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The Manifest Archive

By Jerry

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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 issued the alert as warning to shipping firms. Iran reads it as confirmation. The list of six payment methods names what the…

Geopolitics May 3 · 10 min read
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 · 19 min read
The U.S. Army Paid RAND to Find Russia’s Weakness in 2019. Three Years Later, Ukraine Was at War.
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The U.S. Army Paid RAND to Find Russia’s Weakness in 2019. Three Years Later, Ukraine Was at War.

How the same institution wrote the doctrine, supplied the personnel, and graded its own homework.

Geopolitics May 1 · 8 min read
In 1990, James Baker Promised Russia NATO Would Not Move One Inch Eastward.
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In 1990, James Baker Promised Russia NATO Would Not Move One Inch Eastward.

How a defensive alliance built an expansion architecture, and what George Kennan said would happen next.

Geopolitics Apr 30 · 11 min read
Donald Trump Has Been Investigated, Impeached, Indicted, and Convicted. He Is Still President.
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Donald Trump Has Been Investigated, Impeached, Indicted, and Convicted. He Is Still President.

The architecture of impunity was not built for Trump. It was built before him. He is the first person to use all of it at once, in public.

Surveillance, Tech & Intelligence Apr 29 · 12 min read