[GRADE A2 — EFTA02465592 (DOJ release)]
April 17, 2016 (EFTA02465592): Barak proposes a second defense-tech investment to Epstein:
"a similar arrangement to the one we had in Reporty"
The company is Levitection — staffed by "all Rafael veterans" (Rafael Advanced Defense Systems is Israel's state-owned military technology company). Barak suggests Udi can negotiate terms.
This email is significant because it establishes that the Reporty investment was a template — a repeatable structure. Barak explicitly references replicating the same arrangement for a company staffed entirely by veterans of Israel's state military-industrial complex. The Reporty model was: Epstein funds via offshore vehicle → Barak provides Israeli defense establishment access → profits shared through structured partnership.
WHAT THIS SHOWS AND DOES NOT SHOW: The document establishes that Barak viewed the Reporty/Carbyne investment as a model to replicate for other Israeli defense-tech startups. The "similar arrangement" language confirms a standardized deal structure existed between Epstein and Barak. Whether Levitection received funding is not documented in the available corpus. This does NOT establish that the investment model was illegal.