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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-26 · 30 entries checked · 7 flagged · 14 issues confirmed · 7 corrected · 7 still open
Thomas R. 'Tom' Kiley — The entry states Kiley first appears in 'Patriot Games'. In the novels, Tom Kiley first appears in 'The Hunt for Red October', not 'Patriot Games'.
Thomas R. 'Tom' Kiley — The entry claims Kiley's friendship with Jack Ryan develops 'within the intelligence community' after Ryan joins. In the novels, Kiley and Ryan are already colleagues and friends by the time of 'The Hunt for Red October', which predates Ryan's official CIA car
Cathy Ryan — The entry states that Cathy Ryan appears in both the original Tom Clancy novels and the Amazon Prime series, but in the novels she is Caroline 'Cathy' Ryan, a nurse, not an ophthalmologist, and her role is significantly different; the claim that she appears in
Cathy Ryan — The entry states that in the 1990 film adaptation of The Hunt for Red October, Jack Ryan was portrayed by Alec Baldwin, not Al Pacino, and calls this a 'common mix-up,' but Al Pacino never played Jack Ryan in any film, so the statement is factually incorrect.
Central Intelligence Agency — The paper Ryan wrote is called 'Agents and Agencies' in the novel 'Patriot Games', not in 'The Hunt for Red October' or as a consultant before his first CIA assignment; his first CIA involvement was as a consultant for the canary trap analysis in 'The Hunt for
Central Intelligence Agency — Ryan's first CIA assignment was as a liaison in London during 'The Hunt for Red October' is incorrect; in 'The Hunt for Red October', Ryan is a consultant, not a CIA employee, and his first official CIA assignment as an analyst is in 'Patriot Games' after he j
Iran-Contra Affair — The entry claims the CIA and Argentina's Secretariat of Intelligence persuaded several Contra groups to unite into the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN) in 1981, not 1982. Historically, the FDN was formally established in 1981, so the original entry's claim of
The Patriotic Game — The entry states that the ULA kidnaps Ryan's family as retaliation and leverage for the release of captured ULA members, not directly as part of the assassination plot against Prince Charles and Princess Diana. In the novel, the ULA kidnaps Ryan's family speci
The Sum of All Fears (2014 film, Ryan Reynolds) — The entry title incorrectly states the 2014 pilot starred Ryan Reynolds, but it actually starred John Krasinski.
Moscow Kremlin — Colonel Mikhail Filitov does not defect voluntarily; he is extracted by the CIA after being compromised and is killed during the extraction attempt.
National Security Agency — [phantom sweep] meta-commentary published as content; rewrite source-grounded
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