vault backup: 2026-10-05 16:45:37

60 - PLACES/REGIONS/Grand Cayman.md

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+aliases:
+  - Grand Caymans
+  - the Grand Caymans
 category: "Region"
 tags:
   - Place
@@ -7,9 +10,6 @@ tags:
   - BCCI
   - OffshoreFinance
   - BankSecrecy
-alias:
-  - Grand Caymans
-  - the Grand Caymans
 summary: "Island of the Cayman Islands where BCCI Overseas and the ICIC group had their head offices and where Deloitte Ross Tohmatsu liquidated ICIC from 1991."
 location: "Cayman Islands"
 created: 2026-09-23

60 - PLACES/REGIONS/Middle East.md

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 ---
+aliases:
+  - Near East
+  - Mideast
 category: "Region"
 tags:
   - Place
@@ -6,11 +9,7 @@ tags:
   - Israel
   - Iran
   - ArmsTrade
-alias:
-  - Near East
-  - Mideast
 summary: "The region from Egypt to Iran as it appears in the vault: the object of American nuclear intelligence, arms and hostage dealing, covert liaison clubs, and, latterly, of sovereign-wealth money for the well connected."
-
 created: 2026-09-22
 updated: 2026-09-22
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60 - PLACES/REGIONS/Silicon Valley.md

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 ---
+aliases:
+  - the Valley
 category: "Region"
 tags:
   - Place
@@ -6,8 +8,6 @@ tags:
   - Technologists
   - PayPalMafia
   - VentureCapital
-alias:
-  - the Valley
 summary: "The technology district of the southern San Francisco Bay, in the vault the home ground of the PayPal Mafia, the Thiel network's courtship of the Pentagon and the presidency, and the money behind rationalism, longevity and accelerationism."
 location: "California"
 created: 2026-09-22

60 - PLACES/REGIONS/St. Croix.md

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 ---
+aliases:
+  - Saint Croix
+  - St Croix
+  - St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
+  - St. Croix, USVI
+  - STX
 category: "Region"
 tags:
   - Place
@@ -8,12 +14,6 @@ tags:
   - HOVENSA
   - JeffreyEpstein
   - PublicCorruption
-alias:
-  - Saint Croix
-  - St Croix
-  - St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
-  - St. Croix, USVI
-  - STX
 summary: "Island of the U.S. Virgin Islands, site of the 1878 Fireburn, the 1972 Fountain Valley killings and the HOVENSA refinery that Epstein's circle discussed as a Guantanamo replacement."
 location: "U.S. Virgin Islands"
 created: 2026-09-25

60 - PLACES/REGIONS/St. Thomas.md

@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 ---
+aliases:
+  - Saint Thomas
+  - St Thomas
+  - St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
+  - St. Thomas, USVI
+  - St. Thomas, V.I.
 category: "Region"
 tags:
   - Place
@@ -8,12 +14,6 @@ tags:
   - JeffreyEpstein
   - TaxHaven
   - DanishWestIndies
-alias:
-  - Saint Thomas
-  - St Thomas
-  - St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
-  - St. Thomas, USVI
-  - St. Thomas, V.I.
 summary: "Island of the U.S. Virgin Islands holding the capital, Charlotte Amalie, and the harbor the United States sought from Denmark, where Jeffrey Epstein kept his companies, lawyers, hangar access and sex-offender registration."
 location: "U.S. Virgin Islands"
 created: 2026-09-25

60 - PLACES/REGIONS/U.S. Virgin Islands.md

@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 ---
+aliases:
+  - United States Virgin Islands
+  - USVI
+  - US Virgin Islands
+  - U.S.V.I.
+  - Virgin Islands of the United States
+  - Danish West Indies
 category: "Region"
 tags:
   - Place
@@ -8,13 +15,6 @@ tags:
   - TaxHaven
   - JeffreyEpstein
   - DanishWestIndies
-alias:
-  - United States Virgin Islands
-  - USVI
-  - US Virgin Islands
-  - U.S.V.I.
-  - Virgin Islands of the United States
-  - Danish West Indies
 summary: "Unincorporated U.S. territory in the Caribbean bought from Denmark in 1917, where Jeffrey Epstein kept his islands, companies, tax exemptions and sex-offender registration from 1998 until his death."
 start: 1917-03-31
 location: "Caribbean"