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The Secrets Presidents Keep in Their Garages and Luxury Resorts
The ceaseless political scandals over classified documents point to deeper systemic problems with Washington’s obsession with secrecy.
Jeremy Scahill
Jeremy Scahill is a Senior Correspondent and Editor-at-Large at The Intercept. He is one of the three founding editors. He is an investigative reporter, war correspondent, and author of the international best-selling books, “Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield” and “Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army.” He has reported from Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, Nigeria, the former Yugoslavia, and elsewhere across the globe. Scahill has served as the national security correspondent for The Nation and Democracy Now!.
Scahill's work has sparked several congressional investigations and won some of journalism’s highest honors. He was twice awarded the prestigious George Polk Award, in 1998 for foreign reporting and in 2008 for “Blackwater.” Scahill is a producer and writer of the award-winning film “Dirty Wars,” which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award.
Follow Jeremy on Mastodon at @jeremyscahill@journa.host.
Scahill's work has sparked several congressional investigations and won some of journalism’s highest honors. He was twice awarded the prestigious George Polk Award, in 1998 for foreign reporting and in 2008 for “Blackwater.” Scahill is a producer and writer of the award-winning film “Dirty Wars,” which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award.
Follow Jeremy on Mastodon at @jeremyscahill@journa.host.
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Biden Used Classified Documents Accusation Against Carter CIA Nominee
As a senator, Joe Biden helped kill President Jimmy Carter's CIA director nominee because he allegedly mishandled classified materials.
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Joe Biden Can’t Quit the Saudi “Pariahs”
Despite his campaign pledges, the president has continued to back Saudi Arabia and its murderous de facto ruler.
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The War Caucus Always Wins
The new $857 billion defense bill lines the pockets of contractors and pushes the U.S. toward a new Cold War.
War Industry Looking Forward to “Multiyear Authority” in Ukraine
Next year’s defense authorization envisions pouring billions in no-bid contracts into the U.S. war machine’s “industrial base.”
Drone Wars
Democratic and Republican Senators Demand Transfer of Gray Eagle Drone to Ukraine
Joe Manchin, Lindsey Graham, and 14 other U.S. senators demand that Biden give Ukraine a top-tier U.S. drone.
Drone Wars
Will Biden Sell Advanced Drones to Ukraine?
Both Russia and Ukraine are using low-cost kamikaze drones. Now the Biden administration is considering giving Kyiv one of the premiere U.S. weapons of the war on terror.
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U.S. Government Quietly Declassifies Post-9/11 Interview With Bush and Cheney
In a newly declassified interview conducted in 2004, Bush shows not a glimmer of awareness of the destruction and carnage he had unleashed on the world.
Noam Chomsky and Jeremy Scahill on the Russia-Ukraine War, the Media, Propaganda, and Accountability
Noam Chomsky spoke with The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill in a wide-ranging discussion on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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The U.S. Has Its Own Agenda Against Russia
Ukraine is ground zero for the expansion of the U.S.-Russia proxy war.