18) That puts the 2001 news report that Epstein "once claimed to have worked for the CIA, though he now denies it" in a new light. It suggests Epstein may have bragged about his CIA role in the 90s, then saw it as a liability, then felt confident to deny it after his 1999 FOIA. https://t.co/E8GM1OfAnl ...

17) Importantly, Epstein was not a widely known figure at all in 1999. He only came into public awareness in 2001-2002, when the public became curious who was flying Bill Clinton around Africa. So Epstein checked if any CIA connections were public before he himself went public. ...

16) One reading is Epstein repeatedly FOIA'd the CIA to keep checking if they'd publicly disclosed any links with him, so he could decide what he could credibly tell his colleagues going forward & know what info might be easily discoverable by foreign counterintelligence organs ...

15) Fourth, the fact the CIA gave a partial response ("no open or acknowledged Agency affiliation") and partial GLOMAR means the exact text of what Epstein requested could both (1) finally confirm whether the CIA is hiding classified Epstein docs & (2) hint at what's classified. ...

14) Third, given Epstein's CIA adjacency by the late 1970s & throughout the 80s, it's quite possible Epstein originally FOIA'd the CIA for records about himself in the 1980s, and his 1999 FOIA simply re-ran his earlier 1980s request. In that case, we'd (you'd) get all that info. ...

13) Second, we can't currently tell exactly what records Epstein requested about himself in 2011 because the CIA response to him in 2011 shows they simply re-ran the same request Epstein sent them in 1999, and updated their records search through 2011. https://t.co/riG659KGen ...

10) For the record, I don't want to send this FOIA request because I don't want to get killed. ...

8) In theory, anyone right now could just FOIA the CIA for all records & correspondence related to reference numbers P-1999-02450 & P-2011-00673. In theory, the CIA would have to turn those Epstein files over immediately. We know the files exist. We know they're not classified. https://t.co/2yaWfcGB8F ...

7) Ordinarily, the CIA has to automatically declassify (or deny after affirmative review) records after 25 years. But CIA FOIA records are not subject to this because they're not classified. Rather, the CIA uploads based on frequency of request for a FOIA reference file's upload https://t.co/nN1vL1zBMq ...

5) Epstein's 1999 CIA FOIA correspondence never having been approved for release (even in a redacted form) is interesting, as it's been more than 25 years. I'm attaching screenshots of CIA FOIA correspondence in CIA Reading Room that were approved for release in between 1-9 years https://t.co/RniUfxl7Dk ...