Newsletter Fear Itself In the post-9/11 era, police departments blur the lines that separate them from spy services. More and more Americans get the treatment the CIA gives our non-American comrades
Newsletter Yes, Why Not Let Abu Zubaydah Testify? On one hand: The CIA might not be able to get foreign spy services to torture people. On the other: A tortured man could pursue justice. đ¤
Newsletter Watching The FBI Lose, Destroy the Documents Justifying Surveillance What started as an audit of the Carter Page espionage investigation has expanded and âidentified systemic noncomplianceâ with crucial surveillance constraints.
Newsletter Disparate Fronts: Seth Meyers, Press Freedom, and Our Abortion Fundraiser Just some random things thrown together as me and Sam report out larger stories. Also, an abortion-access fund update.
Newsletter âA More Sustainable And Agile Counterterrorism Approachâ An overlooked speech by Joe Bidenâs White House homeland-security adviser points to a return to the Sustainable War on Terror. It looks like weâre at the end of the warâs end.
Newsletter Return to Little Pakistan: Mohammad Razvi Holds It Together During COVID-19, as after 9/11, the son of a bodega owner navigated the cityâs power structure on behalf of his frightened neighbors. Part 3 in a series
Newsletter Return To Little Pakistan: Bobby Khan v. The Police An immigrant born to working-class activism stands up to an NYPD reborn in the CIA's image. Part 2 in a series
Newsletter Return To Little Pakistan: The Reign of Terror in Brooklyn after 9/11 Pundits and politicians declared America united while "unityâ preyed upon New York Cityâs Muslim communities. We must never forget. Part 1 in a series
Members only Newsletter Ms. Marvel, the Intersectional X-Men, and the War on Terror: A Conversation Between Spencer Ackerman and Saladin Ahmed
Paid-members only Newsletter Ms. Marvel, the Intersectional X-Men, and the War on Terror: A Conversation Between Spencer Ackerman and Saladin Ahmed
Newsletter Over 900,000 People Dead, a âVast Undercount,â and $8 Trillion Looted These are the findings of the Costs of War Project. What would you rather have had for the $8,094 that you, personally, spent on the War on Terror?
Newsletter Victims of A Drone Strike, Momentarily Visible All eyes were on Kabul just in time to catch a glimpse of people the U.S. killed with its robot airframes. Will we look away now that U.S. troops have left Afghanistan?
Newsletter Biden Won't Free The Last Two Afghans at Guantanamo Bay The Taliban won. The president said the war is over. But Asadullah Haroon and Muhammad Rahim will have to wait on the Periodic Review Board.
Newsletter This Could Be the Next Afghan Insurgency Two leading anti-Taliban figures are ready to fight. One is a close CIA ally. What could possibly go wrong?
Newsletter âDeus Vult,â Said The Cosmopolitans After 9/11, conservative Christians and contrarian secularist intellectuals entered an alliance of convenience against Islam. Guess whose priorities won out?
Newsletter White Replacement Theory v1.0 Is Returning Before they chanted it in Charlottesville, they saw it in âsharia law.â As MAGA struggles for a line on Afghanistan, theyâre finding it in refugees Biden isnât even letting in.
Newsletter Everything That Will Follow A Taliban Victory Is Still A Part of America's War Many Afghans are likely to suffer under the Taliban. The U.S. owes them reparations, not more bloodshed.
Newsletter REIGN OF TERROR Is Here My book about the War on Terror arrives today. The first skirmish over it points to what may follow.
Newsletter The CIAâs Outsourced Torture Is Lost To History The CIA's notorious practice of kidnapping and displacement gave birth to the post-9/11 torture program. We know nearly nothing about it.
Newsletter Out of The Newsroom   Iâve been part of newsrooms since I was 19. Goodbye to all that.
Newsletter Against National Security For nearly 20 years, Iâve been a ânational securityâ reporter. I hate that term. Hereâs why I wonât use it anymore.
