Making a Killing
NSA Document Says Saudi Prince Directly Ordered Coordinated Attack By Syrian Rebels On Damascus
“Light up Damascus," the Saudi prince told Syrian rebels, as they grew increasingly reliant on foreign support.
Snowden Archive
Whistleblower Edward Snowden provided founders of The Intercept with documents from the National Security Agency and its counterparts around the world. Here are the stories we were able to publish as a result.
How Russian Firm Might Have Siphoned Tools From the NSA
Russian hackers got top-secret material via Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab. Intelligence sources and documents explain how it may have happened — without Kaspersky's knowledge.
Airport Police Demanded an Activist's Passwords. He Refused. Now He Faces Prison in the U.K.
The trial of Muhammad Rabbani is set to start on Monday over the British government’s use of Schedule 7 anti-terror powers against him.
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.
How the NSA Built a Secret Surveillance Network for Ethiopia
Amid concerns about Ethiopia's human rights abuses, the NSA forged a secret relationship with the country that expanded exponentially over the years.
NSA’s Quiet Presence at a Base in England’s Countryside Revealed in Snowden Documents
From a countryside compound in Lincolnshire, British and American spies eavesdropped on the Arab Spring and directed drones in the Middle East.
NSA Broke the Encryption on File-Sharing Apps Kazaa and eDonkey
The spy agency didn’t care about copyright violations; it was trying to determine if it could find valuable intelligence.
The U.S. Spy Hub in the Heart of Australia
From a base known as Pine Gap, the NSA has been locating and monitoring cellphone users thousands of miles away.
Election Insecurity
White House Says Russia's Hackers Are Too Good to Be Caught but NSA Partner Called Them "Morons"
Canadian signals intelligence found Russian hackers were logging into personal accounts on systems intended to mask their identities.
Fifty Years Later, NSA Keeps Details of Israel's USS Liberty Attack Secret
New Snowden documents provide precious few new details about an incident that remains shrouded — and controversial.