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April 13, 2023
Magazine
Jacob Silverman
Inside the Surveillance State’s Propaganda Machine
Kerry Howley’s new book shows how the government distorts reality to turn whistleblowers into public enemies.
March 27, 2023
Magazine
Tim Weiner
Has the U.S. Lost Track of the Spies in Our Midst?
In an era of hacks and breaches, the game of spy vs. spy has changed.
August 5, 2021
Magazine
Patrick Iber
How the War on Terror Undermined American Democracy
Spencer Ackerman’s new book argues that the forever wars created the conditions for Trump’s rise.
July 2, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Tucker Carlson and Glenn Greenwald’s Shameless Marriage of Convenience
The Fox News hatemonger and the rage-tweeting muckraker are pushing an NSA “scandal” without evidence—the latest fruits of a cynical partnership built on mutual self-interest.
August 4, 2020
Jacob Silverman
TikTok and America’s Bleak Techno-Nationalism
The app’s acquisition might be good for Microsoft. But what about the rest of us?
November 8, 2019
Jefferson Morley
The “Deep State” Is a Political Party
As an impeachment crisis looms, CIA and FBI veterans are taking a troubling lead in opposing Trump at the ballot box.
September 17, 2019
Adam Weinstein
Edward Snowden’s Novel Makeover
How a fiction writer transformed the NSA whistleblower into a tragic hero
June 12, 2019
Matthew Gault
The U.S. Government Is Utterly Inept at Keeping Your Data Secure
What do your smartphone and the world’s most advanced fighter jet have in common? The Trump administration can’t protect them from hackers.
March 19, 2018
Magazine
James Bamford
Anti-Intelligence
What happens when the president goes to war with his own spies?
January 23, 2018
Marcy Wheeler
All Glenn Greenwald’s Women
How the all-male citations in a profile of a major American journalist obscure a crucial nuance about Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election
January 9, 2018
Marcy Wheeler
Congress’s Absurd Quest to Curb the Surveillance State
In attempting to both appease the intelligence community and ostensibly roll back its powers, lawmakers are making a mockery of the reform effort.
January 3, 2018
Sarah Jones
Did
The New York Times
bury stories that cast doubt on Bush’s Iraq War push?
October 26, 2017
Magazine
Elizabeth Goitein
A Chance to Control Domestic Spying
Why the Trump era represents a real opportunity to reform the NSA’s surveillance program.
August 25, 2017
Marcy Wheeler
The Senate Wants to Prevent Russia From Compromising U.S. Elections. Does Trump?
Lawmakers are finally getting serious about cybersecurity, but a proposed bill would also limit the president’s ability to cozy up to the Russians.
May 10, 2017
Ava Kofman
Why You Spy on Your Neighbors
Joshua Reeves’s “Citizen Spies” looks at citizens, surveillance, and how the police state conscripts us all.
April 7, 2017
Marcy Wheeler
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 21, 2017
Graham Vyse
Trump is making the “special relationship” with Britain really awkward.
March 20, 2017
Alex Shephard
FBI Director James Comey just confirmed that the FBI is investigating the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia.
January 19, 2017
Jordan G. Teicher
White Vans & Black Suburbans
Photographer Mike Osborne watches the people who watch us.
November 10, 2016
Graham Vyse
Donald Trump Will Have His Eye on You
Edward Snowden warned us about the abuses of our national security state. Now look who's in charge of it.
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