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ESPIONAGEThe Lavon AffairOperation Susannah's 1954 false-flag bombs in Egypt blew back as the Lavon Affair inside Israeli politics.
The Poisoned Alcohol of ProhibitionFederal rules put wood alcohol in industrial alcohol; Norris blamed the government for deaths; others blamed drinkers.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSEdgar Maddison Welch and the 4 December 2016 Comet ShootingHe believed a trafficking ring was inside Comet. The plea he signed says it was not, and it records the shots.
FINANCE & BANKINGSociété Générale / Jérôme Kerviel Rogue TradingSocGen lost billions on unauthorized Kerviel positions. Courts convicted him and later shared civil fault..
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSWadi el-Hol: Early Alphabet Inscriptions in Egypt’s Western DesertDarnell desert-road survey: early alphabetic graffiti at Wadi el-Hol—documented epigraphy.
SURVEILLANCEOperation RUBICON / Crypto AGTrusted Swiss cipher vendor on the label; CIA–BND ownership in the FOIA and GPDel paper trail.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSSpirit Cave and the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone NAGPRA ReturnAffiliation was refused because the remains were called too old. Control passed in 2016, not by a DNA finding.
HEALTH & MEDICINEThe Willowbrook Hepatitis ExperimentsAt Willowbrook, researchers deliberately gave institutionalized children hepatitis in the name of vaccine work.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSMachu Picchu Artifacts: Yale, Bingham, and the Peru ReturnYale called the collection a lawful export. A 2010 accord, not a judgment, sent it to Casa Concha.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSThe Lungyu CavesLongyou's hand-carved caverns in Zhejiang still lack a neat builder story that satisfies every survey.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSRosetta Stone: Decipherment Engine and Repatriation DebateBritain’s title claim is the 1801 treaty. Reading the stone is not a return order.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSYonaguni MonumentKimura artificiality vs Schoch jointed sandstone. Contested—not sunken-city-as-fact.
FINANCE & BANKINGBretton Woods Exit and the Nixon ShockCamp David closed the gold window on purpose—FRUS shows managed exit, not accidental panic.
SCIENCE & SPACEModern Geocentrism Revival: Robert Sungenis and Galileo Was WrongSungenis's Galileo Was Wrong revived a geocentric claim-set. The Archive documents that reception—not a science dunk.
ESPIONAGEKlaus Fuchs and Atomic EspionageVenona found Fuchs first. MI5 locked the confession. Old Bailey made it prosecutable without the source.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSThe Kharsag EpicsKharsag: an Anunna settlement in clay, or O'Brien's supplements to a 1918 translation called tentative?
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSThe Klerksdorp SpheresKlerksdorp spheres: machined balls in 3-billion-year-old rock, or concretions? Mineralogy weighs in.
FINANCE & BANKINGHSBC Money Laundering SettlementsHSBC’s 2012 DPA cost $1.256B and admitted AML failures. A deferred prosecution is a bargain—not exoneration.
AVIATIONLockheed A-12 Oxcart and BLACK SHIELDCIA's A-12 flew BLACK SHIELD from Kadena—29 missions—then yielded to the SR-71 path. Histories are declassified.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSMorgantina Silver: Met–Italy Return to AidoneThe Met called the purchase good faith. The digging record says otherwise. The silver is at Aidone.