Chain of custody receipt

Source #1815

Cryptographic attestation that the document below was captured in Goblin House's archive at the timestamp shown, with the hash listed. If the original URL goes dark or its content changes, this receipt remains as evidence of what the public record looked like at capture time.

TitleAI Analysis: US Army — cross-reference insights
Original URL(none — typed-API result with no web URL)
PublicationAI Research Pass
Source typegovernment_disclosure
Date2026
EntityUS Army
Captured2026-04-07T04:29:29.680Z UTC
Hash computed at2026-04-07T04:29:29.680Z UTC
SHA-2562bd341e8129a6169e3e02031f63ffb58704d757eb779f60101750738c34774d2
Content length776 bytes
Content preview (first 800 chars)
```json
{
  "facts": [
    {
      "text": "Initial searches across USASpending contracts, lobbying disclosures, court records, and parliamentary records returned no results for 'US Army' - this likely indicates the search term may be too broad or requires more specific query parameters (e.g., 'Department of the Army', 'U.S. Department of Defense', or specific Army commands/units)",
      "date": null,
      "confidence": "inferential"
    },
    {
      "text": "The absence of results suggests investigative research on this institution would require refined searches using official government entity names, DUNS numbers, or specific contract/case identifiers rather than the general term 'US Army'",
      "date": null,
      "confidence": "inferential"
    }
  ]
}
```

Verifying this receipt

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Companion machine-readable receipt: /source/1815/receipt.json