As a responsible “citizen journalist” I do my best to research a topic before I post about it. Usually I’ll focus on a subject for a few days, sometimes a week, occasionally longer, but there’s one area of research that I’ve pursued incessantly for years.
It’s all based on a collection of loosely organized documents, images, and recordings; a series of semi-anonymous recollections and first-hand experiences that expose the methodology, technology, and clandestine operations of a very unusual organization.
Given this context it wasn’t surprising that much of the dossier was unclear if not outrightly opaque. Nevertheless, I could at least authenticate the bulk of the information, which can be found in its entirety on the web – if you know how and where to look.
Since I’ve taken some liberties with the source material I thought it best to repeat the same disclaimer that the collection opens with, namely, a warning that not everything contained within is 100% accurate for reasons of security, secrecy, privacy, etc. At the same time, however, a lot of it is.
Mostly it’s a matter of corroboration.
Without any additional preamble the dossier dives straight in…
These past two years have been an eye-opener, huh?
In the aftermath do you find that you’re more apt to question if you’re being lied to? Do you find yourself doubting “the truth“™? Have you uncovered new allies? Discovered new adversaries? Can you even trust yourself?
And now with China’s looming presence and Russia’s overt reemergence, doesn’t it all suggest some sort of literal / literary neo-noir, neo-cold-war espionage thing? Moreover, what if there’s something larger at play?
Not wanting to waste the opportunity, I’ve spent a fair chunk of this time doing a bunch of research, jotting down copious notes, and running some experiments. Without going into blatant spoilers I can say that what emerged from the effort was interesting. Like, really interesting. Enough so that I felt a need to spin it into what I hope is an interesting and entertaining yarn.
There’s definitely going to be a lot of fiction but there’s also going to be a whole lot of I-Can’t-Believe-It’s-Not-Fiction too. Sometimes it’s “speculative” but sometimes it’s just established fact. Look it up.
But if you stick around everything will eventually be explained. Probably. Anyhow, here’s the main dossier:
... with pictures
... with sounds
... with videos
... with opinions
... that's shorter
... that's longer
