The U.S. Quietly Released Afghanistan’s “Biggest Drug Kingpin” From Prison. Did He Cut a Deal?
Before his arrest, Haji Juma Khan worked with the CIA and the DEA while aiding the Taliban and trading tons of heroin and opium.
1,237 posts found for ‘iran’
House Votes to Mandate Investigation of U.S. Involvement in Yemen's Secret Torture Prisons
The amendment would require the Defense Department to look into allegations of torture and the U.S. role in them, and report to Congress.
The Killing Machine: Legalized Torture, Propaganda, and Endless War in the Time of Trump
Journalist Allan Nairn, Dr. Jeffrey Kaye, Syrian journalist Marwan Hisham, and artist Molly Crabapple are this week's guests.
Why the Democrats Can (and Should) Impeach Trump
Donald Trump’s actions are “exactly the kind” that were declared impermissible in Nixon’s articles of impeachment.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the New Left
The Intercept’s Senior Politics Editor Briahna Gray spoke with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at SXSW about debates around identity, race, and class.
The CBS Interview With Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman Was a Crime Against Journalism
In a softball interview with "60 Minutes," the Saudi crown prince was not asked hard questions about Yemen, beheadings, or arrests.
Pundit Ralph Peters Is Leaving Fox News Because It’s Too Gross Even for Him. That’s an Extremely Low Bar.
The summit of Peters’ philosophizing is “Blood Borders,” a 2006 article in which he hid his hate and contempt for the people of the Mideast in plain sight.
Immoral Compass
Journalists Ryan Grim, Aura Bogado, Micah Lee, and activists Carmen Trotta and Martha Hennessy are this week’s guests on the Intercepted podcast.
Will the U.S. Ever Give Up Its Nukes?
Beatrice Fihn, the director of the ICAN, and former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry join Mehdi Hasan to discuss America’s nuclear arsenal.
“I Refused to Secretly Spy” — An Iranian-American Turned Down the FBI and Wound Up With a Prison Sentence
The prosecution of Ahmad Sheikhzadeh suggests his real crime was not picking a side.