Opinion
In November of 2023, a brothel ring that spanned Boston and the suburbs of Washington, DC, was taken down by federal prosecutors. News broke that the business, which not only was focused on sexual services but got their product via human trafficking, catered to some of the most elite in the United States government.
The clientele list is rumored to be lengthy and juicy, from politicians to military brass and defense contractors to scientists. The names of those who partook in the services provided are still unknown and, unfortunately, may remain unknown to the public.
The reason behind this possibility is because signs indicate that this wasn’t just a regular run-of-the-mill prostitution ring; it very well could’ve been a sophisticated espionage operation run by a foreign state. The question is, which of our adversaries – or friends – were behind it?
Flashback
As a refresher, back in November, six brothels in Boston and the Washington DC suburbs that catered to high-end clientele were shut down. The brothels targeted politicians, government officials, defense contractors, corporate executives, professors, lawyers and scientists.
Many of the clients possessed security clearances of varying levels. Of those with security clearances, prosecutors on the case said included members of Congress, military officers, and national security contractors.
To partake in the products provided at the brothels, which were women trafficked into the United States for sex work, these clients had to fill out membership applications. Included in these applications were the requirements for government-issued identification cards, phone and email contacts to provide positive references, employer information, and credit card records.
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This detail brings us to the conclusion many are making about this organization’s real purpose. A retired foreign spy explained to The Daily Mail:
“Finding idiots like this would be pure gold for an intelligence service running a honeypot.”
Pure gold indeed!
The plot thickens
For those who aren’t as savvy on the tools of international espionage, a honeypot is a scheme employed since the dawn of time to entice someone of influence into a sexual or romantic relationship to manipulate them and use their influence to the advantage of the honeypot operator.
Since temptations of the flesh cross all cultures and the misguided belief that the more influence or power one has, the more immune one becomes, honeypots are highly effective and employed often.
Intelligence experts believe that these high-end brothels were the orchestrations of a honeypot or honeytrap due to the intended targets and the locations. Washington, DC, is a hub of power and influence, and the Boston brothels were near Harvard University and MIT.
Both Harvard and MIT train government and military officials and author reports for the Pentagon and the CIA. The question remains: who was behind the honeypot?
A South Korean woman has been accused of heading up the brothels. However, a former CIA senior operations officer told The Daily Mail:
“Having the Koreans out front could have been a false flag to give China or another country plausible deniability if the plot unraveled.”
Given that only a few countries have the intelligence capabilities and means to pull off such a stunt, the pool of suspects is relatively small. There are the obvious suspects given the alleged head of the brothels – the Koreans or, as the above officer mentioned, China.
The masterminds could also be Russia, which is well-known for its honeypot tactics. And finally, the other possible suspect with the means to execute such an operation is Israel.
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Don’t hold your breath
Is it likely that the brothel ring was an espionage mission aimed at gathering critical information from influential power players? The facts certainly seem to indicate it could be.
Will we ever know if this was the case? Unlikely given the embarrassment that would cause the United States government, let alone all those implicated on the client list.
Just as the complete Epstein client list remains a mystery, the location of the UFOs, who killed JFK, and who sabotaged the Nord Stream pipeline, so too I would wager will these sexual deviants and what country executed the massive honeypot in Boston and DC. I’m not sure which is worse, though: That government officials and “intellectual giants” participated in human trafficking, or that they were stupid enough to fill out a membership application just as detailed as a job application on LinkedIn.
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