Pentagon’s Secret Service Trawls Social Media for Mean Tweets About Generals
A document shows the Protective Services Battalion uses sophisticated surveillance tools that can pinpoint anyone’s location.
National Security
Daniel Ellsberg Wanted Americans to See the Truth About War
In an interview before his death, the Pentagon Papers whistleblower urged the media and the government to be more honest about America’s bombing of civilians.
How Henry Kissinger Paved the Way for Orlando Letelier’s Assassination
During a visit to Chile in 1976, Kissinger met the dictator Augusto Pinochet and offered no objection to his violent rule.
The FBI Is Hunting a New Domestic Terror Threat: Abortion Rights Activists
After GOP pressure, FBI abortion “terrorism” investigations increased tenfold, government data shows.
The FBI Groomed a 16-Year-Old With “Brain Development Issues” to Become a Terrorist
An undercover FBI agent befriended the teenager online. When he turned 18, he was arrested for supporting ISIS.
House Democrats Refuse to Say Whether They Support Cluster Bomb Shipments to Ukraine
House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith has expressed openness to the idea — saying he’s just asking questions.
The People vs. Cop City
DHS Intel Report on Cop City Protesters Cribbed Far-Right Activist Andy Ngo
The intelligence report described the demonstrations as a “violent far-left occupation” — a phrase copied directly from an article by Ngo a day earlier.
Oath Keepers Leader Stewart Rhodes Says He’s a Political Prisoner. Republicans Are Listening.
Whether to pardon January 6 convicts will be the most revealing question of the Republican primary.
FBI Reopens Case Around Julian Assange, Despite Australian Pressure to End Prosecution
The new reporting from the Sydney Morning Herald comes as Australia is pressing the U.S. to end its attempt to prosecute Assange.
Jamie Raskin and Rachel Maddow, Brought to You by Peter Thiel and Lockheed Martin
The progressive stars are headlining a conference organized by a Democratic-aligned think tank — with Palantir and Lockheed as key sponsors.