Journalists, producers, researchers, and event organizers may send a focused inquiry through the Contact page. Countdown to Disclosure is an independent archive; its scope is described on the About page. Submission does not guarantee a reply, interview, permission, or deadline response.
What to include
- Your name, role, organization, publication, production, institution, or event.
- A working email address.
- The specific Countdown to Disclosure page, timeline record, quotation, image, or claim involved.
- Your subject and the narrow question you want addressed.
- The intended format: article, broadcast, documentary, podcast, paper, classroom use, panel, or event.
- Whether you seek background, comment, correction, an interview, appearance, or permission for original site material.
- The publication or event date, time zone, and firm response deadline.
- Any proposed embargo, confidentiality condition, recording plan, or quotation-review request.
- For rights questions, the exact asset or passage, intended territory, duration, platform, audience, and context.
Do not send classified or unlawfully obtained material, passwords, private records, or content you are not authorized to disclose. Email is not secure for sensitive material.
Response boundaries
The desk prioritizes verifiable corrections and source issues, but not every inquiry receives a response. Acknowledgment does not accept an embargo, deadline, attribution term, interview request, or framing. Countdown to Disclosure cannot guarantee access to people named in coverage, authenticate non-public classified claims, investigate emergencies, provide legal advice, or endorse a project’s conclusions. A reply may be limited to published methodology, existing pages, and public records.
Attribution and citation
When citing this site, use “Countdown to Disclosure” and link to the specific page rather than only the home page. Include the page title and access date when the context requires it. The Sources and Methodology page explains how the archive separates underlying events, accounts, institutional findings, and interpretation.
For legislation, agency reports, archival scans, hearings, or other third-party sources, cite the original issuing institution. The Primary Sources guide can help locate the official record. A link from this site does not make Countdown to Disclosure the owner or issuer of that material.
Rights and permissions
Original site material and third-party material do not share one rights status. Government records, media, quotations, trademarks, seals, and external documents remain subject to their respective rights and rules. A response, link, interview, or appearance does not transfer third-party rights. Review the Editorial Policy and Terms of Use, and seek permission from the actual rights holder when permission is required.
Deadlines, embargoes, and corrections
Include an exact deadline and time zone. No turnaround is promised. Proposed embargoes or other conditions are not accepted by silence; they must be expressly agreed before either side relies on them.
For a factual correction, use the corrections route and provide the page URL, exact passage, proposed correction, and strongest supporting source. Rights complaints should identify the asset, claimed owner or representative, and intended use without exposing sensitive personal data. Editorial standards and correction handling remain governed by the published policy, not by a public-relations request.