One shadow that falls across my situation from apparently having encountered clusters of corrupt folks at the institutions that I studied at is that none of these organizations have much of an interest in my success. Quite the opposite, likely, as I could describe a few events in all of these places that would make things rather clear. And with the distance from the theatre crowd and art form that began this whole odyssey, I don't really have any institutional interests or social groups with much of an interest in my continued existence. Even the folks with whom my family worked while doing confidential work for the government would likely divide along the lines of my family's breakup, and I tried to stay away from both factions, for obvious reasons.
My reason for slipping this bit into this evolving blog of record (and it hopefully will scroll into the archives soon) is to explain why I place such an emphasis on my private work, and that my private work isn't a crusade against past perceived wrongs. I'm working with the objective, intellectual ideas of the past in ways that can reveal things, while fighting to survive. I keep my private work private because there are no trusted collaborators or institutional loyalties, frankly. I do my own work, and my own work is valid, and there's not really a need for any institutional crusades against the fellow who is doing his best to avoid conflicts with institutional forces.
Onward.