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  Epstein Received Sensitive Military Intelligence Amid Gates Foundation Polio Campaign in Pakistan Justice Department emails show that Epstein helped the Gates Foundation gain access to the Taliban—and received confidential reports and intelligence on Pakistani military operations. Waqas Ahmed and Murtaza Hussain Feb 27 On February 27, Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif declared “ open war ” on Afghanistan after a week of clashes with the Taliban along the border and strikes on military positions in Afghan territory. For decades, Pakistan’s border regions with Afghanistan have served as a testing ground not only for new military tactics but also for ambitious international organizations and philanthropists who have tried to reshape the region’s public health sector and state institutions. Documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice reveal surprising details about one particular episode: Jeffrey Epstein’s involvement with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundatio...

Iranian Officials to Drop Site: Tehran is Showing “Unbelievable Level of Flexibility" in Talks to Prevent U.S. War Iran understands it is dealing with an erratic U.S. president, but its negotiators still believe they can thread the needle with Trump. Jeremy Scahill and Murtaza Hussain Feb 24 Drop Site is a reader-funded, independent news outlet. Without your support, we can’t operate. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber or making a  501(c)(3) tax-deductible donation today . Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (C) speaks to the media after his meeting with the E3 group of European ministers on June 20, 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland. (Photo by Sedat Suna/Getty Images). The U.S. and Iran are headed to a new round of talks in Geneva aimed at averting a conflict this week—as the U.S. continues to surge military forces to the region in its largest military buildup since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Although talks are scheduled for Thursday, the prospects for a deal that w...

  Jeffrey Epstein Aided Alan Dershowitz’s Attack on Mearsheimer and Walt’s “Israel Lobby” Epstein and Alan Dershowitz collaborated on smear campaigns against Mearsheimer, Walt, and an underage assault victim making allegations against Epstein—in the same week. Ryan Grim and Murtaza Hussain Nov 25 Drop Site is a reader-funded, independent news outlet. Without your support, we can’t operate. Please consider making a  501(c)(3) tax-deductible donation today . Jeffrey Epstein with Alan Dershowitz in 2004. Photo by Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images. In March 2006, the Harvard Kennedy School published a working paper, “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy,” by influential political scientists John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt. The paper, which  ran in the London Review of Books  and became the basis for a book published the following year, was an unflinching analysis of the impact of pro-Israel advocacy and lobbying groups on the U.S. political system, a...