About the Author
Samuel Lopez is an investigative journalist and legal analyst for USA Herald who specializes in examining what institutions say—and what they fail to say—when public accountability is at stake. With more than two decades of experience in the legal field, Lopez is trained to recognize when silence, delay, or selective disclosure becomes evidence in itself.
In this investigation, Lopez applies a legal-forensic lens to NASA’s handling of 3I/ATLAS, treating public data gaps, unexplained delays, and interagency restraint as matters of record rather than speculation. His reporting focuses on transparency obligations, information control, and the consequences of withholding hard data from public scrutiny. At USA Herald, Lopez is known for investigative work that pressures powerful agencies to explain their actions—or their inaction—when the public is entitled to answers.
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