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By Bridger Dansereau - Investigative Reporter and David Burger, Founder and Director, True Signal Media
Published: January 9, 2026 Reading Time: 17 Min Read
Investigation Series: Abandoned
Agencies Involved: Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State
Location: Federal Level, International (Non-US), Togo, West Africa
Page 7 of 7

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

Agencies Involved

  • Bureau of Consular Affairs
  • Department of State

Location

  • Federal Level
  • International (Non-US)
  • Togo
  • West Africa

True Signal Media has filed the forensic verification FOIA and will report the State Department’s response or refusal to respond.

Simultaneously:

  • This documentation is being provided to the State Department Office of Inspector General
  • Congressional oversight committees will be notified
  • The complete fabrication evidence and forensic analysis will be provided to relevant investigative authorities
  • Additional parts of this investigation will document the broader pattern of systemic failures

The State Department has approximately 20 business days to respond to the forensic verification FOIA. Their response—or silence—will determine whether this case moves from journalism to criminal referral.


STATEMENT FROM TRUE SIGNAL MEDIA

“We caught them creating fake records with the wrong name, wrong age, wrong letterhead, and blank activity logs; then watched them try to bury the evidence when challenged,” said David Burger, founder of True Signal Media and Covenant for Forgotten Warriors.

“The file metadata doesn’t lie. The document was generated November 25, eight days before delivery, with backdated creation dates to make it look older. They thought no one would check the timestamps.

“But the real smoking gun is the impossible contradiction: their own records call Kelvin ‘fictitious,’ yet their own guard assaulted him. You can’t assault a person who doesn’t exist.

“Either Kelvin is real—in which case the W/W case is fraud—or he’s not real, in which case the embassy has serious problems with guards attacking imaginary people.

“We’ve now forced them to verify the system IDs shown in their fabricated document. Whatever they produce—or refuse to produce—will prove this fraud. The trap is set.”


This is Part 4 of True Signal Media’s ongoing investigation into the systematic abandonment of Army Sgt. Kelvin Blas by the U.S. State Department.

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Table of Contents

Page 1 Abandoned: Part 4 - The Fictitious Veteran Who Got Assaulted: State Department Caught Manufacturing Evidence File Metadata Catches State Department Red-Handed: Backdated Creation, Wrong Name, Zero Welfare Checks Page 2 WHAT WAS ACTUALLY REQUESTED Page 3 THE INADEQUACY APPEAL Page 4 THE "ROMANCE SCAM" DESIGNATION Page 5 THE ACCOUNTABILITY QUESTION Page 6 THE FORENSIC TRAP Page 7 WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
← When Systems Fail: Two Continents, One Pattern of Abandonment Investigation Index Remember Their Names: The Eleven Who Died May 13, 1985 →
Investigation Series: Abandoned
Agencies Involved: Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State
Location: Federal Level, International (Non-US), Togo, West Africa

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