Echoes of FBI Entrapment Haunt Failed Plot to Kidnap Gretchen Whitmer
“It becomes really dicey when there are nearly as many informants as there are defendants,” a former federal prosecutor told The Intercept.
National Security
Even After Acknowledging Abuses, the U.S. Continued to Employ Notorious Proxy Forces in Cameroon
An exclusive document sheds light on a classified Special Operations partnership with a Cameroonian unit implicated in atrocities.
Oath Keepers Leader Stewart Rhodes Has Made His Worst Fears Come True
To Donald Trump, Rhodes says, the Oath Keepers are “nothing. Cannon fodder.”
Voices
Putin's Criminal Invasion of Ukraine Highlights Some Ugly Truths About U.S. and NATO
The fact that Putin is trying to justify the unjustifiable in Ukraine does not mean we must ignore the U.S. actions that fuel his narrative.
The War on Immigrants
A Pastor’s Legal Fight Against CBP Exposes a Reckless Surveillance Operation
Kaji Dousa’s lawsuit identified the CBP officials who blacklisted activists and journalists under Trump — and uncovered a web of lies and inconsistencies.
Voices
Lesson From Ukraine: Breaking Promises to Small Countries Means They’ll Never Give Up Nukes
In the 1990s, world powers promised Ukraine that if it disarmed, they would not violate its security. That promise was broken.
How the Navy SEALs Failed America — and How They Can Change
In “Code Over Country,” Matthew Cole argues that Americans who celebrate the SEALs must also understand the cost of their service.
White House Discusses Reinstating Trump's Terror Designation for Yemen’s Houthis
A terrorist designation for the Houthis could trigger “devastating” sanctions on Yemen.
What If the U.S. Hadn't Gone to War After 9/11?
New research offers an alternative to the war on terror as the Biden administration rethinks its counterterrorism playbook.
Voices
Killing of ISIS Leader Shows That U.S. Forever Wars Will Never End
Biden’s claim that the world has been made safer by the killing of yet another terrorist leader is hard to credit.