Martin Nowak, Jeffrey Epstein and the Questions Harvard Still Hasn’t Answered (8/24/26)

The Epstein Chronicles · Aug 24, 2026 · 13m

The newly released Epstein records have put Harvard professor Martin Nowak back under intense scrutiny, not simply because of a bizarre 2014 email exchange about a “captured spy” and “torture,” but because the correspondence sits inside a much larger and more troubling relationship between Epstein, Nowak and Harvard. Nowak said the “spy” reference came from the computer game Civilization II and insisted that nobody had actually been captured or tortured, while saying he did not know what prompted Epstein’s response. There is no allegation that Nowak committed a crime, but Harvard placed him…