Special Investigations
The 9/11 Wars
The U.S. Military Often Kills Civilians — and Rarely Offers Compensation
A U.S. drone strike killed a family in Kabul — but the military rarely provides compensation when it harms civilians.
Series
EPA Exposed
New Evidence of Corruption at EPA Chemicals Division
EPA whistleblowers have provided evidence that agency officials avoided calculating the health risks posed by hundreds of new chemicals.
Series
Policing the Pipeline
Oil Company Official Overseeing Crackdown on Pipeline Resistance Cut Teeth at Amazon and Exxon
In the small world of corporate security, officials like Enbridge’s Troy Kirby take counterinsurgency practices from one megacompany to another.
The 9/11 Wars
An FBI Informant’s Unlikely Role in Upcoming Supreme Court Case on Surveillance of Muslims
Craig Monteilh’s affidavit is central to one of the most significant legal challenges to the FBI’s post-9/11 surveillance of Muslims.
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.
The 9/11 Wars
How Post-9/11 Visions of an Imperiled Homeland Supercharged U.S. Immigration Enforcement
Two decades on, the creation of DHS stands out as the most significant domestic consequence of the war on terror.
The 9/11 Wars
Their Fathers Were Caught in the 9/11 Dragnet. Guantánamo Came to Define Their Lives.
The sons of two Guantánamo detainees speak about getting to know their fathers through sporadic calls and Google searches about the war on terror.
The 9/11 Wars
The Forever Wars Are Coming Home
If the people on the other side are extremists and terrorists, the sins of your own side can almost always be rationalized.
Joe Manchin’s Dirty Empire
Manchin’s claim that climate pollution would be worsened by the elimination of fossil fuels is highly dubious, if not outright false. What would unquestionably be impacted is his personal wealth.