They probably didn't know he was the sex scandal guy when they published the article.
The author, "science writer" Christina Galbraith, was apparently working as Epstein's publicist.
She was also the daughter of Evan Galbraith, a good friend of Bill Buckley.
Yes, it's damning that they'd just put the thing in the magazine, but it's also the sort of thing that happens in publishing.
Sooner or later it will happen at Breitbart, if it hasn't already.
“In July of 2013, the National Review published a massive 1500 word article praising Jeffrey Epstein.
They probably didn’t know he was the sex scandal guy when they published the article.
The author, “science writer” Christina Galbraith, was apparently working as Epstein’s publicist.”
It is impossible that someone researching a long article on Epstein in 2013 could not have known about his sexual abuse of underage girls. It is impossible that someone reviewing the article for publication could not have known.
Here are Epstein’s well publicized activities prior to 2013.
In March 2005, a woman contacted Florida’s Palm Beach Police Department and alleged that her 14-year-old stepdaughter had been taken to Epstein’s mansion by an older girl. She was paid $300 to strip and massage Epstein.
Police began an investigation of Epstein. The police alleged that Epstein had paid several girls to perform sexual acts with him. Five victims and 17 witnesses testified, some of the girls involved were under age. The police search of Epstein’s home found two hidden cameras and large numbers of photos of girls throughout the house, some of whom the police had interviewed.
Epstein installed concealed cameras in numerous places on his property to record sexual activity with underage girls by prominent people for criminal purposes, such as blackmail. Epstein pimped out the girls to powerful people to ingratiate himself with them and also to gain possible blackmail information.
In May 2006, Palm Beach police filed an affidavit saying that Epstein should be charged with four counts of unlawful sex with minors and one rape count.
After reports that Epstein would be charged with only one count of aggravated assault with no intent to commit a felony, Palm Beach Police accused the Palm Beach County state prosecutor, Barry Krischer, of being too lenient and possibly complicit. Epstein was charged with a single charge of solicitation of prostitution, to which Epstein pleaded not guilty in August 2006.
Alexander Acosta, then the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Epstein’s attorneys agreed to a plea deal. It was signed on September 24, 2007.
Acosta said he had been told that Epstein “belonged to intelligence”, was “above his pay grade” and to “leave it alone”.
Epstein agreed to plead guilty to two state prostitution charges, register as a sex offender, and pay restitution to three dozen victims identified by the FBI. Epstein agreed not to contest civil claims brought by the 36 women identified by the FBI, but escaped a prosecution that could have seen him jailed for the rest of his life.”
On June 30, 2008, after Epstein pleaded guilty to a state charge (one of two) of procuring for prostitution a girl below age 18, he was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Epstein served almost 13 months before being released for a year of probation on house arrest until August 2010.
In January 2011, after a hearing and appeal, Epstein remained registered in New York State as a “level three” (high risk of repeat offense) sex offender, a lifelong designation.