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SIMONBARROW ago

Just going by the chronology, it looks to me like the White House felt they could not address the subject of human trafficking without talking to Alefantis first.

SpikyAube ago

I actually think Alefantis might be higher up in their little society than some of those in higher political office. The email communication between him and Podesta made it seem like Alefantis had the authority and Podesta was deferential almost.

postfascion ago

It would make sense. Bureaucrats run the show behind the scenes, while the politicians take the role of disposable whipping boys...so to extend that, why wouldn't the real power lay in the hands of people hiding amongst "the masses" in seemingly low level positions? That would be a very effective way of creating plausible deniability.

SpikyAube ago

Exactly. I just have a feeling about this Alefantis guy, that he's closer to the snake's head than many imagine. It's in the emails to Podesta, a kind of barely discernible attitude that perhaps exposes a hierarchical relationship, and it's also in the way he comports himself: he just has a completely solid, assured, unflappable air about him, along with a kind of underlying smirky superiority, that somehow confers the sense that he wields power.

Also I'm sure I read somewhere as well, that in these secret societies there will be people who have a more senior role in public view, but are in reality subservient to people who have a senior role in the secret society, who may have a much lower and less high profile job in public. So Alefantis being a 'big cheese' behind the scenes would fit in with that.

Of course, his power could just lie in the fact that he has so much dirt on all these people. Although obviously if he takes them down, he'd go down too - but he might be given some kind of deal for information to catch the bigger fish.

postfascion ago

One secret society that doesn't get much attention is the Knights of Malta. Freemasons get most of the bad press (mostly for good reason), but look into the history of the war between the two and it's enlightening, especially the link between the KOM and the Catholic Church. Not saying anyone involved is a member of either btw, just cus you mentioned it. And yeah, where there's dirt, there's power, great point.