States government being taken," Berulis warned in closed testimony. "And those who resist are being removed one by one."
In the absence of immediate accountability, the breaches continued.
A second attempted login from a Russian IP address was logged at the Department of Energy. An unreviewed JFK files dump exposed Social Security numbers of intelligence staffers. Signal group chats among DHS officials revealed operational plans for immigrant deportation raids.
"This isn’t politics as usual," said one former NSC cybersecurity advisor. "It’s a slow dismantling of American freedom."
On a Friday night in late April, long after the news cycle had moved on, Berulis returned home to find another envelope taped to his door. No drone photos this time. Just a slip of paper, folded in half.
Inside, one sentence:
We know who the traitors are.