FBI Terrorism Stings: Two Decades of National Security Theater
Since 9/11, the FBI has used a tactic that often entraps people who pose no substantial risk — but rarely stops real threats.
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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.
The FBI Informant Who Monitored the Trump Campaign, Stefan Halper, Oversaw a CIA Spying Operation in the 1980 Presidential Election
Far from the top-secret, covert intelligence asset the FBI has depicted him as, Stefan Halper is a longtime, well-known CIA operative, with ties to the Bush family and a shady past.
Will Democrats Unite to Block Trump's Torturer, Gina Haspel, as CIA Chief? If Not, What Do They #Resist?
The bipartisan national security class has united to support a torturer as CIA chief. What will it say about Washington if she is confirmed?
Intercepted Podcast: A Nation Addicted to War
Historian Andrew Bacevich makes the case against war on Syria. Arundhati Roy discusses her new novel. Actor Wally Shawn talks about targeted assassinations.
The $500,000 GoFundMe Charity Campaign for Wealthy Ex-FBI Official Andrew McCabe Is Obscene
In the name of “resistance,” small donors — encouraged by a cable news star — have contributed a vast sum of money online to help a rich career FBI official.
Republicans Have Four Easy Ways to #ReleaseTheMemo — and the Evidence for It. Not Doing So Will Prove Them to Be Shameless Frauds.
If the FISA memo and underlying evidence prove pervasive criminality and abuse of power, then why isn't the GOP letting the public see it?
The Same Democrats Who Denounce Donald Trump as a Lawless, Treasonous Authoritarian Just Voted to Give Him Vast Warrantless Spying Powers
How can the rhetoric about Trump from Democratic leaders be reconciled with their actions to protect his unchecked power to spy on Americans?
The FBI’s Hunt for Two Missing Piglets Reveals the Federal Cover-Up of Barbaric Factory Farms
Systematic abuse of animals lies at the heart of U.S. industrial farms, which are protected by the government. Despite a crackdown on activists, the public is seeing the barbarism.
What's Worse: Trump's Campaign Agenda or Empowering Generals and CIA Operatives to Subvert It?
Those who spent the year mocking the notion of a Deep State are now openly cheering its assertion of power.