2026年2月8日，美国东部时间下午5:03 46分钟前 / 《华盛顿邮报》
根据美国司法部公布的文件， convicted sex offender（已定罪的性犯罪者）杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的律师向美国国家安全局和中情局提交了记录请求。
美国弗吉尼亚州兰利中情局总部的中情局印章。(Carolyn Kaster/AP)
作者：Maegan Vazquez
根据美国司法部公布的文件， convicted sex offender（已定罪的性犯罪者）杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的律师提交了对美国情报机构留存记录的请求，这些记录可能反映出爱泼斯坦与中情局的关联，或者美国国家安全局是否留存了有关他的信息。
这些最新文件是为了遵守一项要求披露针对已故金融家的联邦调查文件的法律而公布的，其中揭示了大量通信内容，概述了爱泼斯坦在因州一级的卖淫指控服刑并登记为性犯罪者之后，如何长期寻求与世界各国领导人、外交官、科学家、金融家、律师和企业家建立关系。
这些文件还揭示了爱泼斯坦与俄罗斯的联系程度，这增加了人们的怀疑，即爱泼斯坦因与国际精英的个人关系而与情报机构合作或成为目标。
中情局发给爱泼斯坦律师马丁·温伯格的一封通信表示，“我们搜索了中情局来源的响应记录，这些记录可能反映出在1999年至2011年期间的公开或其他已知的机构关联”——爱泼斯坦似乎在1999年曾寻求过此类信息。
“我们未能找到任何信息或记录，”日期为2011年7月29日的信件中写道，发信人是中情局信息与隐私协调员（姓名已被编辑）。“关于能揭示与中情局存在机密联系的响应记录……中情局既不能确认也不能否认存在响应您请求的记录。”
2014年的另一封信来自美国国家安全局，根据《信息自由法》（FOIA），该机构拒绝了爱泼斯坦另一名律师的上诉，拒绝提供与客户相关的信息。
该机构的结论是，它“既不能确认也不能否认存在与该请求相关的任何情报材料”，并补充说，“否则在《信息自由法》质疑下这样做将导致情报信息、来源和方法的曝光，这可能损害我们的国家安全，并严重破坏（国家安全局/中央安全局）的总体活动。”
2014年7月30日的拒绝信显示，爱泼斯坦的律师达伦·K·因迪凯（Darren K. Indyke）一直在寻求“与爱泼斯坦先生有关的或提及他的记录、文件、档案、通信、备忘录、命令、协议和/或指示”，时间跨度约为14年，直到2014年初。
中情局和国家安全局没有回应关于这些记录请求的置评请求，彭博新闻社此前曾报道过这些请求。
美国司法部公布的最新一组文件还包括温伯格在2010年至2012年期间向中情局和联邦调查局提出的记录请求。这些请求指出，爱泼斯坦正在寻求与他有关的任何信息——包括任何可能“记录对爱泼斯坦的监视、监督、观察、询问、审讯、调查和/或信息收集”的信息。
周末未能立即联系到温伯格和因迪凯的代表置评。
《华盛顿邮报》此前报道称，美国司法部最新公布的文件包括电子邮件，显示爱泼斯坦得到了俄罗斯侨民科技投资者的帮助并与之建立了联系，这些投资者因其与克里姆林宫的过往联系而受到美国情报机构的审查。爱泼斯坦还与俄罗斯政府高级官员保持联系。新文件促使波兰政府重新调查爱泼斯坦与俄罗斯情报机构之间可能存在的联系，总理唐纳德·图斯克周二表示。俄罗斯政府发言人驳回了这一举措。
最新一批文件还显示，爱泼斯坦参加了与威廉·J·伯恩斯（William J. Burns）的会议并与他发短信，伯恩斯是一位长期外交官，曾在乔·拜登政府下担任中情局局长。伯恩斯的发言人告诉《卫报》，伯恩斯不知道任何关于爱泼斯坦的事情，并且他“非常后悔曾经见过他”。伯恩斯尚未因与爱泼斯坦有关的任何不当行为被指控。
Joseph Menn 对本报道有贡献。
Epstein’s lawyer asked CIA for records that could show affiliation with agency
February 8, 2026 at 5:03 p.m. EST 46 minutes ago / The Washington Post
Jeffrey Epstein’s lawyers filed records requests to the National Security Agency and the CIA, according to documents released by the Justice Department.
A CIA seal at the agency’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
By Maegan Vazquez
Attorneys for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein filed requests for records retained by American intelligence agencies that could reflect an affiliation with the CIA or whether the National Security Agency retained information about him, according to documents released by the Justice Department.
The latest documents, released to comply with a law requiring the disclosure of files from federal investigations into the deceased financier, have unveiled a trove of correspondence outlining how Epstein sought to nurture relationships with world leaders, diplomats, scientists, financiers, lawyers and entrepreneurs — long after serving time for state prostitution charges and registering as a sex offender.
The documents, which also revealed the extent of Epstein’s Russian connections, have added to suspicions that Epstein worked with or was targeted by intelligence agencies because of his personal ties to international elites.
One piece of correspondence from the CIA, sent to Epstein’s attorney Martin Weinberg, said “we searched for CIA-originated responsive records that might reflect an open or otherwise acknowledged Agency affiliation” for a period between 1999 — when Epstein appears to have previously sought such information — and 2011.
“We were unable to locate any information or records,” states the letter dated July 29, 2011, from the CIA’s information and privacy coordinator, whose name is redacted. “With respect to responsive records that would reveal a classified connection to the CIA … the CIA can neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence of records responsive to your request.”
A separate letter in 2014 from the National Security Agency denied an appeal from another Epstein lawyer under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for information relating to his client.
The agency concluded that it could “neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence of any intelligence material” related to the request, adding that “to do so otherwise when challenged under the FOIA would result in the exposure of intelligence information, sources, and methods, which could harm our national security and severely undermine [National Security Agency/Central Security Service] activities in general.”
The July 30, 2014, denial letter indicates that Epstein’s lawyer Darren K. Indyke had been seeking “records, documents, files, communications, memoranda, orders, agreements, and/or instructions relating to or referring to Mr. Epstein” for about a 14-year span until early 2014.
The CIA and the NSA did not respond to requests for comment on the records requests, which were earlier reported by Bloomberg News.
The latest set of documents released by the Justice Department also includes records requests from Weinberg to the CIA and the FBI, sent between 2010 and 2012. The requests note that Epstein is seeking any information related to him — including any that could “document monitoring, surveillance, observation, questioning, interrogation, investigation, and/or collection of information relating to Epstein.”
Representatives for Weinberg and Indyke could not immediately be reached for comment over the weekend.
The Post has previously reported that the latest release from the Justice Department includes emails that show Epstein got help from and networked with Russian expatriate tech investors who have drawn scrutiny from U.S. intelligence agencies over their past ties with the Kremlin. Epstein also maintained connections with senior Russian government officials. The new documents prompted the Polish government to reopen an inquiry into possible links between Epstein and Russian intelligence services, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday. A Russian government spokesperson dismissed the move.
The latest trove of documents also revealed that Epstein took part in meetings with and texted with William J. Burns, a longtime diplomat who served as CIA director under Joe Biden. A spokesperson for Burns told the Guardian that Burns did not know anything about Epstein and that he “deeply regrets ever meeting with him.” Burns has not been accused of any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein.
Joseph Menn contributed to this report.
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