The FBI knew for weeks. The public found out last.

In February 2026, the FBI warned California police that Iran aspired to launch a drone strike on the state's coast. The intelligence was in hand in early February. The public didn't hear a word until mid-March — weeks later.

That gap is the whole problem. When a real threat is coming to an American city, the people with access know first — and act first: government, intelligence, finance, and everyone one phone call away from them. The rest of us find out when it's on the news. Which is to say, last.

We'll never see the FBI's briefings. But here's what we realized: when the people who get those briefings actually move, they leave traces in public data within hours. Seats. Jets. Flight paths. Prices. You can't hide a thousand quiet decisions to leave.

FleeFirst watches those traces around the clock and texts you when they trip. Which traces show up first — and how to stack them — is a hypothesis we've published so you can judge it yourself.