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April 7, 2017
Donald Trump’s Self-Serving War Against Surveillance
The administration and its allies are using legitimate concerns about America’s spying to distract from the Russia controversy.
March 8, 2017
The WikiLeaks CIA dump is quickly turning into a conspiracy theory: The CIA did the hacks!
February 22, 2017
Donald Trump Can Do a Lot With the “Deep State”
Even if the deep state isn't real, the idea of one could do real damage.
January 23, 2017
Donald Trump Is Becoming an Authoritarian Leader Before Our Very Eyes
The administration's many lies this weekend should frighten all Americans.
January 21, 2017
This dispatch about Trump’s sad, pathetic CIA visit proves we are entering the golden age of White House pool reports.
January 9, 2017
James Comey Is Democrats’ Best Hope for Stopping Trump
The president-elect could use law enforcement to abuse civil rights.
January 5, 2017
Trump’s War on the Intelligence Community Is All About Ego
And it won't end well—for him or for America.
January 3, 2017
Magazine
Literary Agents
Rethinking the legacy of writers who worked with the CIA.
December 15, 2016
Trump’s War on the CIA Has Deep, Right-Wing Roots
His anti-professionalism is part of a long populist tradition in America—and it could cripple his presidency.
December 12, 2016
The Danger of Politicizing Intelligence
Donald Trump will try to bend the CIA to his will. America is still recovering from the last time a president did that.
August 5, 2016
But what about email server maintenance protocols?!
August 5, 2016
Who wanted to delay the Bin Laden raid so they could go to the White House Correspondent’s Dinner?
May 16, 2016
The CIA is trying to make the Torture Report disappear.
April 8, 2016
The Covert Roots of the Panama Papers
Panama has long been a haven for money launderers—including the CIA.
March 28, 2016
History is not being kind to President Obama’s decision not to prosecute the crimes of the Bush White House.
March 22, 2016
Why Bernie’s Foreign Policy Is More Important Than Ever
Sanders has a new responsibility to drive the politics of national security in a better direction.
February 22, 2016
Bernie Sanders’s call to shut down the CIA doesn’t make him an extremist.
February 4, 2015
Pope Francis Just Declared This Murdered Archbishop a Martyr. Reaganites Should Be Embarrassed.
December 12, 2014
It's Depressing How Many Americans Still Support Torture
December 11, 2014
CIA Director John Brennan Just Accidentally Undermined Guantánamo's War Court

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