The FBI Wanted to Target Yemenis Through Student Groups and Mosques
An internal FBI document advocates infiltrating mosques and looking on Facebook for pious youth to turn into informants.
Cora Currier
Cora Currier is a freelance editor in Los Angeles. A former story editor and reporter at The Intercept, she has written on war, surveillance, immigration, and other topics. She previously worked at ProPublica and the New Yorker, and her writing has appeared in Bookforum, the New Republic, Columbia Journalism Review, The Nation, and elsewhere. She is a co-founding editor of the feminist magazine Lux.
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A Walking Tour of New York’s Massive Surveillance Network
A new “field guide” by Ingrid Burrington makes visible the infrastructure of surveillance in New York, and explains the money and politics behind it.
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The United States paid over a million euros to the family of Giovanni Lo Porto, an Italian aid worker killed in a U.S. drone strike in January of last year.
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White House Finally Releases Its “Playbook” For Killing and Capturing Terror Suspects
The document shows how targeting authority is concentrated at the White House.
U.S. Government Finally Pays Family of Italian Aid Worker Killed in Drone Strike
The government has reached an agreement with the family of Giovanni Lo Porto, an Italian aid worker who died in a botched attack in Pakistan last year.
"Guantánamo Diary" Author Cleared for Release After 14-Year Imprisonment
A review board concluded Mohamedou Ould Slahi poses no threat to the U.S., setting the stage for the "Guantánamo Diary" author to be reunited with his family and possibly returned to his native Mauritania.
Feds Monitoring Activists on Facebook Ahead of Republican Convention
The FBI and others worry about “anarchist extremists,” but their evidence is questionable.
Secret Rules Make It Pretty Easy for the FBI to Spy on Journalists
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"Guantánamo Diary" Detainee Makes the Case for His Release
Mohamedou Ould Slahi has been held for 14 years without charge, but a parole board could recommend his release.