diff --git a/packages/kits/GeniusLocusKit/Sources/GeniusLocusKit/Brain/ContradictionHunt.swift b/packages/kits/GeniusLocusKit/Sources/GeniusLocusKit/Brain/ContradictionHunt.swift
index 286ea53b..c3066783 100644
--- a/packages/kits/GeniusLocusKit/Sources/GeniusLocusKit/Brain/ContradictionHunt.swift
+++ b/packages/kits/GeniusLocusKit/Sources/GeniusLocusKit/Brain/ContradictionHunt.swift
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@
 // any lifecycle, including `.withdrawn` (a rejected review) and
 // tombstoned rows — is never proposed again. Rejection is durable.
 //
-// Sensitivity: `DrawerStore.addTunnel` stamps the tunnel with the MAX
-// of its endpoints' sensitivities (#57, both legs), so a proposed edge
-// touching a restricted drawer is gated by the tunnel sensitivity
-// ceiling automatically; the hunter adds nothing to disclose.
+// Sensitivity: the hunt applies the same default ceiling as recall
+// (`.sensitivityAtMost(.elevated)`) before content screening or
+// snippet generation. Proposed tunnels are then additionally stamped
+// by `DrawerStore.addTunnel` with the MAX endpoint sensitivity (#57).
 //
 // Cost: O(probeLimit · K) index lookups + one batched body hydration
 // for the surviving candidate pairs — never O(N²) over content.
@@ -221,6 +221,13 @@ public extension GeniusLocusKit {
         for pair in candidatePairs {
             guard let a = drawersByID[pair.a], let b = drawersByID[pair.b],
                   a.tombstonedAt == nil, b.tombstonedAt == nil else { continue }
+            // Match BitmapEvaluator's default recall posture: callers
+            // without an explicit sensitivity grant may only mine the Normal
+            // tier (normal + elevated). Restricted/secret rows must not be
+            // screened, proposed, or echoed as borderline snippets.
+            guard a.adjectiveSensitivity.rawValue <= AdjectiveSensitivity.elevated.rawValue,
+                  b.adjectiveSensitivity.rawValue <= AdjectiveSensitivity.elevated.rawValue
+            else { continue }
             // Incremental watermark: at least one side must be new enough.
             if let watermark = filedAfter,
                a.filedAt <= watermark, b.filedAt <= watermark { continue }
diff --git a/packages/kits/GeniusLocusKit/Tests/GeniusLocusKitTests/ContradictionHuntTests.swift b/packages/kits/GeniusLocusKit/Tests/GeniusLocusKitTests/ContradictionHuntTests.swift
index 871a2a64..c2e252ff 100644
--- a/packages/kits/GeniusLocusKit/Tests/GeniusLocusKitTests/ContradictionHuntTests.swift
+++ b/packages/kits/GeniusLocusKit/Tests/GeniusLocusKitTests/ContradictionHuntTests.swift
@@ -37,14 +37,19 @@ struct ContradictionHuntTests {
         return (kit, handle, vectorStore)
     }
 
-    private func captureFrame(content: String, room: String) -> CaptureFrame {
+    private func captureFrame(
+        content: String,
+        room: String,
+        sensitivity: AdjectiveSensitivity = .normal
+    ) -> CaptureFrame {
         CaptureFrame(
             content: content,
             channel: .typed,
             room: room,
             latticeAnchor: LatticeAnchor(udcCode: "004"),
             addedBy: "hunt-tests",
-            embeddingModelID: Self.modelID
+            embeddingModelID: Self.modelID,
+            sensitivity: sensitivity
         )
     }
 
@@ -156,6 +161,32 @@ struct ContradictionHuntTests {
         #expect(contradicts.isEmpty)
     }
 
+    @Test("restricted and secret candidates are excluded by the default hunt sensitivity ceiling")
+    func protectedCandidatesAreExcludedByDefaultCeiling() async throws {
+        let (kit, handle, vectorStore) = try await makeKit()
+        let normal = try await kit.capture(
+            handle,
+            captureFrame(content: "Bob lives in Paris", room: "study"))
+        let secret = try await kit.capture(
+            handle,
+            captureFrame(
+                content: "Bob does not live in Paris SECRET-DO-NOT-ECHO",
+                room: "study",
+                sensitivity: .secret))
+
+        for drawer in [normal, secret] {
+            try await vectorStore.addVector(
+                itemID: drawer.id, engram: near, modelID: Self.modelID,
+                modelVersion: "1.0", filedAt: Self.t0)
+        }
+
+        let report = try await kit.huntContradictions(in: handle, now: Self.t0)
+
+        #expect(report.proposed.isEmpty)
+        #expect(report.borderline.isEmpty)
+        #expect(report.pairsScreened == 0)
+    }
+
     @Test("unrelated content proposes nothing; missing vector store is reported")
     func guards() async throws {
         let (kit, handle, vectorStore) = try await makeKit()
diff --git a/packages/kits/GeniusLocusKit/rust/src/coordinator.rs b/packages/kits/GeniusLocusKit/rust/src/coordinator.rs
index 0ad5d66c..d3253e95 100644
--- a/packages/kits/GeniusLocusKit/rust/src/coordinator.rs
+++ b/packages/kits/GeniusLocusKit/rust/src/coordinator.rs
@@ -2839,6 +2839,17 @@ impl EstateCoordinator {
             if a.tombstoned_at.is_some() || b.tombstoned_at.is_some() {
                 continue;
             }
+            // Match BitmapEvaluator's default recall posture: callers
+            // without an explicit sensitivity grant may only mine the Normal
+            // tier (normal + elevated). Restricted/secret rows must not be
+            // screened, proposed, or echoed as borderline snippets.
+            if a.adjective_sensitivity().raw_value()
+                > locus_kit::adjectives::AdjectiveSensitivity::Elevated.raw_value()
+                || b.adjective_sensitivity().raw_value()
+                    > locus_kit::adjectives::AdjectiveSensitivity::Elevated.raw_value()
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
             // Incremental watermark: at least one side must be new enough.
             if let Some(watermark) = filed_after {
                 if a.filed_at <= watermark && b.filed_at <= watermark {
@@ -9087,6 +9098,31 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(contradicts, 0);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn hunt_protected_candidates_are_excluded_by_default_ceiling() {
+        let (coord, h, vs) = open_one_with_vectors();
+        let near = hunt_near();
+        let normal = coord
+            .capture(&h, cap_frame("Bob lives in Paris"), NOW)
+            .expect("capture normal");
+        let mut secret_frame = cap_frame("Bob does not live in Paris SECRET-DO-NOT-ECHO");
+        secret_frame.sensitivity = locus_kit::adjectives::AdjectiveSensitivity::Secret;
+        let secret = coord
+            .capture(&h, secret_frame, NOW)
+            .expect("capture secret");
+        for drawer in [&normal, &secret] {
+            vs.add_vector(&drawer.id, &near, "minilm-v6", "1.0", NOW)
+                .expect("add vector");
+        }
+
+        let report = coord
+            .hunt_contradictions(&h, "minilm-v6", 50, None, 64, NOW)
+            .expect("hunt");
+        assert!(report.proposed.is_empty());
+        assert!(report.borderline.is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(report.pairs_screened, 0);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn hunt_guards_and_missing_vector_store() {
         let (coord, h, vs) = open_one_with_vectors();