Lane von Herzen: DOGE as Outlaws: When a Government Accountability Office Steals from the American People

My Third Novel's Conclusion, My Heartbreak

My heart begins to break when I think about completing this particular book -- because this narrative has sustained me like no other story I've known. It's both more personal and more universal than my other works. But beyond memory and archetype, it's a cri-de-coeur about needing to become the person one is destined to be. And in the writing, I have met my own life's work, my own fated journey -- having the sense all the while that the pages are suffused with a resonance, an energy, an electrified field that defies explanation. Writers hope and pray to be overtaken by a work in this way -- to be conscripted into passionate service of a profound story. To experience it even once in a lifetime seems a great privilege. I still have several months before this novel is complete, and this constitutes my reprieve. Because I'm not ready for the beauty to end.

Friday, July 24, 2026

DOGE as Outlaws: When a Government Accountability Office Steals from the American People

OIG Hotline, the FBI appears to extend an allegation that one or more of my accounts has been hacked with the assistance of DOGE and Russian-affiliated organized crime. This constitutes an allegation that has been made previously. Clearly, from my vantage point, I rely upon your Office to keep meticulous records of accounts involved in this matter, including any unauthorized breaches such as that described.

The risks to American sovereignty, in the event that one or more breaches occurred, is utterly unacceptable.

If any unauthorized access of accounts involving this matter has occurred, please consider this to be my complaint regarding that incident.

I respectfully request that all funds be recovered from DOGE and its affiliates regarding any and all such occurrences.

Further, I request that the documentation reflect the individual names involved in any such incident, so that the American people can ultimately know the names of those who perpetrated such conduct in opposition to the preservation of their human rights.

Thank you for allowing me to express this concern.

Most sincerely,