Trevor Aaronson
Trevor Aaronson is a contributing writer for The Intercept and a 2020 ASU Future Security Fellow at New America. He is also executive director of the nonprofit Florida Center for Investigative Reporting and author of “The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism.” His 2015 TED Talk, “How this FBI strategy is actually creating U.S.-based terrorists,” has been viewed more than 1 million times and translated into more than 20 languages. A two-time finalist for the Livingston Awards, Aaronson has won the Molly National Journalism Prize, the international Data Journalism Award, and the John Jay College/Harry Frank Guggenheim Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting Award. His work for The Intercept has won honors from the Online Journalism Awards for investigative data journalism and feature writing.
An American ISIS Fighter Describes the Caliphate’s Final Days — and His Own
A new documentary podcast from The Intercept and Topic Studios offers the most detailed account yet of an American who lived and died inside the Islamic State.
Federal Informants Are Often Promised Visas. They Rarely Materialize.
Instead of bad faith, a new report finds a broken system.
VoicesTucker Carlson Distorted My Reporting in His Latest Jan. 6 Conspiracy Theory
Yes, the FBI used stings to entrap Muslims after 9/11. But there’s no evidence the U.S. Capitol riot was the FBI’s idea.
Hamas Official Denies Group Used Destroyed Gaza Media Tower for Intelligence
In its first official statement, Hamas denies Israel’s allegation that the building housing the AP and other news media was used for military intelligence.