U.S. Intelligence Says Putin Made a Last-Minute Decision to Invade Ukraine
The U.S. likely relied in part on intercepted communications among senior Russian government and military officials.
National Security
Origins of Covid
Peter Daszak Answers Critics and Defends Coronavirus Research
“Scientists disagree over an issue where there’s no definitive proof,” said the EcoHealth Alliance president on the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Jan 6th is gonna be crazy. … lol”: DHS Officials Expected Violence at the Capitol, Kept It to Themselves
A new report from the DHS Office of Inspector General documents intelligence officials joking about Democrats being hanged.
Voices
U.S. and NATO's Unprecedented Weapons Transfers to Ukraine Could Prolong the War
Western nations must ask themselves whether the current course of action is more or less likely to help end the horrifying violence being imposed on Ukraine’s civilian population.
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.
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.”
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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.