'National Security'

For years, U.S. intelligence agencies have invoked national security threats to conceal their activities and withhold information—even from Congress, which is tasked with overseeing them. The courts have reinforced this secrecy by establishing a legal precedent known as the ‘state secrets privilege’, an evidentiary rule that allows the exclusion of evidence in legal cases based solely on affidavits from these agencies, claiming that disclosure could endanger national security. Given this context, is it possible that documents and videos related to Jeffrey Epstein’s activities have not been released because he was connected to intelligence agencies, and they claim exposure could pose a threat to national security? Join the conversation and get answers to this question and more on According2Sam episode #329.