Revealing the Real Threats and the Manufactured Ones: The Intercept's 2019 National Security Coverage
A look back at The Intercept’s must-read national security stories from 2019.
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State-Sanctioned Killers: As Trump Expedites Executions at Home, Biden Builds Team for Wars Abroad
This week, Intercept reporter Liliana Segura discusses federal executions under Trump, and the American Conservative’s Kelley Vlahos analyzes Biden’s national security picks.
The Espionage Act Is Again Deployed Against a Government Official Leaking to the Media
Prosecutors allege that Henry Kyle Frese discussed intelligence reports with reporters, expanding a crackdown on leaks that has accelerated under Trump.
Prosecuting Julian Assange for Espionage Is a Coup Attempt Against the First Amendment
Attorney Jameel Jaffer and The Intercept's Ryan Grim are this week’s podcast guests.
Philosopher Srecko Horvat on the Yugoslav Fight Against Fascism and the Rising Right-Wing Political Forces in Europe
In this bonus episode of Intercepted, philosopher Srecko Horvat discusses the historical lessons from the WWII-era struggle against fascism in Yugoslavia.
Congress and the Press Should Pick Up Where Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller Left Off
The anticlimactic end of the Trump-Russia investigation is partly due to decades of bitter political battles over what powers to grant special prosecutors.
Sanders, Warren, and Wyden Slam Assange Indictment, a Renegade Use of the Espionage Act to Criminalize Journalism
The indictment marks the first time the U.S. has used the Espionage Act to target a publisher.
The Indictment of Julian Assange Under the Espionage Act Is a Threat to the Press and the American People
If the government gets to define journalism, what’s to stop it from making similar rulings about any outlet whose coverage it doesn’t like?
Sweden Reopens Investigation of Julian Assange for Rape, Complicating U.S. Extradition
If Julian Assange is extradited from Britain to Sweden to face a rape allegation, his extradition to the U.S. could be delayed or even blocked.
The Prosecution of Julian Assange Is an Attack on Our Freedom of Speech
The Trump administration wants you to hate Julian Assange so much that you will give up your own freedoms just to watch him burn at the stake.