Wired
Our investigations stand on Wired's reporting. This page collects every story of theirs we cite, every page on this site that uses it, and how we graded each claim built on it.
The reporting we cite
4 stories, each opening at its source.
- Wired — Cantor Fitzgerald & the Hollywood Stock Exchange history (2001–2010 acquisition and DBOR trajectory)
- DARPA LifeLog cancellation (Feb 4, 2004) — Wired, 'Pentagon Kills LifeLog Project' (Feb 4, 2004)
- USA Rare Earth $1.58B Commerce deal Jan 2026 — Cantor lead placement agent (FACT)
- Wired — 'The INSLAW Octopus' (Richard L. Fricker, 1993)
Where their work appears on this site
How we graded the claims built on their work
3 FACT · 5 PROBABLY TRUE. A grade is our reading of the public record on one claim, not a verdict on the person.
- Polymarket: Cantor, Palantir, and the PROMIS lineage →
1. The Cantor Fitzgerald 20-Year Prediction Market Play
FACT - Polymarket: Cantor, Palantir, and the PROMIS lineage →
3. The Poindexter–Palantir–Facebook Lineage
PROBABLY TRUE - Self-Dealing & Crony Capitalism →
Brandon & Kyle Lutnick
PROBABLY TRUE - Self-Dealing & Crony Capitalism →
Cantor Fitzgerald’s 20-Year Prediction Market Play
FACT - Self-Dealing & Crony Capitalism →
Howard Lutnick — Commerce Secretary
PROBABLY TRUE - Military Grift →
LifeLog killed the day Facebook launched
FACT - Israeli Influence on the United States →
Robert Maxwell and the international distribution of modified PROMIS
PROBABLY TRUE - Military Grift →
The PROMIS predecessor — Inslaw and Danny Casolaro
PROBABLY TRUE