Amanda Dalton and her field team's precarious status: individual witnesses and frontline investigators demand protection and institutional recognition, while political and legal actors must convert their evidence into prosecutable, protected action wit...

Amanda Dalton and her field team's precarious status: individual witnesses and frontline investigators demand protection and institutional recognition, while political and legal actors must convert their evidence into prosecutable, protected action without exposing them to lethal risk. This arc follows Amanda from threatened witness to federally protected architect of oversight.