HYPOTHESIS (null): network is circular reporting around KONA BLUE.
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Counter-conjecture that the whole custody network is one connected community amplifying a never-launched proposal. DOCUMENTED-BACKBONE (AARO finding).
This is the NULL CONJECTURE the others must beat, and it is AARO's documented position: modern custody belief radiates from a connected ~2009-onward group tied to the proposed-and-rejected KONA BLUE, mistaken for a real consortium. Support tier DOCUMENTED-BACKBONE; the only caveat is that critics note AARO lacked access to the most compartmented SAPs, leaving it formally unresolved.