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1. Nov 5, 2026 at 5:22 PM

   November 2026: Expanded the account using the Joint Chiefs' 13 March 1962 memorandum, the record of the 16 March 1962 White House meeting and the 1997-2001 releases. Corrected earlier statements: the memorandum went to the Secretary of Defense rather than to Kennedy, no document shows Kennedy rejecting it by name, and accounts of why Lemnitzer's term as Chairman ended differ without documenting a link to Northwoods.

2. Apr 25, 2026 at 5:12 AM

   Backfilled bibliographic source URL for the 4-week content gap source-integrity pass.