Empire Politician: A Half-Century of Joe Biden’s Stances on War, Militarism, and the CIA
The new president's paper trail reveals a man who has often betrayed his own bedrock principles.
1,190 posts found for ‘iran’
CIA Drove Spike in Media Leak Investigation Requests Under Trump
Records released by the Department of Justice provide new details about Trump’s campaign against whistleblowers and leakers.
The Kingdom's Intelligence Apparatus Fuels a Crackdown on Dissent
Dozens of Moroccan journalists were listed as potential targets of NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware — just one instrument in the kingdom’s expanding surveillance toolbox.
1981: Biden and Reagan’s CIA Director, William Casey
In public, Joe Biden railed against William Casey, President Ronald Reagan’s CIA director. Behind the scenes, the relationship was more complicated.
Verizon’s NFL Covid-19 Screening Cameras Are Based on Bad Science and Questionable Chinese Hardware
Verizon’s 5G-powered fever-detecting cameras appear to be sourced from a company under State Department sanctions and probably don’t work.
Secretive CBP Counterterrorism Teams Interrogated 180,000 U.S. Citizens Over Two-Year Period
Records from an ongoing FOIA lawsuit shed new light on the operations of CBP’s Tactical Terrorism Response Teams.
State Department Cut Funding for Controversial "Iran Disinfo" Project — but Kept Working With Its Creators
Internal documents show a multi-front effort to keep funding and collaboration alive, because the public was unaware of the links.
U.S. Sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela Hamper the Global Fight Against Covid-19
Critics say the sanctions undermine U.S. ambitions to vaccinate the world, while new polling shows a clear majority favors a policy change.
Why Aren't We Hearing More Calls for Diplomacy to End War in Ukraine?
The U.S. government has sent weapons and resources to Ukraine. But diplomacy is needed to end the war, not fuel to the fire.
Noam Chomsky and Jeremy Scahill on the Russia-Ukraine War, the Media, Propaganda, and Accountability
Noam Chomsky spoke with The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill in a wide-ranging discussion on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.