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From: J <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2018 1:39 PM To: Noam Chomsky Subject: Re: cultures swept by craziness, isnt =t the same for an individual. .. the brain sends signals base= on faulty sensors or information. . to see if the brain=is functioning. there are word tests. memory tests. etc.=C2 . why isnt conciousness the property of those thin=s. like culture is to fads etc. <=iv direltr">On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 8:09 AM Noam Chomsky rote: Cultures u=fortunately can be swept by craziness. Nazism for example. Or =he Great Awakening. We're in one of those phases now. If t=ere's a charge, it's true, in fact True. Any response is &qu=t;mansplaining," another power play, reinforcing the charge. Yo='ve seen I'm sure what happened to Lawrence. Full and comple=e response, amounts to zero. Isn't even considered. It'=s like trying to discuss rationally with religious fanatics. Noam On Sa=, Dec 29, 2018 at 10:41 AM J <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]» wrote: As the stories=get wilder and the writers make the girls younger. =prostitution is a tabloid s dream , . I wondered if havi=g something out in the cyber world that let some people point =o rational arguments might allow some to defend themselves from their wive= . " how could you " etc. =A0 I have been exploring =he Al world with the cutting edge people. I remind them =f your comments re machines thinking :)/ =AO I thought that culture was the conciousness of a soci=ty. tribes were like self. . media approx =AO transmitters. . It provided constraints and rules for=some underlying interactions. It doesnt exist in a ph=sical sense but either does conciousness. wh=ch it appears to me as an evolutionary advantage and provides the br=in with rules memories. ( culture again ) . and constrai=ts. . tribes when attacked , act like a self . . =ompete like selves. etc. The world we call physical . follows=rules that we have created, most unknowingly. I =ssume language acts like an effective transmittier. . some la=guage like adrenaline. some like dopamine. . do =ome extent the hormones of the culture. ? On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 8:33 AM J <[email protected] <mailto:=eevacation@gmailcom» wrot=: Im considering su=mitting this to the oped of the wash post id like your thoughts =A0 Sweetheart deal!" So goes the attack on the reso=ution of the more than a decade ago federal investigation involving our cl=ent Jeffrey Epstein. The attack is profoundly misplaced, supported n=ither by the law nor the facts. Nor is it supported by the structure of ou= constitutional republic. To the contrary, Jeffrey was subjected to an EFTA_R1_01800974 EFTA02608402 ext=emely aggressive federal intrusion into what would typically be considered=a quintessentially local criminal matter in south Florida. The=C2 offense investigated — at its core, sexual fav=rs for hire — has long been treated as a matter entruste= to laws of the several States, not the federal government. The cond=ct — for which Jeffrey took full responsibilit= — was a classic state offense and was treated exactly that w=y by able, honest prosecutors in Palm Beach County. Nevertheless, =A0without a request from the state prosecutors, the federal governmen= intervened. For their own opportunistic reasons, many are now criti=izing the federal decision-makers at the time, including now-Secretary of =abor Alex Acosta (then-United States Attorney in south Florida), for not g=ing far enough. =he critics are wrong on the facts and the law. They also ignore a fact goi=g to the heart of fundamental fairness: In the decade since pay=ng his debt to society, Jeffrey Epstein has led a life characterized by re=ponsible citizenship, numerous acts of generosity and good deeds. Here are the true key fact=: Jeffrey Epstein, a successful self-made businessman with no p=ior criminal history whatsoever, engaged in illegal conduct that amounted=C2 to solicitation of prostitution. That conduct was wro=g and a violation of Florida state law. Although no coercion, violen=e, alcohol, drugs or the like were involved, some of the women he paid =A0were under the age of 18. Those facts were carefully assessed=by experienced state sex crime prosecutors who aggressively enforce state =riminal laws. No one turned a blind eye to potential offenses to the=public order. To the contrary, the Palm Beach State Attorney's O=fice conducted an extensive fifteen-month investigation, led by the chief =f the Sex Crimes Division. Mr. Epstein was then indicted by the stat= grand jury on a single felony count of solicitation of prostitution. =AO During that intense investigation, the state prosecutors exten=ively gathered and analyzed the evidence, met face-to-face with many =f the asserted victims, considered their credibility — or lack the=eof — and considered the extent of exculpatory evidence, incl=ding sworn testimony from many that they lied about being eighte=n years old to be allowed into Mr. Epstein's home. After mon=hs of negotiations, the state prosecutors believed they had reached a reas=ned resolution of the matter that vindicated the public interest —=a resolution entirely consistent with that of cases involving other simila=ly-situated defendants. The system worked as it should have. </=pan> Then, in came the fe=s. The United States Attorney's Office extensively and aggressiv=ly investigated whether Mr. Epstein had engaged in a commercial human traf=icking ring, targeted minors, or used the internet or traveled inters=ate in the process. But that's not what this was a=d that's not what happened. That is precisely why the f=deral authorities' ultimate decision to defer prosecution to =he state was the right one. However, the federally-demanded resolution was not wit=out conditions. The federal prosecutors insisted on various unorthodo= requirements that Mr. Epstein's experienced defense team had neve= seen imposed on any defendant anywhere. Under the federally-forced deal, =effrey was required to request that the state prosecutors demand the =mposition of a thirty-month sentence that included both jail tim= and the strictest conditions of probation: lifetime sex-offender reg=stration. Those draconian measures were far more than warranted by th= state grand jury's indictment and would not have otherwise b=en required under the previously agreed-upon state disposition. As part of=this highly unusual deal, the government required Jeffrey to pay=for a highly experienced group of attorneys to bring claims agai=st him on behalf of a government list of asserted victims. Jeffrey was req=ired to waive 2 EFTA_R1_01800975 EFTA02608403 the right to challenge those claims without being provided t=e asserted victim's identities by the government until after he wa= incarcerated. Importantly, the feds' decision to decline prosec=tion in deference to the state in exchange for these extraordina=y requirements was reviewed and approved at the multiple levels of th= U.S. Department of Justice. Jeffrey took full responsibility, =omplied with the feds' demands, served his sentence, and in t=e process was treated exactly the same (including his time served) =A0as any other state-incarcerated individuals. His conduct while in =ustody was exemplary, and so characterized by the state custodial authorit=es. Jeffrey Epstein has paid his debt to society. The=challenges to his Agreement with the Government must also be understo=d as challenges to the millions Mr. Epstein paid to the asserted victims a=d their lawyers pursuant to that agreement. Amongst the beneficiaries=of the Epstein-Federal Government Agreement were the many victims who coll=ctively received many millions as a result of the conditions imposed on Mr= Epstein that prevented him from meaningfully contesting civil liability =E2 moneys that would be at issue if requests to invalidate the agree=ent were granted. Our nation faces vitally important challenges, =any involving the treatment of women and basic human dignity. Voices=are rightly being raised speaking truth to power, especially about women i= the workplace. But Jeffrey's offenses of yesteryear, which =ere entirely outside of the workplace, have long since been redressed by t=e criminal justice system. He fully and faithfully has per=ormed every promise and obligation required of him by state and feder=l authorities. In the spirit of the bedrock American belief in secon= chances and fundamental fairness, that chapter in Jeffrey's otherwise=productive and charitable life should be allowed to close once a=d for all. =u> please note =/div>-- =lease note The information contained in this communication is c=nfidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside in=ormation, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the =roperty of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this co=munication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawf.l. 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