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All investigative research and findings published here are produced under LGAI's Authorship & Anonymity Policy. Individual researchers and analysts are not named publicly. The nature of examining public budgets, debt, contracts, and tax policy creates real risks of harassment and retaliation. This is a standard First Amendment practice used throughout journalism history (Nellie Bly, George Orwell, Mark Twain, Fanny Fern, Zero Hedge's Tyler Durden, and many others). Our credibility rests on primary public records that any citizen can verify — not on personal identities.
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