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Seymour Hersh

American investigative journalist (born 1937)

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Nov 24, 2025
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What was Robert Maxwell's role in PROMIS software distribution and licensing?

Robert Maxwell is widely alleged to have acted as a commercial conduit for a doctored version of the PROMIS case‑management software — selling or facilitating distribution of an Israeli‑modified “Enha...

Nov 29, 2025
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What evidence links Mossad to Robert Maxwell's 1991 death?

Multiple books and journalists have alleged Robert Maxwell had ties to Mossad and that those ties help explain theories he was killed rather than having died accidentally; the most detailed claims app...

Jan 26, 2026
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What evidence has Ari Ben‑Menashe presented to support his claim that Epstein worked for Mossad, and how credible is it?

has publicly asserted that (and figures around him) worked for intelligence—claiming personal meetings, recounting links through , and offering to name corroborating witnesses if granted immunity—but ...

Nov 28, 2025

How did Robert Maxwell acquire the rights to PROMIS software?

Robert Maxwell is widely alleged to have acted as a conduit for a back‑doored, modified version of the U.S. DOJ case‑management software PROMIS, helping distribute it internationally — allegations bas...

Jan 31, 2026

What do we know about MKUltra?

was a clandestine umbrella program begun in the early to research chemical and behavioral techniques for controlling or influencing human behavior; its documented work involved experiments with LSD, e...

Jan 30, 2026

What contemporaneous British and Israeli sources disputed claims that Maxwell worked for Mossad, and on what grounds?

Contemporaneous challenges to the claim that worked for centered less on a single official refutation than on a pattern of journalistic caution, governmental suspicion, and contested whistleblower tes...

Jan 25, 2026

What were Pakistan’s official and unofficial responses to the U.S. raid on Abbottabad, and how have those accounts evolved?

’s official response to the raid that killed combined public outrage at a breach of sovereignty with assertions of intelligence failure and promises of inquiry, while unofficial voices—from opposition...

Nov 19, 2025

Robert Maxwell PROMIS Involvement

Robert Maxwell has long been implicated in the PROMIS software saga: multiple investigative accounts and whistleblowers claim he acted as a global distributor of a doctored PROMIS version that contain...

Feb 7, 2026

Did the government admit to mkultra

did publicly acknowledge the existence of after investigative reporting and congressional probes in the mid-1970s, with agency officials testifying about an “extensive research program in regard to hu...

Feb 5, 2026

What did Ari Ben‑Menashe allege about Maxwell and how credible are his claims?

alleged that (and her father ) were long‑time assets or collaborators with and that Maxwell participated in—or facilitated— “honey‑trap” and blackmail operations tied to and other intelligence activit...

Feb 4, 2026

How did intelligence leaks and media reports shape public theories about who sabotaged Nord Stream?

and turned the from a technical mystery into a multi‑front public debate, elevating fragmentary classified tips and anonymous sources into competing narratives that pointed alternately at pro‑Ukrainia...

Feb 4, 2026

us arms flowed directly yo al-nursra during syria war

did not, in publicly documented reporting, intentionally ship weapons straight to Front, but ran and overt programs that supplied arms, training and materiel to rebel factions—some of which were captu...

Jan 30, 2026

Which journalists named in 1960s CIA files have publicly commented on their alleged contacts with the agency?

Declassified 1960s-era files and later investigations suggested dozens of American journalists had covert ties to the Agency, but the CIA and congressional probes largely withheld or redacted individu...

Jan 15, 2026

What other high‑profile investigations or audio leak publications originated on Substack in 2024–2026?

Substack emerged in 2024–2026 as a recurring platform for breaking investigations and audio leaks: high‑profile uploads included unverified Epstein‑related audio shared from a Substack account, major ...

Jan 2, 2026

Where can I find primary sources or documented evidence for george webb’s major allegations?

The materials provided do not contain a compiled set of primary documents that substantiate George Webb’s most sweeping allegations; instead they point to secondary profiles, archived fan collections,...