National Security The Military Has Done Little to Prepare As Climate Change Threatens GuantánamoThe Intercept - Miriam Pensack “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” So begins Naval Station Guantánamo Bay’s hurricane preparedness guide, which it circulates to the military …
U.S. Politics Threatening War for Oil, Donald Trump Calls His Own Offer of Iran Talks “Fake News”The Intercept - Robert Mackey As he threatened to bomb Iran at Saudi Arabia’s behest, President Donald Trump also intensified his battle with objective reality on Sunday, by …
News (U.S.) Industrialized Militaries Are a Bigger Part of the Climate Emergency Than You KnowThe Intercept - Murtaza Hussain Over a century before we reached the brink of ecological catastrophe, Rabindranath Tagore had a glimpse of where we might be headed. Tagore, an …
National Security Donald Trump Just Admitted That It Makes Sense for America’s Enemies to Get Nuclear WeaponsThe Intercept - Jon Schwarz On Thursday, President Donald Trump did something truly shocking: He told the truth. When asked why he fired John Bolton, his former national security …
National Security The FBI Was Deeply Involved in CIA Black Site Interrogations Despite Years of Denials, Guantánamo Defense Lawyer SaysThe Intercept - Margot Williams On Monday morning, two days before the 18th anniversary of 9/11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Pakistani engineer accused of masterminding the attacks …
Khalid Sheikh MohammedHarrowing Cables Detail How the CIA Tortured Accused 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Jeopardizing the Government’sThe Intercept - Daniel DeFraia In March 2003, in a secret CIA prison cell in Poland, a small frog jumped out of a drain and an interrogator caught it. “No, no,” said Khalid Sheikh …
U.S. Politics A Memoir From Hell: Samantha Power Will Do Anything for Human Rights Unless It Hurts Her CareerThe Intercept - Jon Schwarz “The Education of an Idealist” — a new memoir by Samantha Power, America’s ambassador to the U.N. from 2013 to 2017 — could have been among the …
National Security John Bolton Tried His Best to Draw the U.S. Into a War. Luckily, He Failed.The Intercept - Alex Emmons President Donald Trump parted ways with his hawkish national security advisor John Bolton on Tuesday, ending a 17-month tenure that included …
National Security Trump Was Foolish to Invite the Taliban to Camp David but the War in Afghanistan Must EndThe Intercept - Mehdi Hasan The hashtag #TalibanTrump began trending over the weekend, after Donald Trump made a bizarre and very public admission on Twitter: The president of …
National Security Secret Terrorism Watchlist Found Unconstitutional in Historic DecisionThe Intercept - Ryan Devereaux In the dark, nearly two-decade long history of America’s war on terror certain initiatives stand out. The rendition and torture of suspected …
U.S. Politics The Best Movie Ever Made About the Truth Behind the Iraq War Is “Official Secrets”The Intercept - Jon Schwarz “Official Secrets,” which opened Friday in New York and Los Angeles, is the best movie ever made about how the Iraq War happened. It’s startlingly …
National Security Draconian Rules at Guantanamo Bay Violate Media’s First Amendment Rights, News Outlets SayThe Intercept - Alex Emmons Military officials at Guantanamo Bay have drafted restrictive new rules for journalists visiting the naval base that require journalists to agree to …
Felix Sater Unsealed Filings Detail Felix Sater’s Work as an Intelligence Asset, With Significant GapsThe Intercept - Johnny Dwyer Felix Sater was among the most closely held secrets for federal prosecutors and investigators in New York for nearly a decade. Two documents unsealed …
National Security U.S. Military Named Secretive Base in Syria After “Game of Thrones” BastionThe Intercept - Nick Turse “Brothers! A hundred generations have defended this castle! It’s never fallen before; she will not fall tonight!” cried Alliser Thorne in a rousing …
CIA Taliban Peace Talks Must Not Ignore CIA-Funded Afghan Militias, Report SaysThe Intercept - Alex Emmons After 18 years of war, and months of direct talks, the United States appears to be on the brink of reaching an unprecedented peace agreement with the …
To Fight White Supremacist Violence, Let’s Not Repeat the Mistakes of the War on TerrorThe Intercept - James Risen Americans often respond to tragedy by turning to ill-considered, dangerous ideas. But the suddenly popular idea of launching a domestic version of …
For Years, Reporters Questioned the Terror Prosecution of Hamad Hayat. Now He’s Been Freed.The Intercept - Trevor Aaronson After spending 14 years in prison on charges that he attended a terrorist training camp in Pakistan, Hamid Hayat was freed on August 9 following a …
Here Are Five Lies About Iran That We Need to Refute to Stop Another Illegal WarThe Intercept - Mehdi Hasan Last month, the Trump White House put out a typically Orwellian statement, chock-filled with lies, distortions, and half-truths about Iran and the …
U.S. Generals Worry About Rising Russian and Chinese Influence in Africa, Documents ShowThe Intercept - Nick Turse The Trump administration and the Pentagon have repeatedly warned that China and Russia are expanding their influence across Africa, where the two …
The Sharpest Lens on the Arab World Belongs to the Arab Women Reporting ThereThe Intercept - Maryam Saleh In late 2010, Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire, and Zahra Hankir started a Google Doc titled “Mideast Reporters.” …
Why New Laws Against White Supremacist Violence Are the Wrong Response to El PasoThe Intercept - Trevor Aaronson The recent white supremacist mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, and the Justice Department’s new willingness to label this kind of attack domestic …
From El Paso to the War on Terror, the Dangers of Historical AmnesiaThe Intercept - Ryan Devereaux When Monica Muñoz Martínez thinks about El Paso, Texas, she also thinks about Ciudad Juárez. It’s the same process that happens when she thinks about …
El Paso Gunman’s Fear of a Migrant “Invasion” Echoes Donald Trump and Fox NewsThe Intercept - Robert Mackey The white supremacist who killed at least 22 people in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday appears to have been driven by a racist conspiracy theory — that …
The Trump Administration Is Using the Full Power of the U.S. Surveillance State Against WhistleblowersThe Intercept - Micah Lee Government whistleblowers are increasingly being charged under laws such as the Espionage Act, but they aren’t spies. They’re ordinary Americans and, …
Pushing Out the Border: How the U.S. Is Waging a Global War on MigrationThe Intercept - Cora Currier A principal goal of the Trump administration’s policy at the U.S.-Mexico border —and in Central America, considered of late only in relation to that …
Candidates, Your Views on the Middle East? You Have 30 Seconds.The Intercept - Alex Emmons Across the five hours of Democratic primary debates split between two nights this week, the Democratic presidential hopefuls discussed the future of …
Trump’s Pick for Top Intelligence Job Bragged of Experience as Terror Prosecutor — But He Doesn’t Have AnyThe Intercept - Trevor Aaronson John Ratcliffe, President Donald Trump’s selection to replace Dan Coats as director of national intelligence, has often touted his experience as a …
Mike Pompeo Is Donald Trump’s De Facto Intelligence CzarThe Intercept - James Risen Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is still heavily influencing the U.S. intelligence community, more than a year after he left the CIA for the State …
Violence Has Spiked in Africa Since the Military Founded AFRICOM, Pentagon Study FindsThe Intercept - Nick Turse Since U.S. Africa Command began operations in 2008, the number of U.S. military personnel on the African continent has jumped 170 percent, from 2,600 …
