The explosion and blackout at the Natanz nuclear facility in Iran over the weekend raised the specter of past sabotage — including the Stuxnet cyberattack that took out some of Natanz’s centrifuges between 2007 and 2010 as well as an… Read More ›
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The Journalist and the Whistleblower
The Federal Bureau of Investigations headquarters is seen in Washington, D.C., on October 24, 2019. Photo: Elise Swain/The Intercept When I became a reporter, I was surprised to discover a trait that I had never before recognized in myself. People… Read More ›
White Supremacists, Conspiracy Theorists Are Targeting Cell Towers, Police Warn
As the Biden administration turns its attention to an infrastructure system beset with problems, a strange new issue has emerged: conspiracy theorists. That’s according to a detailed intelligence report, produced by the New York Police Department and obtained by The Intercept,… Read More ›
CIA Headquarters Got Vaccinated in Early January, Rankling Intelligence Officers Abroad
In early January, as much of the country awaited the Covid-19 vaccine, personnel at the CIA’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia, had already begun receiving their shots, according to three former CIA officials with knowledge of the matter. Yet the agency… Read More ›
Biden's War Policy Offers Chance for Change — or More of the Same
Less than two months after taking office, most of President Joe Biden’s national security policy is under review. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is reexamining worldwide troop deployments, and the administration is taking a hard look at global counterterrorism operations. Biden’s… Read More ›
Erik Prince and the Failed Plot to Arm a CIA Asset-Turned-Warlord in Libya
In 2019, Erik Prince, the founder of the notorious mercenary firm Blackwater and a prominent Donald Trump supporter, aided a plot to move U.S.-made attack helicopters, weapons, and other military equipment from Jordan to a renegade commander fighting for control of… Read More ›
Democrats Pressure Biden on U.S. Backing for Saudi War in Yemen
Weeks after President Joe Biden announced he would end U.S. support for “offensive” military operations in Yemen by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, a group of progressive lawmakers are asking his administration to clarify what forms of U.S…. Read More ›
Thirsty, Cold, and Scooping Feces With Their Hands: Crisis in Reality Winner’s Texas Prison
As millions of people across Texas suffered from power and water outages during extreme cold from a winter storm this week, women at the federal prison in Fort Worth where National Security Agency whistleblower Reality Winner is imprisoned faced alarming… Read More ›
How Iran Tried to Recruit Spies Against the U.S. in Iraq
The Iraqi had a lot to prove to his Iranian spy handler. For years, the Iraqi had secretly spied for Iran, providing valuable intelligence about American operations in Iraq. But when the United States withdrew most of its troops and… Read More ›
Schumer’s Insurrectionist No-Fly List Is a Civil Liberties Nightmare
On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called for the FBI, Transportation Security Administration, and Department of Homeland Security to put rioters who stormed the Capitol on a no-fly list, barring them from airline travel in the U.S. “Any of… Read More ›