Pentagon Undercounts and Ignores Military Sexual Assault in Africa
New documents on sexual assault in the U.S. military reveal failures in leadership and accountability at bases in Africa.
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In Just Months, the Coronavirus Has Killed More Americans Than 20 Years of War in Vietnam
An appalling milestone of death has been reached in the Covid-19 pandemic that Donald Trump has downplayed over and over again.
In West African Coronavirus Hot Spot, War Has Left 700,000 Homeless and Exposed
Burkina Faso has endured poverty, drought, hunger, and coups. Now experts fear that Covid-19 could decimate entire settlements of the country's displaced.
Why Closing the Congo-Rwanda Border Could Spread Ebola
Closing borders in the face of Ebola, experts say, is the worst possible response and only encourages unauthorized border crossings.
“We Don’t Consider You a Legitimate Journalist” — How I Got Blacklisted by the Pentagon’s Africa Command
Nick Turse has reported extensively on secretive U.S. military operations — which is apparently why Africa Command has tried to freeze him out.
Intercepted Podcast: Criminal Indictments at Home, Secret Wars Abroad
Special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s investigation heats up as Trump grants the CIA and military new kill authorities.
A Massive U.S. Drone Base Could Destabilize Niger — and May Even Be Illegal Under Its Constitution
The U.S. is building a $110 million drone base in Niger that threatens to undermine the country's economy and its fragile political system.
The Ken Burns Vietnam War Documentary Glosses Over Devastating Civilian Toll
The PBS series by Burns focuses on soldiers' stories, with scant attention to the immense number of Vietnamese civilians who suffered and died.
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.