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Peter Maass
Peter Maass is a senior editor who has written about war, media, and national security for New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, and the Washington Post. He reported on both civilians and combatants during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is the author of "Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War," an award-winning memoir about the conflict in Bosnia, and he wrote "Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil." He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2012. He has taught writing at Princeton and Columbia universities, and had fellowships at the Shorenstein Center at Harvard and the American Academy in Berlin. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, he lives in New York City.
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How the Makers of “Zero Dark Thirty” Seduced the CIA with Fake Earrings
New CIA documents offer details on the gifts and meals that Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal provided to CIA agents while researching their film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
Snowden Archive
What Happens When a Failed Writer Becomes a Loyal Spy?
Are you the Socrates of the National Security Agency? That was the question the NSA asked its workforce in a memo soliciting applications for an in-house ethicist who would write a philosophically minded column about signals intelligence.
Benghazi Film by Michael Bay Could Be Next “American Sniper” But Let's Hope Not
A trailer is released for <em>13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi</em>, raising the curtain on the sort of war movie that shapes our understanding of the conflicts America engages in.
How Jeffrey Sterling Took on the CIA — and Lost Everything
A black CIA officer, Sterling filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the agency, spoke to Congress as a whistleblower — and was convicted of violating the Espionage Act and sent to prison.
Snowden Archive
Inside NSA, Officials Privately Criticize "Collect It All" Surveillance
As Congress struggles over renewal of Patriot Act, NSA documents show intelligence experts warning that "tsunami" of surveillance data can actually hinder search for terrorists.
The CIA and the Myths of the Bin Laden Raid
A new Frontline documentary could not come at a better moment, as Seymour Hersh re-opens debate over the considerable holes in the government’s story.
Obama's War on Leaks Faces Backlash in Court
Judge's decision on prison sentence for Jeffrey Sterling, former CIA agent, seen as rebuke of government's claim of significant harm caused by leaks to journalists.
Stephen Kim, Ex-State Department Official in Leak Case, Released from Prison
The indictment and conviction of Kim were the focus of a lengthy investigation and mini-documentary by <em>The Intercept</em>.
CIA's Jeffrey Sterling Sentenced to 42 Months for Leaking to <em>New York Times</em> Journalist
Sterling's prison term is surprisingly short but still highlights the Obama administration's selective prosecution of leakers.