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21 Oct 2026 Expanded the original brief with MI5's operational scale, separate Russia and Iran findings, Reuters' independent reporting and denials, explicit evidentiary limits, and a licensed portrait of the named speaker.
21 Oct 2026 Removed internal newsroom-process language and repeated qualifications, consolidated the evidentiary limits into one concise reader-facing paragraph, and preserved all sourcing, denials and canonical identity.
21 Oct 2026 Expanded the original brief with NSA’s implementation sequence, specified algorithms, interim protections, limits and a story-specific public-domain graphic.
21 Oct 2026 Replaced the 60-word launch notice with sourced reporting on AITAC’s mission, threat rationale, limits and a distinct rights-cleared portrait.
21 Oct 2026 Expanded the brief with the documented Israeli chronology, authentication reporting, official aid mechanism, responses and unresolved end-use question.
21 Oct 2026 Expanded the brief with Metreweli’s operational doctrine, Russia focus, technology risk model, China restraint, responses and implementation limits.
21 Oct 2026 Expanded with independent AP and Reuters reporting, China’s response, the seven seized domains, operational limits and a rights-cleared portrait.
21 Oct 2026 Expanded the report with a clearer account of AITAC’s cross-government remit, the line between reported AI misuse and forecast bioweapon risk, and the centre’s undisclosed governance and results.
21 Oct 2026 Expand the retrospective with the 1990 arbitration outcome, distinguish the initial removal from the later breach, and remove editorial workflow language.
21 Oct 2026 Expand the Petrov retrospective with the Cabinet debate over citizenship and publicity, and clarify the voluntary D Notice protecting their whereabouts.
21 Oct 2026 Expanded from the filed deferred-prosecution agreement with contact restrictions, the precise description of shared notes, and the distinction between accepted gifts and any admission of an exchange. Original publication date and URL retained.
22 Oct 2026 Rewritten editorial with a new headline and argument, incorporating additional reporting on Israeli security technology, Yoni Koren, Mongolia and the Russia backchannel. The original publication date and URL are preserved.
22 Oct 2026 Headline revised to Epstein: Israel’s Useful Monster. The editorial argument, sourcing, photograph and article text are unchanged.
23 Oct 2026 Lead photograph updated to the Justice Department surveillance image identifying Alfozan looking behind the conference-room television on October 5, 2026.
23 Oct 2026 Headline, standfirst and opening rewritten around the surveillance image and the recording-device case. Broader staff security warnings follow as context; the photograph, original publication date and canonical URL are preserved.
23 Oct 2026 Front-page headline and standfirst sharpened around the surveillance photograph, preserving attribution and the distinction between the criminal accusation and established guilt.
23 Oct 2026 Image delivery repaired using the identical U.S. Navy NATO-flag photograph from its original DVIDS record. The earlier media.defense.gov file refused requests. Photograph, archive caption, credit, article text and canonical URL are preserved.
23 Oct 2026 Visual update: replace the pre-action CCTV still with the visible explosion frame and add the full, source-credited 19-second archive video. Reporting and canonical URL preserved.
24 Oct 2026 Visual update: replaced the earlier official portrait with a commissioned, clearly labelled editorial illustration of the story’s central subject. Headline, standfirst and opening revised around the affidavit’s alleged disclosure timeline; attribution, response and legal status retained.
24 Oct 2026 Visual update: replaced the earlier official portrait with a commissioned, clearly labelled editorial illustration of the story’s central subject.
24 Oct 2026 Visual update: replaced the earlier exercise photograph with a commissioned, clearly labelled editorial illustration of the story’s central subject.
24 Oct 2026 Illustration updated to a realistic pencil-and-ink treatment with restrained color washes. Reporting, original publication date and canonical URL are preserved.
24 Oct 2026 Illustration updated to a realistic pencil-and-ink treatment with restrained color washes. Reporting, original publication date and canonical URL are preserved.
24 Oct 2026 Illustration updated to a realistic pencil-and-ink treatment with restrained color washes. Reporting, original publication date and canonical URL are preserved.
24 Oct 2026 Illustration corrected: the U.S. diplomatic passport cover is black. The reporting is unchanged.
24 Oct 2026 The historical index now uses the documented 1970s development period. The previous reference date described the museum photograph, rather than the aircraft’s development.
25 Oct 2026 Removed an unavailable NSA graphic after its original host rejected image requests. The article text, sources and canonical URL are unchanged.
26 Oct 2026 The lead visual has been replaced with a conceptual editorial photomontage. Article text and reporting are unchanged.
26 Oct 2026 The lead image and caption have been revised to an editorial portrait. The reporting and article text are unchanged.
27 Oct 2026 Removed the unavailable NSA transition graphic after the original host refused image delivery. The article’s reporting, source links and canonical URL are preserved.