FIELDCRAFT #007 — THE PAPER WALL
Every Defense Dollar Leaves a Paper Trail. The Trail Has Five Different Names. Most Investigators Only Know One.
SUBJECT: FEDERAL DEFENSE CONTRACTING FORENSICS // DTIC, USASPENDING.GOV, SAM.GOV, FPDS, GOVERNMENT INTEREST STATEMENTS, FACA ROSTERS, BUDGET LINE-ITEM TRACING
DATE: MAY 2, 2026
CROSS-REF: FIELDCRAFT SERIES | FIELDCRAFT #002 — THE PAPER TRAIL | FIELDCRAFT #003 — THE PUBLIC RECORD | THE GHOST GENERAL | THE ARCHITECT
DATA CONFIDENCE: VERIFIED (all databases referenced are publicly accessible, all techniques are reproducible)
This is the seventh installment of FIELDCRAFT. The briefings give you the intelligence. FIELDCRAFT gives you the tradecraft.
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Why Defense Contracting Records
The U.S. Department of Defense spent over $850 billion in fiscal year 2025. Every dollar of that spend is documented in some form across at least five different federal databases. Most journalists never search any of them. Most independent investigators search one. We are going to teach you all five and how to chain them together.
