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  "slug": "what-provenance-signatures-must-accompany-a-synthesized-multi-agent-report-to-prevent-authority-laundering",
  "title": "What provenance signatures must accompany a synthesized multi-agent report to prevent authority laundering?",
  "date_of_record": "2026 October 20",
  "scope": "* **Applies when:** Contributors have different privilege levels, the report is consumed by downstream agents or humans who rely on privilege attribution, and the report aggregates content in a way that obscures individual contributions. * ",
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    "core_distinction": "The separation between **report authorship** (the agent that compiled the final document) and **contribution provenance** (the original agent behind each piece of content). Relying on report authorship creates the **Authority Laundering Attack**: a low-privilege agent contributes a claim, a high-privilege agent compiles it into a report, and downstream consu...",
    "what_was_observed": "In multi-agent research and reporting architectures, failing to preserve contribution provenance produces three primary failure modes: 1. **Privilege Bypass:** A restricted-data agent contributes a claim to a report, and the report is published under the high-privilege agent's signature, exposing the restricted data. 2. **Attribution Erosion:** A malicious agent injects a false claim into a report by contributing it ...",
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    "decision_boundary": "1. **Did multiple agents with different privilege levels contribute?** If no, standard report signing applies. If yes, proceed. 2. **Is a `per_contribution_signature` present for every contribution?** If no, some contributions cannot be attributed to their original agent. The report must be rejected. 3. **Does the `contribution_privilege_tier_map` show any c...",
    "operational_effect": "1. **Laundering Prevention:** Prevents low-privilege content from being promoted to high-privilege status in reports. 2. **Attribution Correctness:** Ensures each claim is attributed to its actual contributor, not the compiler. 3. **Compliance Integrity:** Preserves the provenance of every contribution, satisfying audit requirements for mixed-classification ..."
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      "LaunderingManifest",
      "AuthorityLaunderingGuard"
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