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40 - EVENTS/CRIME_INVESTIGATIONS/Franklin Credit Union Scandal.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ tags:
   - Franklin_Scandal
 start: 1988-11-04
 end: 1994-12-01
-summary: "The Franklin Credit Union Scandal refers to the November 1988 collapse of the Franklin Community Federal Credit Union in Omaha, Nebraska, with $39.4 million missing, and the subsequent allegations that operator Lawrence King Jr. ran a child prostitution network with connections to Washington D.C. The financial fraud charges were prosecuted to conviction; the abuse allegations were found to be unsubstantiated by two separate grand juries in 1990."
+summary: "The Franklin Credit Union Scandal began with the November 1988 collapse of Lawrence King Jr.'s Omaha credit union with $39.4 million missing, accompanied by allegations of a child prostitution network with Washington D.C. connections; fraud charges resulted in conviction while abuse allegations were found unsubstantiated by two 1990 grand juries."
 location: "Omaha, Nebraska / Washington, D.C."
 ---
 

40 - EVENTS/HISTORICAL_PHENOMENA/Extraordinary Powers Craze.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ tags:
   - DIA
 description: The Extraordinary Powers Craze was a period of intense state-sponsored and popular interest in paranormal phenomena in China during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
 category: "Historical Phenomenon"
-summary: "The Extraordinary Powers Craze (1979-approximately 1989) was a period of officially sanctioned research into claimed paranormal abilities in China, sparked by the 1979 Tang Yu newspaper case and sustained by physicist Qian Xuesen's public endorsement. At its peak the craze involved military research programs, academic institutions, and public demonstrations; it collapsed when fraud among prominent practitioners became undeniable and government support was withdrawn."
+summary: "The Extraordinary Powers Craze (1979-1989) was a period of officially sanctioned Chinese research into paranormal abilities sparked by the 1979 Tang Yu case and physicist Qian Xuesen's endorsement, involving military and academic programs before collapsing when fraud became undeniable."
 start: 1979
 end: 1989
 location: "China"

40 - EVENTS/INTELLIGENCE_SCANDALS/CIA Family Jewels.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ tags:
   - Watergate
   - 1973
   - 1975
-summary: "The 'Family Jewels' was a CIA internal compilation of potentially illegal or sensitive activities assembled in May 1973 at the direction of DCI James Schlesinger. The document was classified until partially declassified in 2007. It listed 693 pages of CIA activities that might be 'out of bounds,' including assassination plots, domestic surveillance, illegal mail interception, and drug testing programs."
+summary: "The CIA 'Family Jewels' was a 693-page internal compilation of potentially illegal activities assembled in May 1973 at Director James Schlesinger's direction, partly declassified in 2007, documenting assassination plots, domestic surveillance, illegal mail interception, and drug testing programs."
 start: 1973-05-09
 location: "Washington, D.C."
 ---

40 - EVENTS/INTELLIGENCE_SCANDALS/Church Committee.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ tags:
   - Church_Committee
 start: 1975-01-27
 end: 1976-04-26
-summary: "The Church Committee (Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, 1975-1976) was a Senate investigation that documented systematic abuses by the CIA, FBI, NSA, and IRS, including Operation CHAOS, COINTELPRO, assassination plots against foreign leaders, and illegal mail opening programs. Its final report (S. Rept. 94-755, April 26, 1976) remains the foundational primary source for post-WWII U.S. intelligence abuses."
+summary: "The Church Committee (1975-1976) was a Senate investigation that documented systematic CIA, FBI, NSA, and IRS abuses including Operation CHAOS, COINTELPRO, assassination plots, and illegal mail opening, producing the foundational primary source (S. Rept. 94-755) for post-WWII U.S. intelligence oversight."
 location: "Washington, D.C."
 ---