Data Siloing
Cases where no single department within the system ever saw the complete picture. We look closely at disconnected databases alongside failed inter-agency handovers. This helps us understand exactly how critical information remained boxed off in isolated departments until it was far too late to act.
Behind the 1970 Psychedelic Ban – How the CIA Kept Testing in Secret
Public health officials banned psychedelics in 1970 citing a void in medical knowledge. Meanwhile, the CIA kept its extensive pharmacological databases classified and continued testing compounds in secret military trials.
Isla Bermeja – The Mystery of the Gulf of Mexico’s Phantom Island
The Mexican Navy found open water at Isla Bermeja in 1997. A year later, the Interior Ministry still listed it as national territory. We trace the missing records and the resulting maritime treaty.
The Akhmim Codex – A Century of Missing Records
The Akhmim Codex is the primary witness to the Gospel of Peter. Yet its 1886 extraction lacks field logs, and modern palaeography reveals a sprawling chronological gap in its history.