Excellent post, @magicalmoonlight! You went very deep down the rabbit hole! :)

Most of what you brought up exists in FOIA documents as well. Disturbing as it may be.

Bound to have a lot of conspiracies when you have these things operating with deep secrecy and a black budget to fund it. Kind of a dangerous combination.

Very well-written and you organized it so well!

Good luck in the Contest!