Open a chart, then: Table view for the same figures, CSV to download them, and Cite this to copy a citation with the version number and the chart’s link. Every figure in the Lab is computed from the archive’s texts at build time; method and confidence sit at the foot of each dossier.
| Dossier | Chart | ID |
|---|---|---|
| How and when did the CPA legislate? Dossier 1 | Every document is a point: when it was issued, on what theme, and whether the archive holds its Arabic text n=126 dated numbered documents · source: the archive · hover any point for details and click to open the document · drag on the strip above to zoom into a period. | ch-swim |
| How and when did the CPA legislate? Dossier 1 | Issuance per month by theme Documents per month for each theme, on one scale shared by the five panels. | ch-themes |
| How and when did the CPA legislate? Dossier 1 | After April 2004 most orders have no Arabic text in the archive Documents per month by whether the archive holds their Arabic text · absence from the archive does not mean it was not issued. | ch-arabic |
| How and when did the CPA legislate? Dossier 1 | Approval was the last step: a median 1 day from memo to issue; political orders took longer For each order: days between the first memo seeking approval for it in Bremer’s memo log and its issue date in the archive · n=19 orders · terracotta: May–June 2004 · only approval and action memos count (not amendments), and their description must match the order’s title; 2 orders whose memo came after issue were excluded. | ch-lag |
| In what language did the CPA describe Iraq and itself? Dossier 2 | How did the CPA name itself and the situation in its legal texts? Number of orders, regulations and memoranda (n=126) in which each phrase appears · source: the English text · “occupation” appears in 5 texts in other senses, reviewed by hand. | ch-naming |
| In what language did the CPA describe Iraq and itself? Dossier 2 | The period’s vocabulary month by month: share of documents using each term Hover for a tracker synchronised across the eight panels; click a panel or a month to see its contexts below · dotted lines are events · choose the voice in the bar above. | ch-terms |
| In what language did the CPA describe Iraq and itself? Dossier 2 | Contexts of the term in the documents | ch-kwic |
| In what language did the CPA describe Iraq and itself? Dossier 2 | Every term has a turning month: one level before it, another after Monthly share of press releases using the term (n=397; releases only, being uniform documents, so a change in the mix of documents cannot fake a shift) · terracotta: months after the turning point · the turning point is the single best split of the series (least squares), on months with 20+ releases · “weak” when the change is under half the earlier level or one percentage point. | ch-cp |
| In what language did the CPA describe Iraq and itself? Dossier 2 | Who says what: four speakers, 2003 against 2004 Rate per 10,000 words of the speaker’s own words in briefing transcripts · circle 2003, square 2004 · choose a term. | ch-spk |
| What did Iraqis get to read? Dossier 3 | Every order by language: Arabic in the archive, transcribed, or missing Each square is an order by number · light: Arabic text in the archive · terracotta: no Arabic in the archive, text transcribed from Dorar al-Iraq · dark: no Arabic at all. | ch-noar-grid |
| What did Iraqis get to read? Dossier 3 | After April 2004 the ratio flipped Orders per month by availability of their Arabic text, on one scale. | ch-noar-month |
| Who held the decision? Dossier 4 | The language of power in the orders: who decides, what it overrides, who is exempt Number of orders (n=99) containing each form · terracotta: the Administrator’s powers. | ch-power-kinds |
| Who held the decision? Dossier 4 | Order by order Each row is an order with at least one form · the cell is the number of places · hover for details. | ch-power-matrix |
| Stated figures Dossier 5 | Police “on duty” as the statements gave it Each point is a statement of the national figure in a release or briefing · the line joins statements in date order. | ch-police |
| Stated figures Dossier 5 | A moving baseline: “pre-war” and “at liberation” Electricity values the statements called the pre-war level or the level at liberation, by statement date. | ch-prewar |
| The archive itself Dossier 6 | Every day of the CPA: how many dated documents we hold Public dated documents per day · empty days are days we hold nothing from, not days without work. | ch-arch-days |
| The archive itself Dossier 6 | Where dates are missing Share of undated documents in each section (sections with 20+ documents). | ch-arch-undated |
| The revolving door between Baghdad and Washington Dossier 7 | From an office in Baghdad to a filing in Washington For each person: first mention in the archive in their role (circle), then the first known lobbying record (square) · hover a line for details. | ch-rev |
| Who whispered in Bremer’s ear? Dossier 8 | Who wrote to Bremer, and when Band thickness = memos to Bremer that month · 25 writers sorted by first appearance · terracotta: the story’s writers (security, economy, Washington) · dotted lines are context events. | ch-whisper |
| Who whispered in Bremer’s ear? Dossier 8 | Five files, five rhythms Memos per file per month on one shared scale · terracotta: the peak month. | ch-files |
| Who whispered in Bremer’s ear? Dossier 8 | Who owned which file The top 24 writers and their links to the five files · line thickness = memos · circle size = the writer’s total. | ch-net |
| Who whispered in Bremer’s ear? Dossier 8 | Every day in Bremer’s office Memos to Bremer per day · empty days may be days whose papers were not kept. | ch-days |
| The Iraqi dollar’s path Dossier 9 | Where Iraq’s money came from, and where it went Development Fund for Iraq, 22 May 2003 – 28 June 2004, in billions of dollars · source: the two KPMG-audited statements · terracotta: Iraqi oil money · “left in the fund” is its balance on handover day. | ch-flow |
| The Iraqi dollar’s path Dossier 9 | Iraqi money spent fast, US money slow Share paid out (or obligated) from each fund in summer 2004 · terracotta: the Iraqi fund. | ch-pace |
| The Iraqi dollar’s path Dossier 9 | Transfers to the Ministry of Finance and the KRG, month by month In millions of dollars · terracotta: June 2004 · the June split between the two is doubtful (damaged text); the total is established. | ch-months |
| The Iraqi dollar’s path Dossier 9 | Letters of credit in 2004 by ministry In millions of dollars · through JP Morgan · source: note 11 of the 2004 statement. | ch-lc |
| What did Iraq inherit from Bremer’s orders? Dossier 10 | One hundred orders, one verdict: kept, amended or rescinded Each square is an order by number · terracotta: amended by Order 100 to hand over powers · dark: rescinded entirely · light: left untouched · hover a square for its title and heirs. | ch-grid |
| What did Iraq inherit from Bremer’s orders? Dossier 10 | Who inherited the Administrator’s powers Number of orders, regulations and memoranda whose Order 100 amendments name the office. | ch-heirs |
| Promise and reality: electricity Dossier 11 | Six thousand promised, four thousand delivered Grey line: daily peak load · terracotta dots: weekly average · dashed lines: the 4,400 and 6,000 goals · squares: CPA statements · in megawatts. | ch-power |
| Promise and reality: electricity Dossier 11 | One goal, a moving deadline For each weekly report: the report week (circle) and the deadline it stated for 6,000 MW (square). | ch-goal |
| The briefing room Dossier 12 | Who stood at the podium Band thickness = the speaker’s words that month · terracotta: Kimmitt and Senor. | ch-podium |
| The briefing room Dossier 12 | What reporters asked about Questions per month per topic on one scale · terracotta: the peak month. | ch-asked |
| The briefing room Dossier 12 | How often a speaker explicitly deflected Share of answers containing an explicit deflection phrase · speakers with 30+ answers. | ch-defl |
| The briefing room Dossier 12 | Outlets reporters named Only from the 205 questions with an outlet named · terracotta: Arab and Iraqi outlets. | ch-outlets |
| What did the CPA’s orders rest on? Dossier 13 | The Security Council in almost every text, Iraqi law in a third Number of legal texts (n=126) naming each reference · terracotta: the Security Council. | ch-refs |
| What did the CPA’s orders rest on? Dossier 13 | Each theme its own reference point Share of each theme’s texts naming each reference · hover a cell for the count. | ch-matrix |
| Directory of people and organisations Dossier 14 | Who was there, and when First and last memo to Bremer for the most present writers · sorted by first appearance. | ch-tenure |
| Directory of people and organisations Dossier 14 | The directory Type in the box to filter names · click a column header to sort · “Search” opens all the name’s documents in the archive. | ch-dir |
| Iraq as the CPA saw it Dossier 15 | What the CPA said, and what it was asked Right: each governorate’s share of press releases’ references to governorates · left: its share of reporters’ questions’ references · darker means a larger share · hover a governorate for figures. | ch-maps |
| Iraq as the CPA saw it Dossier 15 | Where reporters asked more than the CPA said A governorate’s share of question references divided by its share of release references · above 1: asked about more than spoken of. | ch-gap |
| Iraq as the CPA saw it Dossier 15 | Questions over time Five maps for five periods: questions naming each governorate. | ch-periods |
| Iraq as the CPA saw it Dossier 15 | And where the military spokesman said attacks happened Sentences by the Coalition’s military spokesman at press briefings naming an attack and a governorate, month by month (322 sentences) · what was said about violence, not the full incident record. | ch-events |
| Iraq as the CPA saw it Dossier 15 | And where the contracts went CPA register awards (January–April 2004) whose scope names the governorate or one of its towns · hover for value. | ch-money |
| What the CPA bought, and who won Dossier 16 | Awards week by week Number and value of awards per week (starting Monday) · hover a bar for figures. | ch-weeks |
| What the CPA bought, and who won Dossier 16 | Many small awards; a few carry the money Left: each price band’s share of awards · right: its share of the money. | ch-bands |
| What the CPA bought, and who won Dossier 16 | On what? Award value by category ($ million) · categories come from scope keywords, so they are approximate. | ch-cats |
| What the CPA bought, and who won Dossier 16 | Which office, on what $ million per office (inferred from the contract number) and category. | ch-offices |
| What the CPA bought, and who won Dossier 16 | Governorates in award scopes Awards whose scope names the governorate or one of its towns · most awards name no place. | ch-map |
| What the CPA bought, and who won Dossier 16 | The fifteen largest awards $ million · scope text from the register. | ch-top |
| What the CPA bought, and who won Dossier 16 | Whose money, and how much competition 309 contracts in the inspector general’s table ($ million, recorded value) · from source of money to type of competition. | ch-flow |
| What the CPA bought, and who won Dossier 16 | Who got the Iraqi money Contractors paid from the Development Fund for Iraq or vested and seized assets · colour: the part awarded without competition. | ch-iraqi |
| What the CPA bought, and who won Dossier 16 | The largest contractors Total recorded value per contractor ($ billion) · much of it ceilings. | ch-who |
| Translation as policy Dossier 17 | The translator’s fingerprint How many legal texts carry each formula, by who translated them. | ch-print |
| Translation as policy Dossier 17 | From “purging” to “uprooting” Dated Arabic documents naming the Baath policy each way, cumulatively · hover a point for the document. | ch-purge |
| Translation as policy Dossier 17 | Three voices, different words Share of documents naming each term, by voice. | ch-voices |