Emails hacked from the inbox of former Israeli PM Ehud Barak reveal discussions with notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including exchanges about a trip to the pedophile's private island. The emails were acquired last year by Handala, a hacking group with suspected ties to Iranian intelligence agencies. Link: Ehud Barak's 100,000 Emails. Many of the emails detail Epstein's partnership with Barak in 2015, when the pair began investing in a security startup known as Reporty Homeland Security. Epstein used Barak "to seek out opportunities in the surveillance industry and build connections with powerful figures around the globe." Those influential figures included Palantir founder Peter Thiel, along with the former director of Israeli signals intelligence and two individuals described as being in Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle.
