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George Joannides Has Been Dead Since 1990. His CIA File Outlived the Law Meant to Open It.
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George Joannides Has Been Dead Since 1990. His CIA File Outlived the Law Meant to Open It.

Congress gave JFK secrecy a twenty-five-year deadline. Two administrations extended the exception. A third discovered the archive still wasn't finished.

Sep 21, 2026 19 min read
Everyone Sees Conspiracy Theorists. Nobody Reads the Source.
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Everyone Sees Conspiracy Theorists. Nobody Reads the Source.

The mechanism that permits the question while making an answer unnecessary.

Sep 12, 2026 17 min read
The CIA Stopped One Cable in 2000. The 9/11 Files Still Cannot Say Why.
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The CIA Stopped One Cable in 2000. The 9/11 Files Still Cannot Say Why.

Disclosure filled the record of what was done and left the record of why almost empty.

Sep 11, 2026 19 min read
Velma Orlikow Was Destroyed by CIA-Funded Experiments. Decades Later, the CIA Turned to the Same Methods Again.
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Velma Orlikow Was Destroyed by CIA-Funded Experiments. Decades Later, the CIA Turned to the Same Methods Again.

How institutions repeatedly return to the same family of solutions when stakes feel high.

Jun 3, 2026 13 min read
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.

May 10, 2026 7 min read