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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Independent Investigations for Hawaii
How Networked Coercion Works Without a Conspiracy
Oahu Underground
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Step 2
Lead investigation
Start with the central media-capture file to understand the structural map and key entities.
Outcome: See the network map, key actors, and documentary trail.
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Evidence index
Browse the full investigation archive and primary-source-linked dossiers in one index.
Outcome: Navigate every file by publication date and update cycle.
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Lead Investigation
The Shape of the Cage
How Networked Coercion Works Without a Conspiracy
Seven layers of pressure that assemble themselves without coordination. A catalog of the architecture documented across COINTELPRO, Stasi Zersetzung, watchlisting, and modern surveillance — and the pressure points where it breaks.
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Featured Dispatch
The Nod: Wilson Loo and the Silent Felony in Hawaii's First Circuit
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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Prosecution Roadmap
The Two Questions: How One Interview Closes the Wilson Loo Case
A Map of the Shortest Path to Prosecution
The federal case against retired Judge Wilson Loo turns on one witness, two questions, and a statute of limitations clock with approximately 1.8 years remaining. The evidence trail is laid. The referral is filed. This is the map.
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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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Media Capture
The Zone of Politeness: How Hawaiʻi's Media Blackout Works
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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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.
Read the file →![Exhibit A: Federal Intervention in Hawaii [Archived]](/img/ou-exhibit-a-og-1200x630-1200w.webp)
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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- Structural Analysis The Shape of the Cage
- 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
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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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