I publish here details about the Cicada Trademark and its history, as well as statements by Mr. Wanners concerning the Cicada elder known publicly by the alias Z I introduce Mr. At the demand of Mr. Wanners object to my presentation of his emails, he is welcome to publish them himself.
I consider myself privileged to publish verbatim Mr. No matter how many times that I deny it, some persist in describing me as a journalist. I am an historian and a political scientist. The distinction does matter. I do not restrict myself to journalistic practices.
No one edits my work, no one imposes deadlines on me, no one fact-checks my work except my post-publication audience, and I publish what I deem important, redacting what I choose. In sum, there is no agent, no editor, no publisher, no fact checker, no legal department, no finance department, no human resources department. I work for no one except for posterity.
When my confidences are betrayed, I consider such agreements canceled. I practice a strict reciprocity, and conduct myself with the same courtesies that are extended to me. I reserve the right to be more polite than my subjects. But that is very much up to me. These communications exchanged with Mr. Marcus Wanners are lightly edited for grammar. We all make minor grammatical mistakes. Wanners does not get to tell me how to format my work.
Wanners and I corresponded after I invited him to preview a prepublication draft of my article about Z This routine courtesy ended up boomeranging on me, as Mr. Wanners and his colleagues violated our confidentiality, extracted an excerpt from that draft, manipulated the excerpt, and then incited a ludicrous controversy that ended up being fake.
