Special Investigations
Series
Playing With Fire
After 30 Years Insisting on His Innocence, Claude Garrett Is Free
Having twice convicted Garrett for setting a fatal fire in 1992, the Nashville DA’s office dropped the charges against him, facilitating his release.
Series
The Iran Cables
How a Virginia Businesswoman Escaped Her Kidnappers in Iraq — and Later Returned to Finish Her Work
Sara Miran went to Basra to oversee a real estate project. An Iranian-backed militia grabbed her and demanded $2 million.
Conscription Into Revolutionary Guards Haunts Iranian Dual Nationals Decades Later
The designation of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terror group hangs over nuclear talks — and the lives of countless former draftees.
Series
EPA Exposed
Internal EPA Report Describes “Incredibly Toxic Work Environment” in New Chemicals Division
A survey commissioned by the EPA describes the New Chemicals Division as a workplace rife with industry influence and abusive mismanagement.
Special Feature
Snowden Archive: The SidToday Files
SIDtoday is the internal newsletter for the NSA’s most important division, the Signals Intelligence Directorate. The Intercept released four years’ worth of newsletters in batches, starting with 2003, after editorial review.
A Drug War Activist Turned to Civil Commitment for Help — and Found a Civil Liberties Nightmare
Overwhelmed with opioid overdoses, many states loosened their laws on involuntary institutionalization to sweep in more people with substance use disorders.
A Bogus Bite Mark Sent Him to Prison for Murder. Alabama Wants to Keep Him There.
A famed forensic dentist recanted his testimony against Charles McCrory. He may die in prison anyway.
Oath Keepers Leader Stewart Rhodes Has Made His Worst Fears Come True
To Donald Trump, Rhodes says, the Oath Keepers are “nothing. Cannon fodder.”
The War on Immigrants
A Pastor’s Legal Fight Against CBP Exposes a Reckless Surveillance Operation
Kaji Dousa’s lawsuit identified the CBP officials who blacklisted activists and journalists under Trump — and uncovered a web of lies and inconsistencies.