Targeting Iran
The Trump Administration Just Killed Iran's Most Famous Military Commander. We're Not Ready for What's Next.
The assassination of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani may be President Donald Trump’s most reckless foreign policy move to date.
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Four Years Ago, Trump Had No Clue Who Iran's Suleimani Was. Now He May Have Kicked Off WWIII.
When Trump was told that Qassim Suleimani “runs the Quds Forces,” he responded: “I think the Kurds, by the way, have been horribly mistreated by us.”
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Michael Bloomberg’s Blatant Lies About Terrorism Show That He’s a Mainstream Politician
His response to the attempted 2010 Times Square attack shows that Michael Bloomberg harbors the same illusions about terrorism as other politicians.
Year in Review 2019
Revealing the Real Threats and the Manufactured Ones: The Intercept's 2019 National Security Coverage
A look back at The Intercept’s must-read national security stories from 2019.
Merry Christmas, America! Let’s Remember the Children Who Live in Fear of Our Killer Drones.
This Christmas, let’s tell the truth about America’s killer drones and the new form of terror they bring to children around the world.
Former NSA Director Is Cooperating With Probe of Trump-Russia Investigation
Retired Adm. Michael Rogers has met the prosecutor leading the probe, Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham, on multiple occasions.
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The Inspector General's Report on 2016 FBI Spying Reveals a Scandal of Historic Magnitude: Not Only for the FBI but Also the U.S. Media
The massive spying improprieties on the part of the FBI is as much a media scandal as it is a scandal for the agency and its leaders.
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How the Prosecution of Animal Rights Activists as Terrorists Foretold Today's Criminalization of Dissent
A new documentary “The Animal People” tells the story of the SHAC 7, who were sentenced to prison on terrorism charges over their protest activity.
How the FBI Botched Its Russia Inquiry, One of the Most Closely Watched Cases in Its History
The investigation was slowed by communication failures, concerns about political optics, and an overall lack of urgency, along with plenty of mistakes.
Targeting Iran
Congress to Vote on $22 Billion Defense Increase One Week After Trump Slashed Food Stamps
Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders and California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna called the defense bill an example of “astonishing moral cowardice.”