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I think this headline is subtlety misleading. From the article:

>>> “William Burns, director of the Central Intelligence Agency since 2021, had three meetings scheduled with Epstein in 2014, when he was deputy secretary of state, the documents show. They first met in Washington and then Mr. Burns visited Epstein’s townhouse in Manhattan.”

It implies Epstein was meeting with the CIA chief, when the actual revelation was that he was meeting with the Secretary of State (which is probably equally noteworthy)

[baryphonic]

> It implies Epstein was meeting with the CIA chief, when the actual revelation was that he was meeting with the Secretary of State (which is probably equally noteworthy)

No, this isn't right. Burns was the Deputy Secretary of State. At the time, John Kerry was Secretary of State.

FWIW, when I first read the headline, I interpreted it to mean the current CIA director, as news headlines usually refer to former officials as "former" or "ex-".

[medler]

Deputy Secretary of State. Almost as noteworthy, but still

[FormerBandmate]

They also met for lunch when he was a well-connected financier. He didn't exactly go to his island

[VagueMag]

The "well-connected financier" storyline generally falls apart on closer inspection. Of what is actually known and documented about how Epstein obtained his money, it was mostly through stock and real estate gifted to him by Les Wexner.