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The Manifest Archive
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Jerry van der Laan
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Jerry van der Laan

Jerry van der Laan is an independent analyst and the author of The Manifest Archive. He reconstructs how energy, money and state power interact from public data and primary documents.

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In 1981, Italy Found a List of 43 Generals, 8 Admirals, Two Ministers and Berlusconi. Nobody Was Convicted for Being on It.
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In 1981, Italy Found a List of 43 Generals, 8 Admirals, Two Ministers and Berlusconi. Nobody Was Convicted for Being on It.

In 1981, Italian financial police found a secret list of 962 men across Italy's armed forces, intelligence services, parliament and press, including Silvio Berlusconi. None was convicted for being on it.

Gladio May 12, 2026
Peteano 1972: The Gladio Explosive Hidden for Twelve Years
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Peteano 1972: The Gladio Explosive Hidden for Twelve Years

Operation Gladio: how explosive traced to NATO's secret Italian arms network ended up in the 1972 Peteano bomb, and why the cover-up lasted twelve years.

Surveillance, Tech & Intelligence May 11, 2026
Allen Dulles: CIA Director, Wall Street Lawyer, and the Man Who Investigated JFK's Murder
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Allen Dulles: CIA Director, Wall Street Lawyer, and the Man Who Investigated JFK's Murder

From Sullivan & Cromwell's German clients to the Warren Commission in 1963, the career no biography fully assembles.

Fourth Reich & Postwar Continuity May 10, 2026
Palantir: How a CIA Venture Bet and a Lawsuit Against the Army Became the Backbone of American Government
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Palantir: How a CIA Venture Bet and a Lawsuit Against the Army Became the Backbone of American Government

From a $2 million In-Q-Tel investment to the core of federal data: the lawsuit Palantir won against the Army, the NHS head start, and the dependencies no audit has undone.

Palantir May 10, 2026
Angela Merkel Helped Broker a Peace Agreement in 2015. In December 2022, She Said It Was Never Designed to Bring Peace.
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Angela Merkel Helped Broker a Peace Agreement in 2015. In December 2022, She Said It Was Never Designed to Bring Peace.

The Minsk ceasefire bought eight years. That was the point.

Geopolitics May 9, 2026
No Warship Closed Hormuz. An Insurance Committee in London Did.
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No Warship Closed Hormuz. An Insurance Committee in London Did.

How private underwriters closed a shipping lane that no government officially blockaded

Geopolitics May 8, 2026
Reinhard Gehlen Surrendered in 1945. American Intelligence Hired Him in 1946.
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Reinhard Gehlen Surrendered in 1945. American Intelligence Hired Him in 1946.

The man whose estimates of Soviet armour went to Hitler in 1945 was producing them for the US Army in 1946. The US did not dissolve Nazi Germany's eastern intelligence service. It took it over, war criminals and all, and it still operates today, as the BND.

Fourth Reich & Postwar Continuity May 7, 2026
Hitler Lost the War. Von Braun, Gehlen and Dulles Won the Peace.
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Hitler Lost the War. Von Braun, Gehlen and Dulles Won the Peace.

The Red Army broke the Wehrmacht. The order that replaced the Reich was built by three men: two who had served it and one who had negotiated with it.

Fourth Reich & Postwar Continuity May 6, 2026
Everyone Is Watching the Iran War. Nobody Is Watching What It Is Breaking.
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Everyone Is Watching the Iran War. Nobody Is Watching What It Is Breaking.

Four systems are breaking quietly while the world counts strikes.

Geopolitics May 5, 2026
Zeitgeist Drew Tens of Millions of Views. Its Fourth Film Drew No Major Review.
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Zeitgeist Drew Tens of Millions of Views. Its Fourth Film Drew No Major Review.

The architecture that decides what rises and what disappears.

Surveillance, Tech & Intelligence May 4, 2026
OFAC Just Listed How Iran Gets Paid in the Strait of Hormuz
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OFAC Just Listed How Iran Gets Paid in the Strait of Hormuz

Treasury meant it as a warning. Its list of five payment forms names what the sanctions cannot reach.

Geopolitics May 3, 2026
The NSA Proved the Gulf of Tonkin Attack Never Happened. It Classified the Finding for 41 Years.
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The NSA Proved the Gulf of Tonkin Attack Never Happened. It Classified the Finding for 41 Years.

The decisive variable in modern war was never whether the justification was false. It was who controlled when the truth was allowed to become visible. Three wars, one architecture.

Surveillance, Tech & Intelligence May 2, 2026