Step 1
Methodology and framing
Read how the reporting method works before moving into the cases and network mapping.
Outcome: Understand the evidence-first method and source discipline.
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The Two Questions
One Witness. Two Questions. ~1.8 Years on the Clock.
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Step 2
The courtroom incident
Read how a sitting judge allegedly directed perjury from the bench with a silent nod, then sealed the record.
Outcome: Understand what happened in Judge Wilson Loo's courtroom.
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The prosecution path
The federal case turns on one witness and two questions. The evidence trail exists. The statute of limitations is running.
Outcome: See the shortest path to federal prosecution mapped end to end.
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Lead Investigation
The Nod: Wilson Loo and the Silent Felony in Hawaii's First Circuit
How a Judge Committed a Crime with a Gesture
How a sitting judge allegedly committed a felony from the bench with nothing more than a nod — directing a witness to lie under oath, then sealing the record to ensure it never happened.
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Media Capture
The Zone of Politeness: How Hawaiʻi's Media Blackout Works
Why Civil Beat Won't Touch the Luke-Loo Network
How donor relationships, board overlaps, and personnel bridges create a 'zone of politeness' that shields Hawaiʻi's elite from investigative journalism—and what happened when I tried to break through.
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Publisher's Note
Cartography for Guppies
A Publisher's Note
Why a guppy with a laptop is mapping the sharks — and how to read the map.
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Investigations
Digital Suppression
The Index: How Bing Blocked an Entire Domain to Bury One Judge's Name
Bing blocked an entire domain — including open-source Elixir software repos — after investigations into Judge Wilson Loo were published. The screenshots are from Microsoft's own tools.
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Lead Investigation
The Aloha Protection Racket
How documented institutional failures across the judiciary, law enforcement, and oversight bodies in Hawaiʻi shielded an individual accused of violence from accountability.
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Exhibit A
Exhibit A: Federal Intervention in Hawaii [Archived]
[Archived] This article has been superseded by the records-first investigation series.
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Case Study
A Case Study in Systemic Protection: Institutional Decay in Hawaii
Multi-decade case study showing how legal, law-enforcement, and corporate actors reinforce one another to neutralize accountability and shield connected interests.
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Judicial Probe
Wilson Loo: Investigation into Suborning Perjury & Judicial Corruption in Hawaii
Investigation into alleged suborning of perjury by Judge Wilson Loo, loopholes within the Commission on Judicial Conduct, and interaction with Judge Audrey Stanley.
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- Prosecution Roadmap The Two Questions: How One Interview Closes the Wilson Loo Case
- The Closed Loop The Paper Bag and the Architecture of Self-Investigation
- The Closed Loop The Zero Commission
- Series The Closed Loop
- Digital Suppression The Index: How Bing Blocked an Entire Domain to Bury One Judge's Name
- Editorial The Nod: Wilson Loo and the Silent Felony in Hawaii's First Circuit
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About the Reporter
Ekewaka Lono
Ekewaka Lono is an independent investigative reporter based in Hawaii, focused on judicial accountability, institutional capture, and public-interest documentation within Hawaii’s court system.
Methodology is evidence-first: public records, primary-source documents, and clearly labeled firsthand testimony. Each claim is linked to source material where possible.
Reporting Method
- Map verifiable public records before narrative claims
- Label firsthand testimony explicitly
- Publish dates, revisions, and source context
- Keep tip channels confidential and secure
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