In the Epstein file email about the $65,000 hot dog and pizza party with Obama, it appears that a man named Fred Burton says he is "assuming we are using the same channels". Does that mean he was the person to acquire the "pizza/dogs" the same as some time before - through the same channels?

"After the word "pizza" was found over 900x in the Epstein files, what did Obama really mean by $65,000 dollars worth of "pizza & hot dogs" from Chicago for a private party at The White House, and why were they using private channels to communicate about "pizza and hot dogs?"" See https://x.com/TheSCIF/status/2019956994380366082

According to his online info he sounds like the quintessential spook, used extensively on mainstream media, NY Times bestseller, and deeply connected to the CIA etc. Why would this guy be involved with a "pizza" and "hot dog" party?

From his bio he has connections to just about every operation one way or another.

From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Burton_(security_expert)

"*He began his career in law enforcement as a police officer in Montgomery County, Maryland and later worked for the U.S. Secret Service.[3] From 1985 to 1999, he was a special agent with the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS). He eventually became the deputy chief of the DSS counterterrorism division.

While with the DSS, Burton was appointed by Washington to assist in the investigation of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. He also investigated the killing of Rabbi Meir Kahane; the al Qaeda New York City bombing plots before the September 11 attacks; and the Libyan-backed terrorist attacks against diplomats in Sana'a and Khartoum. He was involved in the arrest of Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993.

Mr. Burton joined Stratfor, an Austin, Texas-based geopolitical forecasting and analysis company, in 2004. Reflections on his experiences as a counterterrorism agent are recorded in his series, Lessons From Old Case Files.

Burton is the author of a memoir, Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent, published by Random House in 2008,[4] and Chasing Shadows: A Special Agent's Lifelong Hunt to Bring a Cold War Assassin to Justice, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2011.[5]

Under Fire: The Untold Story of the Attack in Benghazi, written by Burton and Samuel M. Katz, was published by St. Martin's Press in September 2013 and was a New York Times bestseller. [Vanity Fair] ran a lengthy excerpt from the book shortly before it was published.[6] HBO has purchased the film rights to the book, with executive producer Jerry Weintraub[7] to oversee production.

In addition to his own memoirs, Burton has been referenced or portrayed in other books, including 1000 Years for Revenge: International Terrorism and the FBI—Untold Story[8] by former ABC News correspondent Peter Lance and a commemorative book of photos published by the Department of State Diplomatic Security Service, 25 Years in Pictures Archived 2014-02-28 at the Wayback Machine.

Burton's involvement in the search for and capture of Ramzi Yousef was chronicled in Relentless Pursuit: The DSS and the Manhunt for the Al-Qaeda Terrorists by Sam Katz (Forge, 2002). The acquaintance that was formed as Katz was writing this book led to his collaboration with Burton more than a decade later on Under Fire.

Burton's latest book, Beirut Rules,[9] is co-written with Samuel Katz and will be released by Penguin Random House h in October 2018.[10] The book chronicles the abduction, torture and murder of CIA Station Chief William Buckley by Hezbollah in the early 1980s. After reading Beirut Rules, former President George H. W. Bush said: “In these pages, Fred Burton and Samuel Katz ably describe the selfless service and ultimate sacrifice of CIA’s William F. Buckley, murdered brutally while held as a hostage in Lebanon. Beirut Rules can’t bring this quiet hero back to life. But it will show a new generation the value of a life well lived in service of country.”[citation needed]

In May 2008, Burton was interviewed on Comedy Central's The Daily Show[dead link] by host Jon Stewart. He regularly speaks with national and international media on counterterrorism, law enforcement and other security related matters, including the October 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada.[11]

In July 2016, Burton sat down with Yahoo Finance Editor-in-Chief Andy Serwer to discuss how corporate executives are responding to recent international terrorist attacks. In November 2016, Burton was featured in a Washington Post story on the potential threats to Trump-branded properties around the world after the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States."*

Security Magazine's Most Influential People in Security in 2021 Security Magazine Sep 2021 Security is pleased to announce our 2021 Most Influential People in Security – 10 top security executives and industry leaders who are positively impacting the security field, their organization, colleagues and peers, and the national and global security landscape. https://www.linkedin.com/in/thefredburton

Fred Burton is one of the world’s foremost experts on protective intelligence, global security and terrorism. He is a former State Department counterterrorism deputy chief and DSS special agent, who investigated the kidnapping of the hostages held captive by Hezbollah and many other acts of terror. He is the author of Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent and Chasing Shadows: A Special Agent’s Lifelong Hunt to Bring a Cold War Assassin to Justice, and coauthor with Samuel M. Katz of the New York Times bestseller Under Fire: The Untold Story of the Attack in Benghazi. https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Fred-Burton/238703521

He's served on the front lines of high-profile investigations like the hunt for and arrest of Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind behind the first World Trade Center bombing; the 1988 plane crash of PAK-1 that killed U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel and Pakistani President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq; and the search for Americans kidnapped by Hezbollah in Beirut, Lebanon. https://www.officialfredburton.com