by alumni of a foreign intelligence service, funded by a convicted sex trafficker.

Several of Carbyne's early executives came directly from Unit 8200 -- the same unit that produced the founders of NSO Group (Pegasus spyware), Check Point Software, and dozens of other surveillance companies. Unit 8200 alumni are required to maintain ties to Israeli military intelligence even after leaving service. None of Carbyne's founding team had backgrounds in emergency response. All had deep ties to Israeli intelligence or the U.S. military-industrial complex.

And what about Barak himself? The Daily Mail published photos in 2019 showing the former Israeli Prime Minister entering Epstein's Manhattan townhouse in 2016, his face partially concealed by a hood. Barak acknowledged receiving $2.3 million from the Wexner Foundation (controlled by Epstein) and an additional $5 million from Epstein directly for unspecified "consulting." He was photographed at Epstein's island. He continued the relationship for years after Epstein's first conviction.

The Reason Foundation investigation summarized it: "What was a convicted sex offender doing bankrolling a surveillance-tech company marketed to governments? And why was his role initially obscured in the investment structure?"

Explore who connects to whom: Network Graph

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3. The Shadow State Department: Epstein as Geopolitical Fixer

The files reveal Epstein operating not as a financier who dabbled in politics, but as a freelance diplomatic apparatus connecting heads of state, defense contractors, and intelligence services across at least five countries simultaneously.

The India Channel (2017-2019)

In February 2017, Sulayem introduced Indian billionaire Anil Ambani to Epstein. Within weeks, Ambani was texting Epstein:

"Leadership wld like ur help for me to meet jared and bannon asap. PI advise. Likely visit to dc by pm in may to meet donald. Also assitance on that."

"Leadership" referred to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government. Ambani was positioning Epstein as a backchannel between India and the Trump White House.

The exchanges that followed are staggering:

• Epstein immediately connected Ambani with Barak, writing: "In my experience, a level above the rest." Ambani's Reliance Group had just announced defense deals with Israel. Not a coincidence.
• On March 9, Ambani asked Epstein who should be U.S. Ambassador to India. Epstein's response: "a tall swedish blonde woman, to make it fun to visit."
• Epstein offered to arrange a private dinner between Ambani and the head of NATO
• On May 23, 2019, Ambani visited Epstein's Manhattan townhouse. That same evening, Epstein texted Steve Bannon: "really interesting modi meeting. He won with HUGE mandate. his guy said that no one in wash speaks to him however his main enemy is CHINA! totally buys into your vision."

He then messaged Ambani: "I think mr modi might enjoy meeting steve bannon, you all share the china problem." Ambani replied: "sure." Epstein told Bannon: "modi on board."

This was six weeks before Epstein's arrest.

The UK Channel

Former British cabinet minister Peter Mandelson features across multiple dimensions of Epstein's operation. In 2014, Epstein recruited Mandelson to join Sulayem's corporate board, writing: "sultan has asked me to encourage you to join his board." Emails indicate Mandelson shared confidential EU and UK financial information with Epstein while serving in Gordon Brown's cabinet -- market-sensitive government intelligence passed to a convicted sex offender who traded on exactly this kind of information.

Banking records suggest Epstein transferred $75,000 to accounts linked to Mandelson in 2003-2004. Mandelson has acknowledged visiting Epstein's properties but denied wrongdoing.

The Libya Operation

A July 2011 email reveals plans to access $80 billion in frozen Libyan state assets following Gaddafi's fall. The sender told Epstein that former MI6 and Mossad operatives were "willing to help identify stolen assets and get them recovered," with the plan to take 10-25% of recovered funds as compensation, potentially yielding "billions of dollars." The real prize: positioning as "go-to guys" for Libya's planned $100 billion reconstruction.

The Legal Shield: Paul Weiss and the Weaponization of Law

The files reveal that Epstein's network didn't just include politicians and intelligence operatives. It included the most powerful law firm in America.

Correspondence between Epstein and Brad Karp, then chairman of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, shows a conspiracy to silence a witness. In 2015, Karp discussed revoking the visa of Guzel Ganieva, a woman accusing Epstein associate Leon Black of abuse, and having her arrested for "federal extortion." Karp brought in his partner Lorin Reisner -- a former Chief of the Criminal Division at the SDNY -- to leverage DOJ connections against a sexual abuse complainant.

Karp resigned as Paul Weiss chairman in February 2026, days after these emails became public. This is documented institutional weaponization of the legal system against a survivor.

The Norway Connection

Mona Juul, Norway's ambassador to Jordan and former ambassador to the UN, resigned within days of the file release. The files revealed she was named in Epstein's will as a beneficiary of a $10 million bequest. She had previously denied any significant relationship. Norway's government has opened an investigation.

The Slovakia Connection

Slovakia's former foreign minister Miroslav Lajcak resigned after the files revealed email exchanges discussing what investigators have described as involving Moldovan women.

Cross-reference the connections: Cross-Reference Tool

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4. The Island He Bought Using Someone Else's Identity

In 2016, Epstein wanted to buy Great St. James, the 165-acre island adjacent to his infamous Little St. James. The owner, Danish businessman Christian Kjaer, refused to sell to a registered sex offender. Islanders had "begged" Kjaer not to sell to Epstein.

So Epstein used Sulayem's name and identity on the purchase documents -- without Sulayem's permission or signature. Through a shell company called Great St. Jim LLC, Epstein made it appear that a wealthy Emirati businessman was acquiring the property. The $22.5 million deal closed on January 28, 2016.

Sulayem's aide later confirmed that "Epstein had asked to use his name in an unspecified business bid but was told no. It appears Epstein used it anyway."

The answer may lie in the same emails. Sulayem wrote to Epstein in 2013:

"By the way the Ukrainian and the Moldavian arrived. Big disappointment the Moldavian is not as attractive as the picture while the Ukrainian is very beautiful."

Epstein replied: "Photo shop."

Search the flight routes: Flight Explorer

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5. The Tuition Pipeline: 1,600 References to How Trafficking Worked

The word "tuition" appears more than 1,600 times across the DOJ release. This is the operational infrastructure of the trafficking network, hiding in plain sight.

Epstein paid tuition at 19 universities, four preparatory schools (including one for students with disabilities), a daycare, two children's day camps, a private school in the U.S. Virgin Islands, three language immersion schools, a finishing school in Sweden, three Jewish education centers, a film studio, and a dance studio.

The pattern had two functions:

Control Mechanism for Victims

Survivors testified to Congress that Epstein used promises of university admission and tuition payment to lure young women into his orbit. Representative Jamie Raskin wrote to NYU and Columbia that "Epstein promised young women, some of them minors at the time, that he would arrange for them to be admitted to NYU and pay for them to attend."

Virginia Giuffre described being sent to a massage school in Thailand -- "also to pick up another victim and bring her back home."

Loyalty Mechanism for Staff

• Epstein paid over $106,000 in tuition for his pilot Larry Visoski's daughter at Syracuse University
• He paid tuition for the children of USVI Governor John de Jongh Jr., whose wife Cecile worked as Epstein's office manager and, per JPMorgan filings, "attempted to secure student visas and work licenses for young women connected to Epstein"
• He paid for his accountant Bella Klein's daughters' education

The Columbia Dental School Case

At Columbia, Epstein got his girlfriend Karyna Shuliak into dental school after she was initially rejected -- by dangling a $5-10 million donation. A DOJ ledger shows Epstein made $631,000 in tuition payments to Shuliak alone.

In January 2014, Epstein wrote to a young woman in Poland looking for nursing schools:

"if you don't find anything this week in poland I will fly you to ny. I won't be there. I will give you an apt to stay in. you can look at schools in ny. you can come to the island for a few days to discuss, and then go home."

A Deutsche Bank ledger compiled for prosecutors lists six "ostensible foreign models" whose tuition Epstein paid, in amounts ranging from $7,000 to $52,000.

Browse the records: Document Search

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6. The Night He Died: What the Footage Actually Shows

The DOJ's January 30 release included surveillance footage from the Metropolitan Correctional Center on the night of August 9-10, 2019. What CBS News found when they analyzed the footage contradicts the official account in at least seven ways.

The Orange Shape

At approximately 10:39 PM, the camera captured a flash of orange moving up the staircase toward the isolated, locked tier where Epstein's cell was located. An MCC observation log noted: "A flash of orange looks to be going up the L Tier stairs. Could possibly be an inmate escorted up to that Tier."

The FBI logged it as "possibly an inmate." Correctional officers typically wear navy or grey. Inmates wear orange jumpsuits.

The DOJ's Office of Inspector General concluded it was an "unidentified CO" carrying orange "linen or bedding." Retired NYPD sergeant and forensic video expert Conor McCourt disagreed: "It's more likely a person in an [orange] uniform." Four other leading forensic experts concurred.

The Staircase Blind Spot

CBS digitally reconstructed the Special Housing Unit using OIG diagrams and found that the staircase to Epstein's cell block and the main entrance to the SHU were not visible on camera. Five forensic video experts confirmed: "To say that there's no way that someone could get to that, the stairs up to his room, without being seen is false."

This directly contradicts William Barr's 2019 statement that the footage showed no one entered Epstein's area.

The "Raw" Footage Isn't Raw

Federal officials described the video as "raw footage." Forensic analysts identified a cursor and onscreen menu visible in the recording, indicating it is a screen recording of the original footage, not an export from the DVR system. Metadata showed the file was created on May 23, 2025 -- six years after Epstein's death.

The Missing Minute

The video feed skips ahead one full minute just before midnight. Its aspect ratio also abruptly shifts. A government source told CBS that complete, unedited copies exist in FBI, BOP, and OIG possession and do not have the gap.

The Key Problem

The OIG report stated that only officer Tova Noel and Material Handler Michael Thomas possessed the physical key to Epstein's tier. However, the video shows multiple people entering and exiting through the locked door while neither Noel nor Thomas is visible near it.

Check the full contradictions record: Contradictions Tracker

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7. The Prosecution That Never Comes

Here is the final thread, and perhaps the most damning.

After 3.5 million pages, 180,000 images, 2,000 videos, 1,505 named individuals, and six years since Epstein's death: zero new U.S. prosecutions. Not one.

Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted in 2021 for crimes that occurred decades ago. Since then, nothing. The SDNY's co-conspirator investigation was transferred to DOJ headquarters in January 2025 and closed in July 2025.

The contrast with international accountability:

• United Kingdom: Formal police investigation into Peter Mandelson. Prince Andrew evicted from the Royal Lodge by King Charles.
• Norway: Ambassador Mona Juul resigned. Government investigating.
• France: Charged Jean-Luc Brunel (died in custody 2022). Investigating money laundering.
• Slovakia: Foreign minister Lajcak resigned.
• Canada: CDPQ suspended DP World investments.
• United States: Nothing.

Over 50 survivors have identified more than 20 men. The files contain sworn testimony, financial records, flight logs, message pads, and email correspondence. And the DOJ says it cannot prosecute.

Attorney General Pam Bondi was not present at the press conference announcing the file release. Deputy AG Todd Blanche handled it. That same day, Bondi posted a video on social media about the arrest of former CNN anchor Don Lemon.

Senator Cynthia Lummis, after reviewing unredacted files: "Now I see what the big deal is. And the members of Congress that have been pushing this were not wrong."

Representative Jamie Raskin accused the DOJ of a coverup.

Representatives Khanna and Massie, after their own review, accused the DOJ of "breaking the law" by withholding information.

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What the Database Reveals That the News Doesn't

Individual news organizations cover individual threads. The power of Epstein Exposed is that it lets you see the web.

When you search Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem in our database, you don't just see the torture video email. You see his connections to Ehud Barak, to Anil Ambani, to Peter Mandelson, to the Somaliland port deal, to the Great St. James identity fraud, to the Carbyne investment, and to the correspondence about Eastern European women arriving who didn't match their photos.

When you search Ehud Barak, you see the $2.3 million Wexner Foundation payment, the Carbyne chairmanship, the Thiel introduction, the island visits, the disguised entries to Epstein's townhouse, and the explicit correspondence that continued for years after Epstein's conviction.

When you use our Network Graph, you see that Epstein sat at the center of a web connecting Israeli intelligence, Emirati sovereign wealth, Indian defense contracts, British government secrets, American emergency infrastructure, and the sexual exploitation of children.

No single document is the smoking gun. The smoking gun is the pattern. And the pattern is visible in the data.

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What Happens Next

Today, February 12: House Judiciary Committee hearing with AG Pam Bondi. Members are expected to press on the redactions, the missing 2.5 million pages, and the absence of new prosecutions.

February 18: Leslie Wexner testifies before the House Oversight Committee. Wexner was labeled an FBI "co-conspirator" in the files. The Wexner Foundation's leaked emails show Epstein controlled the family's finances long after supposedly departing. The Foundation donated $128 million to pro-Israel causes between 2003 and 2018.

Ongoing: SDNY sealed document review may release additional materials. Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn face subpoenas. Maxwell remains in prison, with her attorney publicly angling for a pardon.

We will update the database as new information emerges. Every document, every connection, every flight, every name -- searchable and cross-referenced.

Because the most dangerous thing about a smoking arsenal is when nobody assembles the pieces.

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