{
  "schema":"gah.source-manifest.v1",
  "slug":"barak-hfa-cycurity-2015",
  "title":"The HFA Proposal in Barak's Archive: Cycurity's 2015 Influence Pitch and the Investment Diligence Around It",
  "published":"2026-09-30",
  "scope":"A source-bound reconstruction of a July 2015 Cycurity election-campaign influence proposal preserved in Ehud Barak's archive and the contemporaneous record of Barak considering possible participation in Cycurity.",
  "sources":[
    {"id":"HFA-PDF","class":"PRIMARY_ARCHIVE_ATTACHMENT","record":"HFA Campaign Proposal_F.pdf","origin":"ehbarak1@gmail.com/Sent!3/1 (272)_files/","sha256":"a82f9bc79eb8af6c16cedf44dd07c41bbd1bd87b2956703079fc49ef8f598308","pages":7,"supports":"July 2015 HFA U.S. elections proposal; VIP mapping, localized social channels, micro-targeting, relationship/influence engines, KPI ladder; Cycurity named in operational section.","limit":"Proposal content does not prove commissioning, retention, payment, deployment or results."},
    {"id":"GA-INFLUENCE","class":"PRIMARY_ARCHIVE_ATTACHMENT","record":"GA_Large Scale Relations Management 2015.pdf","origin":"ehbarak1@gmail.com/Inbox!12/1 (464)_files/","sha256":"a0502f6e53b31871c7e604dcd8ecd52a0911d34f2cce11eef70a9a00d6f25cca","supports":"Cycurity's same 2015 influence-product vocabulary before the HFA proposal.","limit":"Company capability claims are not independent proof of performance."},
    {"id":"CYCURITY-PROFILE","class":"PRIMARY_ARCHIVE_ATTACHMENT","record":"Cycurity Company Profile.pdf","origin":"ehbarak1@gmail.com/Inbox!12/1 (464)_files/","sha256":"0a8ece23bb8bc73366967edbdf7880bff13d213b232b135d35646f4e4e2900af","supports":"2015 company description of compliance, intelligence, reputation, lobbying and large-scale 1:1 marketing services.","limit":"Its statements about 2013 formation are retrospective 2015 company claims."},
    {"id":"BARAK-PARTICIPATION","class":"HASHED_EMAIL_WORKPAPER","record":"Sent!3/1 (276).html","sha256":"d5c87936540cff8caf7d44c165cc709f27a37f150f9c0011992639365c38db98","supports":"Barak asked Halevi/Mark to contact Udi regarding Barak's possible participation in the company.","limit":"Raw HTML is not currently mounted; wording is preserved in prior forensic workpapers."},
    {"id":"UDI-AUG6","class":"HASHED_EMAIL_WORKPAPER","record":"Inbox!11/1 (461).html","sha256":"390e3dd960a62b799a826aa5261287be45dcb60c1f906df8f3dc325793c28d50","supports":"Udi said Aug. 6 he was meeting them that day and would update Barak.","limit":"The promised post-meeting update was not recovered."},
    {"id":"CYFLOW-BP","class":"PRIMARY_ARCHIVE_ATTACHMENT","record":"CyFlow Business Plan - Aug 2015 v2 .pdf","origin":"ehbarak1@gmail.com/Inbox!10/1 (492)_files/","sha256":"92b7fbbedc5a783f1dc3e6c31efa1b87fc31e35fe38ed771332d319f43dce98c","supports":"Proposed $2M investment for 10%; 45/45/10 ownership; Pearls/Sapphires; Elections X2 and Anti BDS pipeline labels; retrospective JV/revenue claims.","limit":"Investment proposal is not proof of acceptance/funding; 2013 JV claims are retrospective."},
    {"id":"CYFLOW-ANNEX","class":"PRIMARY_ARCHIVE_ATTACHMENT","record":"CyFlow Annex Presentation_0815.pdf","origin":"ehbarak1@gmail.com/Inbox!10/1 (492)_files/","sha256":"2b5fa1e76da79391f58be1cc8246a81c28976a3604579917cc700a1046b0a025","supports":"Relationship Strength Index, Individual Importance Index and influence workflow.","limit":"Product presentation, not deployment evidence."},
    {"id":"PHOENIX","class":"PRIMARY_ARCHIVE_ATTACHMENT","record":"Thunder Proposal_0815.pdf","origin":"ehbarak1@gmail.com/Inbox!10/1 (492)_files/","sha256":"8b231050c446a9723ac45de1848474ef76d77facc07a8d4263e84c264c26988e","supports":"Related 2015 influence proposal using 100+ localized channels, up to 1,000 opinion leaders and 6,000 monthly interactions; $45K/quarter.","limit":"Client is unnamed."},
    {"id":"FEC-HFA","class":"PRIMARY_PUBLIC_RECORD","record":"Hillary for America committee C00575795","url":"https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00575795/","supports":"Hillary for America was Hillary Clinton's principal presidential campaign committee, registered April 13, 2015.","limit":"FEC identity does not establish that the campaign commissioned, received or used the archived Cycurity proposal."}
  ],
  "open_questions":[
    "Who commissioned the HFA proposal, if anyone.",
    "Whether Hillary for America or any campaign representative received, retained, paid for, approved or deployed Cycurity's proposal.",
    "Whether Barak ultimately invested in Cycurity or CyFlow.",
    "What Udi Knaani reported after the Aug. 6, 2015 diligence meeting.",
    "Whether the 2015 company claim of a Cycurity-Starter JV since July 2013 can be corroborated by contemporaneous 2013 records."
  ],
  "not_established":[
    "That Ehud Barak ran or directed an HFA influence operation.",
    "That Hillary for America hired or used Cycurity.",
    "That the HFA proposal was operationalized.",
    "That Barak completed an investment in Cycurity or CyFlow.",
    "That later 2015 CyFlow technical capabilities existed in the same form in 2013."
  ]
}