Video
I have created a short video on my channel summarizing this information and showing the screenshots I took from archive.org that support my claim.
Claim
Today, I can confirm that information about William Barr's employment with the CIA was mysteriously scrubbed from his Wikipedia page a day or two after Epstein's apparent suicide.
Proof
Until as recently as August 11th at 5:20 am, the following information appeared on the Wikipedia page of Attorney General William Barr:
From 1973 to 1977, Barr was employed by the CIA, initially for a short period as a China analyst, then in the legislative affairs section.
As recently as August 13th at 2:14 am, this information had been removed from his Wikipedia page.
Barr and George HW Bush
I was able to find this fascinating interview from April 2001 with William Barr where he talks about how he first came to know Bush:
I remember the first time I actually dealt with him. It was legislation proposed by Michael Harrington, a very left-wing representative, and Bella Abzug, that would require notifying all the people whose mail had been reviewed by the CIA under a program called HT/Lingual. He had to go up and testify against the legislation. I had written testimony, and I went up and sat in the seat that’s behind the witness. Someone asked him a question, and he leaned back and said, "How the hell do I answer this one?" I whispered the answer in his ear, and he gave it, and I thought, Who is this guy? He listens to legal advice when it’s given.
On top of being a first hand source of the information that was scrubbed from Wikipedia, Barr shares a number of very interesting anecdotes about his service for the Bush Administration during this interview.
So, Barr served in the CIA under George HW Bush. George HW Bush goes on to become the 41st President and selects 41 year-old William Barr to become the Attorney General. And with a former CIA Director as president and a CIA lawyer as Attorney General, the CIA survives the epic fallout from a myriad of agency scandals that were coming to light in the early 90s, such as BCCI, Iran-Contra, and Franklin. And then all of a sudden it's 1993 and the Clinton's take over.
I know this is stuff we already know, but I think its worth mentioning as we continue to try to assess how much hope we can rightfully place in Barr.
Questions
Was this simply someone from Wikipedia? Was this someone from Barr's team? Was it someone else? What was the CIA trying to accomplish with China from 1973-1977? Was that all that Barr was doing for the CIA? Is Barr to be trusted?Are Epstein and Maxwell former CIA?
If they are CIA, then were things orchestrated so that Barr would become the Attorney General now, thus making it easier for them to expose (sacrifice) two of their own, or, is this organic and just a bit of divine irony, thus placing Barr in a position where doing the right thing will require him to go against the agency? What is our confidence level in Barr's ability to do the right thing and help expose the darker, more covert aspects of international intelligence?
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argosciv ago
Actually, the information is technically not "scrubbed" -- at least not from the internet abroad.
Let's go over this.
Here is the edit in question:
https://archive.fo/Fp79B
As you can see, yes, the line referring to Barr's work at the CIA has been removed from the wiki entry's text. HOWEVER...
If you look at this current snapshot of the entry, under the external links section, you will see a link to the justice.gov (DOJ) site's "Meet The Attorney General" page:
https://archive.fo/STqei#selection-11245.0-11245.31
This page is updated with details on the incumbent Attorney General, here's a link to the current snapshot which does mention Barr's work with the CIA:
https://archive.fo/4CfGY
While it is not as specific as the line removed from the wiki entry, the fact that he was with the CIA is not technically "scrubbed", it was just not sufficiently sourced. Previously, the only source for it was "Graham 1992, page 52" (still in use on that entry), with no indication/link as to what book/publication "Graham 1992" actually refers to.
After a bit of digging around, I was able to find Barr's personal bio on the DOJ site, which also mentions his CIA work but has been edited on February 28th, 2019, to omit the specific mention of him working with them as an analyst and assistant legislative counsel. However, this mention is still accessible via web.archive.org in all snapshots preceding February 28th, 2019 (archived via archive.fo for posterity):
https://archive.fo/KT3gt
Screenshot for further posterity: https://files.catbox.moe/tk4cm0.png
I'm sure if you can find a definitive, linked source for "China analyst" it could be added back to the wikipedia page without a problem. In any case, you can still edit the page to mention that he "worked for the CIA between 1973 and 1977 as an analyst and assistant legislative counsel", using the following web.archive.org link -- again though, a more specific, non-ambiguous source would be needed for the "China" part:
Use this to cite "from 1973 to 1977": justice.gov/ag/bio/barr-william-pelham via web.archive.org Feb 28, 2019
Use this to cite "worked at the CIA as an analyst and assistant legislative counsel": justice.gov/ag/bio/barr-william-pelham via web.archive.org Feb 27, 2019
WalnutSauceGoat ago
Finally some sanity in the discussion. Great post.