Start here / six files / three routes
Build the picture
Do not begin with a wall of headlines. Start with six files that show how the archive works: follow the infrastructure, inspect the record, then test the unresolved.
6 curated files3 routesEvidence first
Three ways into the archive
Each route pairs two files. Read both, then choose the wider archive, a developing dossier, or Alien Files.
Route 01
Follow the infrastructure
Begin with the physical and institutional systems that turn technical capability into control.
Compute → speech systemsRoute 02
Inspect the record
Read one declassified domestic programme, then move into the history behind a live geopolitical fault line.
Domestic pressure → foreign policyRoute 03
Test the unresolved
Compare a measurable identity system with a claim-heavy file where testimony, secrecy, and missing evidence collide.
Identity systems → contested testimony