George Washington University Allows Flags to Fly From Dorm Rooms — Unless They're Palestinian
Civil rights organizations say this is the latest in a long string of incidents targeting pro-Palestinian speech on college campuses across the U.S.
Andrew Fishman
Andrew Fishman is an investigative journalist based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He led the creation of The Intercept Brasil, where he served as managing editor for many years and is now president. His reporting focuses on Brazilian politics, the environment, and the influence of multinational corporations. His previous work focused on international politics, security, technology, and human rights, including extensive reporting on the archive of top-secret NSA documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Andrew was part of the team that broke the “Brazil Secret Archive,” which uncovered serious wrongdoing by Brazilian prosecutors and judges in the Operation Car Wash anti-corruption investigations. He won the Vladimir Herzog Award for revealing the hidden relationship between Operation Car Wash, the U.S. Justice Department, and the FBI. His work has appeared in NPR, Al Jazeera English, Jacobin, Agência Pública, Todo Notícias, and other outlets.
Andrew was part of the team that broke the “Brazil Secret Archive,” which uncovered serious wrongdoing by Brazilian prosecutors and judges in the Operation Car Wash anti-corruption investigations. He won the Vladimir Herzog Award for revealing the hidden relationship between Operation Car Wash, the U.S. Justice Department, and the FBI. His work has appeared in NPR, Al Jazeera English, Jacobin, Agência Pública, Todo Notícias, and other outlets.
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Venezuelan President Calls NSA Spying on State Oil Company “Vulgar,” Orders Official Inquiry
Nicolas Maduro called monitoring of state oil-company emails — revealed by <em>The Intercept</em> and teleSUR — "illegal action in light of international law."
Snowden Archive
Overwhelmed NSA Surprised to Discover Its Own Surveillance "Goldmine" on Venezuela's Oil Executives
A top-secret NSA document describes how an analyst stumbled across internal communications from the state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela, highlighting serious issues with the agency's indiscriminate collection practices.
Psychologist’s Work for GCHQ Deception Unit Inflames Debate Among Peers
Dr. Mandeep K. Dhami wrote a 42-page paper advising the controversial GCHQ spy unit JTRIG — work some peers have blasted as unethical. JTRIG aims to "discredit," promote "distrust," "dissuade," "deceive," "disrupt," "delay," "deny," "denigrate/degrade," and "deter."
Snowden Archive
Controversial GCHQ Unit Engaged in Domestic Law Enforcement, Online Propaganda, Psychology Research
JTRIG’s use of behavioral science research is emphasized as critical to its operations, including discussions of how to foster “obedience” and “conformity.”
Snowden Archive
Spies Hacked Computers Thanks to Sweeping Secret Warrants, Aggressively Stretching U.K. Law
GCHQ needed to reverse engineer software to hack into computer networks — so it decided to secretly reinterpret British law. Then it abused its newfound powers, ignoring internal guidelines.
Snowden Archive
Popular Security Software Came Under Relentless NSA and GCHQ Attacks
To thwart and extract hacks from anti-virus software companies, the spy agencies reverse engineered software, intercepted email and spied on web traffic. Kaspersky Lab was a major target.
Snowden Archive
What the Snowden Files Say About the Osama Bin Laden Raid
Secret documents related to the Abbottabad raid neither prove nor disprove Seymour Hersh’s controversial account but do add context.
Snowden Archive
U.S. Government Designated Prominent Al Jazeera Journalist as "Member of Al Qaeda"
The U.S. labeled a prominent journalist a member of the terror group, according to a top-secret document.
Snowden Archive
Britain Used Spy Team to Shape Latin American Public Opinion on Falklands
A “dirty tricks” unit helped with covert cyberoperations to prevent Argentina from taking the islands.