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  1. unsolved mysteries
    What Really Happened to JFK?One thing’s for sure: The CIA doesn’t want you to know.
    By Scott Sayare
  2. we’re not lion
    Zoe Saldaña’s Got Some Mess to Clean Up in Special Ops: LionessTaylor Sheridan’s upcoming CIA drama co-starring Nicole Kidman and Morgan Freeman.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  3. havana syndrome
    CIA: (Most) Havana Syndrome (Probably) Not Caused by Foreign AttackThe agency’s interim findings bolster the “mass sociogenic illness” theory but are frustratingly inconclusive.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  4. 9/11: 20 years later
    The 9/11 Museum and Its DiscontentsA new documentary goes inside the battles that have riven the institution and shaped the historical legacy of the attack.
    By David Klion
  5. drone wars
    The Drone Leaker“Second Snowden” Daniel Hale exposed the machinery of America’s clandestine warfare. Why did no one seem to care?
    By Kerry Howley
  6. culinary school
    We Graduated Culinary School. Now What?Training to work in an industry in peril.
    By Rachel Sugar
  7. power
    Trump Interrupted a Highly-Classified Briefing for … MilkshakesIn the middle of a meeting with top intelligence officials, Trump got bored and tried to order everyone malts.
    By Amanda Arnold
  8. jamal khashoggi
    The Senate Is Now So Sure MBS Killed Khashoggi, It Might Oppose Starving YemenGOP senators are now convinced that the Saudi Crown prince ordered the killing. As punishment, they just might stop helping him commit war crimes.
    By Eric Levitz
  9. The CIA Still Doesn’t Trust Jared Kushner With Its Most Sensitive IntelligenceThe president’s son-in-law received a permanent security clearance in May — but the CIA still won’t let him in on its deepest secrets.
    By Eric Levitz
  10. What Sy Hersh KnowsAn unsummarizable interview with the inimitable investigative journalist and raconteur of the American national security state.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  11. Kim Jong Un Open to McDonald’s, Not Giving Up His Nuclear WeaponsFast food in North Korea? Yes. Giving up nuclear weapons? No.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. John McCain Urges Senate to Reject Gina Haspel for CIA DirectorThe Arizona senator, who is home battling brain cancer, said, “Her refusal to acknowledge torture’s immorality is disqualifying.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  13. CIA Nominee Gina Haspel Won’t Say If Torture Is ImmoralTrump’s nominee to head the spy agency promised to follow her “moral compass,” but she resisted attempts to have to define it.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  14. Gina Haspel Promises Not to Reinstate Torture If Confirmed As CIA DirectorDuring Wednesday’s hearing, she’ll pledge not to restore the “detention and interrogation program” she previously participated in.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  15. Trump Defends Gina Haspel Ahead of CIA Confirmation FightIt’s unlikely that the president has any moral qualms about her past behavior.
    By Benjamin Hart
  16. trump administration
    Haspel Nearly Walked Away From CIA Director NominationShe reportedly had to be convinced to stay after worrying she’d be “the next Ronny Jackson” amid scrutiny of her role in the CIA’s torture program.
    By Chas Danner
  17. Trump Questioned Why CIA Avoided Killing Terrorist’s Family: ReportPerhaps “you have to take out their families” was more than chilling campaign rhetoric.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  18. select all
    13 Reasons to Believe Aliens Are RealHow seriously should you take those recent reports of UFOs? Ask the Pentagon. Or read this primer for the SETI-curious.
  19. Gina Haspel Actually Did Not Supervise CIA’s Most Notorious Use of WaterboardingNew reporting shows Gina Haspel was not at a black site when Abu Zubaydah was waterboarded 83 times. But there are other issues with her record.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. Trump’s Choice to Lead CIA Oversaw ‘Black Site’ Interrogation ProgramGina Haspel reportedly oversaw the waterboarding of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri and the destruction of interrogation tapes.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. select all
    Lulu, a Failed CIA Bomb-Sniffing Dog, Has Reached Meme StatusThe black Lab just had no interest in searching for bombs and is now living a normal civilian-dog life.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  22. classified information
    The CIA Will Not Release Osama bin Laden’s Porn CollectionOther documents from the 2011 Navy Seal raid of his compound will be made public.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  23. Errol Morris Probes Government Mind-Control and LSD in the Wormwood TrailerTrue crime gets psychedelic.
    By Ethan Sapienza
  24. Report: Obama Tried to Stop Election Tampering, But Thought It Would FailA new report suggests Obama knew about Putin’s intervention in the 2016 election and its aims, but didn’t move aggressively until it was too late.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. Several CIA Contractors Were Fired for Stealing Vending-Machine SnacksWho among us?
    By Lisa Ryan
  26. North Korea Accuses U.S. of Assassination Attempt Against Kim Jong-unNorth Korea accuses America of a lot of things. But this allegation is unusually detailed.
    By Eric Levitz
  27. Trump Will Soon Decide If Secret JFK Files Are Made PublicThe president has the power to give his conspiracy-theorist brethren a tremendous gift this year.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  28. intelligence
    The Spy Who Can Change Disguises in a Public Bathroom“At times it could be extraordinarily difficult living with all the different names and aliases and so on.”
    As told to John Bowe
  29. Trump Is Once Again Allowing CIA Drone Strikes, Reversing Obama ProtocolThe president may be a CIA skeptic, but he’s let the spy agency back into the business of targeted killing.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  30. select all
    What’s Not in the WikiLeaks Documents Is More Important Than What IsGovernment officials and security researchers disagree on their implications.
    By Brian Feldman
  31. select all
    Alexa, Are You Connected to the CIA?Another day, another good Amazon Echo video.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  32. last night on late night
    Ex-CIA Director Casually Debunks Trump’s Wiretapping Claim on The Late Show“I can tell you that these tools would not be used against an American.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  33. Will McCain Sue Trump for Trying to Bring Back Torture?It could be a test of the willingness of both Congress and the courts to restrain the new president.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. Trump: Media Will Pay ‘Big Price’ for Reporting That Inauguration Crowd Was TinyIn a speech at CIA headquarters, the president called journalists the “most dishonest human beings on earth” — and his audience cheered.
    By Eric Levitz
  35. CIA Chief Not Pleased That Incoming President Likened the CIA to NazisThe president-elect starts a messy, public feud with the director of the CIA, just days before inauguration.
    By Eric Levitz
  36. Here’s a Liveblog of the Trump Presser and Tillerson and Sessions HearingsThe GOP designed today to have too much news — and that was before someone leaked a memo about how Russia has “compromised” the president-elect.
    By Eric Levitz
  37. Intel Chiefs Presented Trump With Claims That Russia Has ‘Compromised’ HimA former MI6 agent claims that Russia has compromising information about the president-elect. And the CIA is taking that allegation seriously.
    By Eric Levitz
  38. After Intelligence Briefing, Trump Promises to Prioritize CybersecurityBut he did not concede Russia’s culpability in the hack of the DNC, and insisted cyberattacks had “no effect on the outcome of the election.”
    By Eric Levitz
  39. Donald Trump Plans to ‘Pare Back’ Top U.S. Spy AgencyHe is developing a plan to “restructure and pare back” the “politicized” agency, according to The Wall Street Journal.
    By Eric Levitz
  40. CIA and FBI Now Agree: Russians Hacked to Help TrumpEarlier reports that the FBI disagreed with CIA findings that one aim of Russian hacking was to help Trump have now been overturned.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. CIA Director Reveals He Was Once a Communist SympathizerBut Congress is being chill about it.
    By Eric Levitz
  42. international intrigue
    Emails in Clinton Probe Discussed Planned Pakistani Drone StrikesThe messages are part of a secret deal that gave the State Department a say in whether CIA drone strikes should proceed.
    By Jonah Shepp
  43. crimes and misdemeanors
    Justice Department Won’t Block Lawsuit Over CIA Torture ProgramIn an unprecedented move, the department is not invoking state secrets to prevent the case from proceeding.
    By Jonah Shepp
  44. Donald Trump’s ‘Get Out the Vote’ Effort Failed to Register His ChildrenEric and Ivanka Trump “feel very guilty” for failing to register for the New York primary.
    By Eric Levitz
  45. spies among us
    The CIA Is Getting Into Skin CareNot a belated April Fool’s Day joke. 
    By Kathleen Hou
  46. The CIA ‘Inadvertently Left’ Explosive Material on a School Bus for Two DaysThe bus circulated between a high school and two elementary schools with explosive material hidden inside its engine.
    By Eric Levitz
  47. You Know Who Else Wanted to Abolish the CIA?Bernie Sanders’s 40-year-old call to abolish the CIA isn’t as radical as his opponents seem to believe. 
    By Eric Levitz
  48. you’ve got hacked
    What We Learned From the CIA Director’s WikiLeaked EmailsJohn le Carré would not be impressed.
    By Ben Ellman
  49. guantanamo
    Report Highlights All the Unknowns About CIA Torture That Still RemainAnd the Senate debates banning torture once and for all.
    By Jaime Fuller
  50. The Conspiracist’s Guide to Osama bin Laden’s BookshelfWas bin Laden a Truther?
    By Mark Jacobson
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