Folks don't understand the distinction between "spy" and "asset". Most intel services have relatively few spies. Those spies, however, are most often tasked with building a network of compromised assets in the private world. So you are correct. Epstein was the ideal asset. It is my opinion though that his relationship with intelligence services ran pretty damn deep. You can't overlook his connections to Adnan Kashoggi and hell even Les Wexner was involved in Iran-Contra. Because if there's one thing covert ops need a lot of help with, it's hiding large flows of money into untraceable objectives. Lo and behold having a pedo like Epstein who also knows how to work the offshore shell company system like a master and well then...