Undeclared Motive
Cases where the physical actions are well documented, but the underlying motive remains entirely obscured. We review the established pattern of behaviour against the surviving financial or correspondence records. This helps us determine whether the true incentive was deliberately concealed or simply never written down.
Project Sunshine – The AEC’s Covert Global Tissue Collection
In 1953, the Atomic Energy Commission launched a covert global effort to collect human bone tissue to track radioactive fallout. Declassified documents reveal that the programme's intense secrecy was driven not by national security, but by a fear of public embarrassment and legal liability.
The MK-Ultra Paper Trail – Investigating the 1958 NIMH Grant MH-331
A review of the surviving documentary evidence surrounding the 1958 termination of NIMH Grant MH-331, examining missing administrative ledgers, philanthropic cut-outs, and the 1973 CIA destruction order.