Intercepted Podcast: Memo and Memoer — The Bipartisan Love Affair With Mass Surveillance
In a bipartisan love affair with mass surveillance, Democratic and Republican leaders all support the very program that the Nunes memo attacks.
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My Life as a New York Times Reporter in the Shadow of the War on Terror
As I took the stand, I thought about how much press freedom had been lost and how drastically national security reporting had changed in the post-9/11 era.
The Only Good Thing About John Bolton in the White House Is That He's Not a General
H.R. McMaster and John Kelly have shown why it's a bad idea to have generals in top White House jobs. While Kelly holds on, McMaster is leaving.
Harvard Poll On Renegotiating Iran Nuclear Deal Used “Blatantly Biased Question”
The pollster initially said the question was based on a “hypothetical,” then called back and changed his story — twice.
How Identity Politics Has Divided the Left: An Interview With Asad Haider
A new book, “Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump,” grapples with the shifting relationship between personal identity and political action.
Tillerson Fired by Trump Hours After Blaming Russia for Chemical Attack in U.K.
Rex Tillerson was fired by tweet just hours after the secretary of state said that the nerve agent used in an attack in Britain "came from Russia."
A U.S. Journalist Took Thousands of ISIS Files Out of Iraq, Reigniting a Bitter Dispute Over the Theft of Iraqi History
An article in the New York Times has reopened the wound created when the U.S. seized 120 million pages of documents from Iraq after the 2003 invasion.
Trump White House Weighing Plans for Private Spies to Counter "Deep State" Enemies
Blackwater founder Erik Prince, a former CIA paramilitary officer, and Oliver North want to make ’80s-style covert action great again.
Confidential U.N. Document Questions the Saudi Arabian Blockade That’s Starving Yemen
Saudi Arabia blocked shipments of humanitarian aid because it said rebels in Yemen were getting missiles from Iran.
Deconstructed Podcast: Is Trump About to Start an Illegal War With Syria?
This week the president threatened to bomb Syria via tweet. Will congress ever re-assert its war powers?