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@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ aliases:
- Adolpho Calero
- Sparkplug
created: 2026-05-17
updated: 2026-10-08
updated: 2026-10-28
category: "Political Figure"
tags:
- Person
@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ relations:
end: 1986
role: "recipient of third-country and private Contra funds; testified for the prosecution at North's 1989 trial"
fn: 4
- type: relative_of
with: "[[Mario Calero]]"
role: "brother"
fn: 15
---
Adolfo Calero Portocarrero was a [[Nicaragua|Nicaraguan]] businessman who led the political side of the [[FDN]], the largest [[Contras|Contra]] organization, during the war against the [[Sandinistas]]. The congressional [[Iran-Contra Affair|Iran-Contra]] Committees describe him as an accountant and businessman active in the movement against [[Anastasio Somoza]], who after the 1979 revolution became political coordinator of the Conservative Democratic Party, became an outspoken critic of the Sandinista government and joined the resistance after his office and home were attacked and he was forced into exile.[^1] He had attended the [[University of Notre Dame]] and headed the [[Coca-Cola]] bottling company in [[Managua]], and the [[Associated Press]] reported that he met Sandinista leaders in 1978 to look for common cause against Somoza.[^2] The New York Times editors' cast of characters to the Committees' report describes him as "North's chief contact with the rebels during the two-year ban on U.S. military aid" and as the Contra with "primary responsibility for distributing most private funds received by the Contras."[^3]

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with: "[[Yolanda Bryan]]"
role: "husband"
fn: 3
- type: relative_of
with: "[[Albert Bryan Sr.]]"
role: "son"
fn: 1
- type: relative_of
with: "[[Genevieve Pilgrim]]"
role: "son"
fn: 1
created: 2026-09-25
updated: 2026-09-25
updated: 2026-10-28
---
Albert Bryan Jr. is the ninth governor of the [[U.S. Virgin Islands]], in office since January 7, 2019. He served as the territory's Commissioner of Labor under Governor [[John de Jongh]] from 2007 to 2015 and, while still Labor Commissioner, chaired the [[Economic Development Commission]], the tax-incentive body that on January 24, 2014 issued [[Jeffrey Epstein|Jeffrey Epstein's]] [[Southern Trust Company]] a certificate of benefits bearing Bryan's signature. As governor he appointed [[Denise George]] as attorney general in 2019 and fired her on December 31, 2022, four days after she sued [[JPMorgan Chase]] over its handling of Epstein's accounts. George later told the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] that Bryan had pressed her for a waiver of Epstein's sex-offender travel-reporting requirement and later to settle the territory's case against the Epstein estate for less than it recovered. Bryan has denied that Epstein received any special treatment from his administration.[^1][^2][^3][^4]

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summary: "Amanda Askell is the philosopher who leads the team shaping the character of Anthropic's Claude and is the principal author of its Constitution, an NYU-trained ethicist from the effective-altruism movement who was formerly married to its cofounder William MacAskill."
born: 1988
location: "San Francisco, California"
relations:
- type: spouse_of
with: "[[William MacAskill]]"
start: 2013
end: 2015
fn: 4
created: 2026-06-20
updated: 2026-06-20
updated: 2026-10-28
---
Amanda Askell (born Amanda Hall, 1988) is a British-American philosopher who leads the team responsible for the "character" of [[Anthropic]]'s Claude models and is the principal author of the document Anthropic calls Claude's Constitution. Trained as an analytic philosopher with a doctorate from [[New York University]], she came out of the [[Effective Altruism]] movement, worked at [[OpenAI]] before joining Anthropic, and was for two years married to the movement's cofounder [[William MacAskill]].[^1][^2]

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summary: "Gamayel received a letter from George K."
born: 1942-01-22
location: "Bikfaya, Lebanon"
relations:
- type: relative_of
with: "[[Bashir Gemayel]]"
role: "brother"
fn: 1
updated: 2026-10-28
---
[[Amin Gamayel]] served as the president of [[Lebanon]], succeeding his brother [[Bashir Gemayel]] who was assassinated before taking office. His family, the Gamayels, were a powerful Christian family who sought outside forces for money, guns, and political support, notably turning to the international heroin trafficking network.[^1]

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@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ summary: "Saudi brigadier general of the Ministry of Interior special forces, fo
born: 1969
location: "Makkah, Saudi Arabia"
created: 2026-10-13
updated: 2026-10-13
updated: 2026-10-28
relations:
- type: employed_by
with: "[[General Intelligence Presidency]]"
@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ relations:
fn: 2
- type: relative_of
with: "[[Khalid bin Bader Al Saud]]"
role: "son"
role: "father"
start: 1994-09
fn: 11
- type: relative_of

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- WW2
- Nazi
summary: "Cecile Beernaert, grandmother of witness Regina Louf (X1), operated a brothel at a hotel-villa in Knokke-Heist, Belgium, during World War II, catering to Nazi officers stationed in the area."
relations:
- type: relative_of
with: "[[Regina Louf]]"
role: "grandmother"
fn: 1
updated: 2026-10-28
---
Cecile Beernaert, grandmother of witness [[Regina Louf]] (X1), operated a brothel at a hotel-villa in Knokke-Heist, Belgium, during World War II, catering to Nazi officers stationed in the area. Widowed after the war, Beernaert continued running establishments in the region, including a house in Knokke on the northwestern boundary of the [[Royal Zoute Golf Club]]. Louf claimed Beernaert prostituted her from age two at these locations, using the properties for sexual exploitation of young girls provided to clients including politicians and businessmen. Beernaert, known as Madame Cecile, managed the girls with threats of violence, including beatings with a metal ruler and gun pointed at temples for non-compliance. The brothel operated from the 1970s, with Louf describing two rooms: one for mutual acts between children, the other for quick encounters where men undressed minimally. Beernaert filmed some sessions and used a basement studio for pornography production, distributing materials through networks linked to [[Jean-Michel Nihoul]]. Louf's testimony in the [[X-Dossier]] identified the site as a venue for elite abusers, with clients arriving from the golf club.[^1]

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@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ tags:
- Contra
- 1980s
summary: Danilo Blandón's wife, identified by the DEA as closely involved in his trafficking activities, who was arrested in 1992 and had all charges dropped when her husband agreed to become a DEA informant.
relations:
- type: relative_of
with: "[[Orlando Murillo]]"
role: "niece"
fn: 2
updated: 2026-10-28
---
Chepita Blandón was the wife of [[Danilo Blandon|Danilo Blandón]] who was identified by the [[DEA]] as being closely involved in her husband's cocaine trafficking activities.[^1]

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@ -3,8 +3,13 @@ title: Danny Casolaro
aliases:
- Danny Casolaro
- Joseph Daniel Casolaro
relations:
- type: relative_of
with: "[[Anthony Casolaro]]"
role: "brother"
fn: 1
created: 2024-04-25
updated: 2026-10-15
updated: 2026-10-28
category: "Authors & Journalists"
tags:
- KeyFigure

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summary: "Dario Amodei is the cofounder and chief executive of Anthropic, a physicist and computational neuroscientist who led GPT-2 and GPT-3 as OpenAI's vice president of research before leaving in 2020 with a group of colleagues to build a rival AI lab."
born: 1983
location: "San Francisco, California"
relations:
- type: relative_of
with: "[[Daniela Amodei]]"
role: "brother"
fn: 1
created: 2026-06-20
updated: 2026-06-20
updated: 2026-10-28
---
Dario Amodei (born 1983) is an American AI researcher and entrepreneur who cofounded and serves as chief executive of [[Anthropic]]. Trained as a physicist and computational neuroscientist, he led the development of GPT-2 and GPT-3 as vice president of research at [[OpenAI]], then left in late 2020 with his sister [[Daniela Amodei]] and a group of OpenAI colleagues to found a competing lab built around the thesis that advanced AI should be developed under strict safety constraints. He emerged from the [[Effective Altruism]] milieu, took the Giving What We Can pledge, and is the author of the October 2024 essay "Machines of Loving Grace."[^1][^2]

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@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
---
created: 2026-05-15
updated: 2026-10-26
updated: 2026-10-28
title: Dean Acheson
aliases:
- Dean Gooderham Acheson
@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ relations:
fn: 4
- type: relative_of
with: "[[William P. Bundy]]"
role: "son-in-law; William P. Bundy married Mary Acheson in 1943"
role: "father-in-law; William P. Bundy married Mary Acheson in 1943"
start: 1943
fn: 6
---

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@ -71,8 +71,16 @@ relations:
- type: spouse_of
with: "[[Lynne Cheney]]"
fn: 38
- type: relative_of
with: "[[Liz Cheney]]"
role: "father"
fn: 39
- type: relative_of
with: "[[Mary Cheney]]"
role: "father"
fn: 39
created: 2026-09-22
updated: 2026-10-26
updated: 2026-10-28
---
Richard Bruce Cheney was born in [[Lincoln, Nebraska]] on January 30, 1941, and grew up in [[Casper, Wyoming]]. He was a congressional fellow in 1968, worked at the [[Office of Economic Opportunity]] and the [[Cost of Living Council]], and was a vice president of the investment firm [[Bradley, Woods & Co.]] from 1973 to 1974. He was deputy assistant to President [[Gerald R. Ford]] in 1974 and 1975 and his chief of staff from 1975 to 1977. He represented Wyoming in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from January 3, 1979, until March 17, 1989, was [[Secretary of Defense]] from 1989 to 1993, was chief executive of [[Halliburton]] from 1995 to 2000, and was Vice President under [[George W. Bush]] from January 20, 2001, to January 20, 2009.[^1]

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@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ tags:
- nicaraguan
- contra-war
summary: Edmundo Chamorro was the deputy commander of the UDN-FARN Contra faction, described by the DEA as "well known to The Company," and was captured on Costa Rican wiretaps discussing cocaine shipments.
relations:
- type: relative_of
with: "[[Fernando Chamorro]]"
role: "brother"
fn: 1
updated: 2026-10-28
---
Edmundo Chamorro was the deputy commander of the [[UDN-FARN]] [[Contras|Contra]] faction on [[Costa Rica]]'s Southern Front, described by a 1984 [[DEA]] report as "well known to 'The Company.'" His brother, [[Fernando Chamorro|Fernando "El Negro" Chamorro]], commanded UDN-FARN and was described by the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] as "playing a key role" in the organization.[^1]

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@ -14,8 +14,22 @@ summary: "Gregory Bateson was the English anthropologist and systems thinker who
born: 1904-05-09
died: 1980-07-04
location: "Grantchester, England; Big Sur and San Francisco, California"
relations:
- type: spouse_of
with: "[[Margaret Mead]]"
start: 1936
end: 1950
fn: 2
- type: relative_of
with: "[[Mary Catherine Bateson]]"
role: "father"
fn: 2
- type: relative_of
with: "[[William Bateson]]"
role: "son"
fn: 1
created: 2026-06-20
updated: 2026-06-20
updated: 2026-10-28
---
Gregory Bateson (May 9, 1904 to July 4, 1980) was an English anthropologist, social scientist, and systems theorist whose work crossed anthropology, psychiatry, biology, and communication theory. The youngest son of the Cambridge geneticist William Bateson, who had coined the word "genetics," he was born in Grantchester, near Cambridge, and educated at Charterhouse and St John's College, Cambridge, taking a degree in biology in 1925 before turning to anthropology. He conducted fieldwork in New Guinea and Bali, was married to the anthropologist [[Margaret Mead]], was one of the core participants in the [[Macy Conferences]] that founded [[Cybernetics|cybernetics]], formulated the double-bind theory of schizophrenia, spent his last years at the [[Esalen Institute]], and collected his essays in *Steps to an Ecology of Mind* (1972) and *Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity* (1979). He died at the San Francisco Zen Center on July 4, 1980.[^1][^2]

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@ -110,14 +110,14 @@ relations:
fn: 63
- type: relative_of
with: "[[McGeorge Bundy]]"
role: "son"
role: "father"
fn: 2
- type: relative_of
with: "[[William P. Bundy]]"
role: "son"
role: "father"
fn: 2
created: 2026-10-26
updated: 2026-10-26
updated: 2026-10-28
---
Harvey Hollister Bundy (born March 30, 1888) was a Boston lawyer born in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]], who served as Assistant Secretary of State under [[Henry L. Stimson]] from 1931 to 1933, as Stimson's special assistant at the [[War Department]] from April 1941 to September 1945, and as chairman of the board of the [[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]] from December 1952. He was the father of [[William P. Bundy]] and [[McGeorge Bundy]].[^1][^2]

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@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ born: 1888-02-25
died: 1959-05-24
location: "Washington, D.C."
created: 2025-08-05
updated: 2026-10-26
updated: 2026-10-28
relations:
- type: member_of
role: "trustee"
@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ relations:
end: 1952-12-08
role: "chairman of the board of trustees; resigned on being designated Secretary of State"
fn: 29
- type: relative_of
with: "[[Allen Dulles]]"
role: "brother"
fn: 1
- type: relative_of
with: "[[John Watson Foster]]"
role: "grandson"
fn: 3
---
John Foster Dulles served as the Secretary of State under President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]. He, along with his brother [[Allen Dulles]], the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] director, were infuriated by [[Israel]]'s attempt to mask the extent of its military buildup prior to the 1956 [[Suez Crisis]]. He was regularly present at [[White House]] briefings where intelligence from [[U-2 Spy Plane|U-2]] flights, including early information on [[Dimona]], was presented.[^1]

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role: "NewsNation reported on June 30 and July 29, 2026 on disputes between Elizondo and its correspondent Ross Coulthart and the researcher UAPGerb over his role in the Legacy Program and a rumored disclosure post"
start: 2026-06-30
fn: 13
updated: 2026-10-08
- type: relative_of
with: "[[Luis D. Elizondo III]]"
role: "son"
fn: 1
updated: 2026-10-28
created: 2026-10-03
---
[[Luis Elizondo]] is a former U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agent and former employee of the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence. He is a central figure in the effort to disclose information about [[Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena]] (UAP), due to his role leading the [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]] (AATIP), a clandestine [[Pentagon]] program that studied the phenomenon.[^1]

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fn: 8
- type: relative_of
with: "[[Harvey H. Bundy]]"
role: "father"
role: "son"
fn: 53
- type: director_of
with: "[[International Friendship League]]"
@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ relations:
role: "board of directors, Boston"
fn: 52
created: 2026-10-07
updated: 2026-10-26
updated: 2026-10-28
---
McGeorge Bundy served as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs under [[John F. Kennedy]] and remained in that post under [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], chaired the interagency committee that reviewed [[CIA]] covert operations, and in 1966 became president of the [[Ford Foundation]].[^1][^2]

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- Researcher
- Physicist
summary: "Meir Deshalit, also known as Meme Deshalit, was an Israeli intelligence official and a close colleague of James Jesus Angleton."
relations:
- type: relative_of
with: "[[Amos Deshalit]]"
role: "brother"
fn: 1
updated: 2026-10-28
---
Meir Deshalit, also known as Meme Deshalit, was an Israeli intelligence official and a close colleague of [[James Jesus Angleton]]. He had been posted to [[Washington, D.C.]] in 1948. Deshalit was the older brother of [[Amos Deshalit]], the physicist who contributed significantly to [[Israel]]'s nuclear arsenal before his death in 1969. Angleton shared Meir Deshalit's view of the Soviet and Arab threat to [[Israel]], making him a logical choice to handle liaison between the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] and the Israeli government.[^1]

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@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ summary: "Father of Dodi Fayed and husband of Samira Khashoggi Fayed, connected
born: 1929-01-27
died: 2023-08-30
location: "Alexandria, Egypt"
relations:
- type: relative_of
with: "[[Dodi Fayed]]"
role: "father"
fn: 1
- type: spouse_of
with: "[[Samira Khashoggi Fayed]]"
fn: 1
updated: 2026-10-28
---
[[Mohammed Al-Fayed]] was the father of [[Dodi Fayed]] and the husband of [[Samira Khashoggi Fayed]].[^1]

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@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ born: 1895-05-15
died: 1972-10-08
location: "Greenwich, Connecticut"
created: 2026-10-26
updated: 2026-10-26
updated: 2026-10-28
relations:
- type: member_of
with: "[[Skull and Bones]]"
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fn: 4
- type: relative_of
with: "[[George H.W. Bush]]"
role: "son"
role: "father"
fn: 1
- type: relative_of
with: "[[George W. Bush]]"
role: "grandson"
role: "grandfather"
fn: 1
- type: relative_of
with: "[[George Herbert Walker]]"
role: "son-in-law"
fn: 4
---
Prescott Sheldon Bush (May 15, 1895 to October 8, 1972) was a partner in [[Brown Brothers Harriman]] and a Republican who represented [[Connecticut]] in the [[United States Senate]] from November 4, 1952 to January 2, 1963.[^1] He was the father of President [[George H.W. Bush]] and the grandfather of President [[George W. Bush]].[^1] The [[Federal Register]] of November 7, 1942 lists him among the registered holders of the [[Union Banking Corporation]], a New York bank whose stock the [[Alien Property Custodian]] vested as held for a Dutch bank owned or controlled, in the order's words, by members of the Thyssen family.[^2]

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- journalist
- contra-war
summary: Tony Avirgan was an ABC cameraman and husband of journalist Martha Honey who was placed under FBI surveillance while investigating Contra drug trafficking in Costa Rica.
relations:
- type: spouse_of
with: "[[Martha Honey]]"
fn: 1
updated: 2026-10-28
---
Tony Avirgan was an ABC cameraman and husband of journalist [[Martha Honey]] who was placed under [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] surveillance while investigating [[Contras|Contra]] drug trafficking in [[Costa Rica]]. Avirgan and Honey pursued the connections between the Contra war and the drug trade on the Southern Front.[^1]

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fn: 2
- type: relative_of
with: "[[Harvey H. Bundy]]"
role: "father"
role: "son"
fn: 2
- type: relative_of
with: "[[Dean Acheson]]"
role: "father-in-law"
role: "son-in-law"
fn: 2
- type: spouse_of
with: "[[Mary Acheson]]"
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role: "editor of Foreign Affairs"
fn: 45
created: 2026-10-26
updated: 2026-10-26
updated: 2026-10-28
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William Putnam Bundy (September 24, 1917 to October 6, 2000) was a staff officer of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]], a Defense Department and State Department official, and editor of [[Foreign Affairs]].[^1] He was the son of [[Harvey H. Bundy]], the older brother of [[McGeorge Bundy]], and the son-in-law of [[Dean Acheson]].[^2]