One Nation Under Blackmail – Vol. 2: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Organized Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein Vol. 2 (2)

I just got the book today. I set down and was just going to thumb through it and read a few excerpts to get an over view. That really didn't work. I see this will be a deep contemplated read. This is well-sourced and cross-referenced. This is a dense book that will require a focused read. I am hooked! The only thing slowing me down is I needed to be in larger print. I might have been happier to get the electronic version so I could zoom in.

This book may change your life. You will never see the world the same way after reading Volume I and Volume II. I initially approached Whitney Webb's two volume set with skepticism, but these books will make you want to learn even more. Even though both volumes are very long, they were so compelling, I might actually read both of them a second time: In the latter sections of the work, Webb picks up threads she'd written about earlier, and it makes you want to go back and read the earlier material all over again -- it's THAT interesting. One particularly jaw-dropping one was a senior Whitehouse aide who was found with both a noose around his neck and a gunshot wound to the chest: What kind of person commits suicide in both ways at once, or shoots himself in the chest instead of the head -- while hanging themselves? And yet, the judge ruled his death a suicide and sealed all the forensic records, so no one could challenge it. Read the books to learn who this was and when it happened. Happily, Ms. Webb is not partisan -- she unmasks corruption in both parties, and through both Democratic AND Republican administrations. I do have some concerns about the work, which do not detract stars from this mighty opus but need to be stated: There are many places where Webb cites third party books as the sources for an assertion. If she were an academic or a government researcher, she would be required to source the original finding, not the third party source. If she found the fact in a third party book, the citation should name where that third party author got it, such as by saying "Author X cites FBI records that show....." or "Author Y interviewed the surviving spouse to learn..." or "Author Z provides this information from his many years working for Mossad himself..." So, yes, I wish she had been more attentive to establishing original sourcing for all documentable assertions, but I will take what we can get, because this info is so crucial. And readers can track down the books and articles she cites, to learn the original source of information. My second "complaint" is that I was puzzled by the book titles' focus on "blackmail," per se, rather than "corruption" more broadly. Webb's thesis is so important, I felt that she lost ground by choosing a book title that focuses everyone's attention only on the "blackmail" aspect, rather than the corrupt "manipulation" of political leaders and markets and organizations more generally. Much of the manipulation is achieved via money, rather than blackmail. But since Jeffrey Epstein used blackmail, and he is ostensibly the "peg" for writing this work, I can see how it wound up with a "blackmail"-focused title. The corruption Webb documents is WAY more extensive than just blackmail, however. My third concern is that I wish Webb had pointed out that "association" does not always mean "collaboration." Webb finds a lot of links between organized crime and intelligence that could easily reflect intelligence targeting of the corrupt entity, rather than cooperation with it. If intelligence personnel turn up embedded in a corrupt venue, it's always possible that they were collecting intel, which is, obviously their mission. Much of what she cites is, indeed, very disturbing, but I would have appreciated a note admitting that entities can be "linked" for reasons other than collusion. But this is still a five star work -- This ground-breaking book deserves a much more extensive review than Amazon's paradigm permits, but let me just end with this: Everyone needs to read this two-volume book so that there can be more discussion of what needs to happen next in all of our lives, now that we know how extensively government and business are being manipulated by corrupt entities.

What an eye opener! All the information is backed up with documentation not supposition. An amazing true history of how money and power is influencing our world. A must read!

I've long been a cynic with respect to my trust in so-called republican / democratic government, *especially* when it comes to our foreign policy. The US has been the sycophantic lapdog for Israeli interests since the Johnson administration, at least, which I researched and documented myself in a research paper at Air University. Little did I know the extent and depth to which this corruption actually sank prior to reading Webb's extensively documented analysis. In this two-volume work, she demonstrates that organized crime, foreign policy, national and foreign intelligence, arms dealing, sex trafficking, and the buying and selling of politicians *are all one interrelated and interconnected web of corruption* protecting one another's interests and insured against exposure by blackmail, especially but not limited to sexual blackmail. And no one escapes the author's penetrating gaze. If you think Vince Foster's "suicide" was suspicious, you're not alone. If you believe FLOTUS personally authored his suicide note to cover up actual espionage against the US from the White House, well that would be worth investigating, no? But does it also tie to the Iran-Contra affair from two administrations previous? And to Watergate? And to Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump and Joe McCarthy and the Mossad? If you've previously made all those connections, there is no need to read this book. But if you haven't and you're willing to be disabused of your misplaced trust in the American political system (D or R, it doesn't matter), this is a must-read. The first volume is the background analysis of the organized crime, intelligence, and criminal "prosecution" networks that created and enabled Jeffrey Epstein, whereas the second volume deals more directly with his direct actions that are oh-so-more-involved than simply sex trafficking. It is possible that the recent collapse of the mainstream media and rise of the independent journalists not beholden to the common ownership of the former will begin the process of removing the wool long ago pulled over the public's eye. Or one can hope.

You never imagined what has gone on in our society. Corruption is like a virus, spreading everywhere without noticing before it is too late. This is classic journalism at its best and nothing like what you get on the evening news shows. Prepare to be shocked.

This volume delve little more into Epstein's personal and business life that I was hoping to get. After reading both volumes, I think I'd have enjoyed it more if the connections of people were narrowed to the main players as a focus. As in the case of the first volume, it was too many people to keep track of and too many other people's stories that causes the reader to get lost in the important corruption information you sought to expose. It would've been a better and easier read to just concentrate on Epstein and not so much on the mob connections in the first volume. That can be another book in itself.

Only woman who is brave enough , smart enough, and real enough and a mother busy and still trying to save the world cuz nobody else will . I’m glad my money went to a real hero . Every woman could learn from her . I’m a man and I’ve learned a few things from her myself. She is a rare spirit . You couldn’t pay me to tell you how great this book and her other part is . The truth is right in front of our faces while these evil creatures try to ruin our lives . She tells you with integrity and doesn’t miss a detail. This book should be recommended in schools and libraries all over the world . Military wives should get this as a gift to there husbands for sure!!! Any rabbit hole truth seekers this is the #1 author I’d recommend.

This is a must read, a bit easier to read than volume 1 (which is also a must read). You will walk away from these books a completely different person.