A Competitor Put the FBI on Haoyang Yu's Trail. The Investigation Didn't Go as Planned.
Federal intelligence agencies ran a sting and dug through the trash of a Chinese American engineer they envisioned as a sophisticated technological spy.
Special Investigations
Hacked Phones, Undercover Cops, and Conspiracy Theories: Inside Italy’s Crackdown on Humanitarian Rescue
Leaked court records reveal how far authorities were willing to go to dig up dirt on NGOs saving lives in the Mediterranean.
The Scorched-Earth Legal Strategy Corporations Are Using to Silence Their Critics
Energy and extractive industry giants are targeting environmentalists with racketeering charges.
In U.S. Military, Sexual Assault Against Men Is Vastly Underreported
An average of 45 male service members are sexually assaulted every day, according to Pentagon statistics. As with women, shame and stigma suppress the truth.
A Special Prosecutor Found Kevin Johnson’s Case Was Tainted by Racism. Missouri Is About to Kill Him Anyway.
Kevin Johnson is facing execution for killing a cop when he was 19. A special prosecutor says his sentence should be vacated.
A Criminal Ratted Out His Friend to the FBI. Now He's Trying to Make Amends.
The FBI paid a convicted sex offender $90,000 to set up his friend and his friend’s mentally ill buddy in a terrorism sting.
Losing Afghanistan
The Evacuation of the CIA’s Afghan Proxies Has Opened One of the War’s Blackest Boxes
Former Zero Unit members are facing a reversal of fortune that is humiliating, infuriating, and utterly intractable.
The War on Immigrants
Was the Killing of a Migrant by a Former ICE Warden a Hate Crime or a Terrible Accident?
At Fivemile Tank, a watering hole in the bleak desert of West Texas, two men pulled up in a truck. One aimed a gun into the brush.
Staring Down the Execution Chamber at 76, Murray Hooper Still Says He’s Innocent
Some of his co-defendants were exonerated. Others died behind bars. Of four death sentences, only Hooper’s remains. Now he’s up for execution.
Experimenting With Disaster
Lab That Created Risky Avian Flu Had “Unacceptable” Biosafety Protocols
Documents obtained by The Intercept reveal disturbing biosafety lapses and troubling gaps in oversight by government agencies.