Pentagon Civilian Casualty Toll in ISIS War a Fraction of Independent Estimates
The Pentagon's latest figures on civilian casualties represent a fraction of the deaths documented by journalists and outside monitoring groups.
Ryan Devereaux
Ryan Devereaux is an award-winning investigative journalist and Type Media Center fellow covering immigration enforcement, national security and the environment.
He was a lead reporter on The Intercept’s award-winning series “The Drone Papers,” and winner of the 2017 Online Journalism Award for best feature writing for a small newsroom. In 2020, Devereaux received the Deadline Club’s top prize for feature reporting for “Bodies in the Borderlands,” a yearlong investigation into the criminalization of humanitarian aid in the Sonoran Desert, and in 2023 he shared an Edward R. Murrow award for feature reporting for his coverage of Arizona’s illegal dumping of shipping containers as an ad hoc border barrier on protected public lands. He has reported extensively on the drug war in Mexico, the war on terror, and the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to The Intercept, Devereaux worked at The Guardian US covering policing in New York City.
His forthcoming book, “The Hunt: A True Story of Resurrection and Retribution in the West,” from Avid Reader Press, will be published in 2026. He is based in Tucson, Arizona.
He was a lead reporter on The Intercept’s award-winning series “The Drone Papers,” and winner of the 2017 Online Journalism Award for best feature writing for a small newsroom. In 2020, Devereaux received the Deadline Club’s top prize for feature reporting for “Bodies in the Borderlands,” a yearlong investigation into the criminalization of humanitarian aid in the Sonoran Desert, and in 2023 he shared an Edward R. Murrow award for feature reporting for his coverage of Arizona’s illegal dumping of shipping containers as an ad hoc border barrier on protected public lands. He has reported extensively on the drug war in Mexico, the war on terror, and the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to The Intercept, Devereaux worked at The Guardian US covering policing in New York City.
His forthcoming book, “The Hunt: A True Story of Resurrection and Retribution in the West,” from Avid Reader Press, will be published in 2026. He is based in Tucson, Arizona.
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Judge Who Approved Expanding NYPD Surveillance of Muslims Now Wants More Oversight
A federal judge rejected a settlement between New York City and plaintiffs alleging years of unlawful spying in Muslim communities, arguing it did not go far enough to rein in the police.
Pentagon Ignored Evidence of Civilian Casualties in ISIS Strikes, Human Rights Group Says
U.S. authorities overseeing the war against ISIS in Syria have failed to respond to evidence of hundreds of civilian deaths, Amnesty International says.
Despite Ongoing Abuses, U.S. Seeks to Restore Aid to Mexico’s Security Forces
U.S. diplomats asserted that Mexican security forces are making progress on human rights — a claim at odds with the conclusions of many experts who track such issues.
“Do Not Resist”: The Police Militarization Documentary Everyone Should See
An eye-opening new documentary takes viewers inside the world of American police militarization.
Testing Obama’s Transparency Pledge, Groups Send List of Drone Strikes to Investigate
The president issued an executive order this summer requiring accountability for civilian casualties in counterterrorsim operations. Human rights groups gave him a list of incidents to start with.
Obama Worries Future Presidents Will Wage Perpetual, Covert Drone War
The president claims he is putting accountability and transparency measures in place that will “serve the American people well in the future.”
DEA’s Army of 18,000 Informants Pocketed $237 Million Over Five Years
The Drug Enforcement Administration has doled out millions to confidential sources operating with abysmal oversight and scant evidence of return on investment, a recently published audit reveals.
How New York City Crowdsourced a Manhunt
While NYC's Wireless Emergency Alert system has been used more than a half dozen times over the last few years, Monday marked the first time it had been activated to aid the police in the search for a wanted man.
As the Syrian Government Tightens Its Noose, Aleppo’s Doctors Fear the Worst
With a key road cut off, and facing strikes by Syrian government and Russian forces, Aleppo City faces an unprecedented humanitarian crisis.