Parallax Research Atlas
Edition label: 2026-10
The problem this solves. Public-record research into government power is usually built on secondary reporting rather than primary documents, makes claims without evidence a reader can check, does not show how its conclusions were reached, and has no way to hold a large evidence set together over time. An investigation can release millions of pages; no reader can keep every claim anchored to the page that supports it, or see when a later release changes what an earlier one meant.
What the Parallax Research Atlas is. A free, citable reference built from primary sources, where every factual statement carries a footnote you can check yourself and every source is retained with its fingerprint. It is built with Parallax, a general research tool, and is not a project about one case. The first edition’s 89 short, plain-English pages cover two subjects: how Congress oversees the intelligence agencies and the executive branch, and the documentary and legal record of the Jeffrey Epstein case, chosen as the demonstration subject because its released record is public and large. Later editions will add subjects unrelated to that case.
Who it is for. Congressional staff, journalists, researchers and lawyers who need the record rather than commentary, and need to cite it.
How it is made.
- Primary sources first. Pages are built from statutes, court filings, congressional reports and transcripts, declassified government records and released case files. Books and scholarship are cited for context, and the Historical Precursors area is labelled as a summary of secondary sources.
- Every citation checked. Each footnote points to a source we hold. Before publication, every quoted passage is matched against that source, each change is reviewed by three independent reviewers, and the publisher approves every page by name. Sentences that are our own analysis are approved as analysis.
- Built with AI tools, approved by people. AI research and review tools help draft pages, check every citation against its source, and run the independent reviews; nothing is published until the publisher approves it by name.
- Fixed editions. Each edition is frozen and fingerprinted, so a citation always points to the exact text you read. Corrections are made in public, never by quietly rewriting a page.
- The evidence is kept. The sources behind every page are retained with their fingerprints, so a claim can be traced to its document in any later edition and can be re-checked when new records are released.
Where it is going. The Atlas and Publications are
updated every month with a new edition. Corrections and feedback are
welcome now at corrections@disclosureworks.ai. Future
releases will open the Atlas to public collaboration and
contributions.
Start here
- Topics
- Congressional Oversight: How Oversight Works, Oversight Law, The 1975 Investigations, Iran-Contra, Surveillance and Privacy Law, Executive Power
- Epstein: The Legal Record, The Documentary Record, Historical Precursors