Documents Reveal the Behind-the-Scenes Chaos of the Muslim Ban
Internal emails show border officials frantically adjusting their response to the president's soon-overturned ban.
1,288 posts found for ‘iran’
Trump's Deepening Embrace of Bahrain's Repressive Monarchy May Lead to More Instability
The Trump administration is loosening restrictions on military cooperation with Bahrain despite its repression, and this may ultimately lead to more regional instability.
Documenting Life Amid the Battle for Mosul
Photojournalist Cengiz Yar made a visual record of the suffering of Iraqi civilians as the U.S.-backed Iraqi army fought ISIS in vicious urban combat.
Former Democratic Senators Advised Group Funding Anti-Muslim Extremist Frank Gaffney
The advisory board of a group shoveling money to an anti-Obama conspiracy theorist included four Democratic senators-turned-lobbyists.
Bonus Intercepted Podcast: The Laundering of American Empire
In an extended Intercepted interview, NYU professor Nikhil Singh challenges us all to examine both the forest and the trees of American Empire.
Sloppy U.S. Spies Misused a Covert Network for Personal Shopping — and Other Stories from Internal NSA Documents
Campaigns to spy on internet cafes and tap Iraqi communications, as well as an intimate NSA examination of Czech spying, are detailed in NSA newsletters.
Terrorism Smear Campaign Against Democratic Contender for Congress Run By Saudi Lobbyist
Former GOP Sen. Norm Coleman chairs the Congressional Leadership Fund — while simultaneously representing one of the countries most responsible for exporting extremism.
Trump’s “Moderate” Defense Secretary Has Already Brought Us to the Brink of War
Defense Secretary James Mattis may not be a bigot or a crank like so many other top Trump appointees, but he could prove to be far more lethal in the long run.
Intercepted Podcast: The Trump Mixtape — Dante’s Inferno Meets Disco Inferno
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes and DJ Spooky discuss the Trump moment. Sherine Tadros and Mehdi Hasan analyze the strange crisis with Qatar.
Hacked Emails Show UAE Building Close Relationship With D.C. Think Tanks That Push Its Agenda
UAE's ambassador in D.C. is close to the Center for New American Security, which pushed the Arab dictatorship's drone agenda in a paper.