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Gina Haspel
December 14, 2020
Nate Berg
The Man Who Wants to Take Down Bashar Al Assad
Wolfgang Kaleck is using the justice system to do what nation-states will not or cannot.
February 12, 2020
Jefferson Morley
Is the CIA’s Director Going Full MAGA?
Gina Haspel is not a typical Trump toady, but recent moves suggest a dangerous dynamic between the runaway president and his spy agency.
March 15, 2018
Sarah Jones
Donald Trump Is the New George W. Bush
The rehabilitation of the worst Bush-era offenders underscores that Trump represents a continuity—not a break—with the past.
March 15, 2018
Marcy Wheeler
Congressional Oversight of the Intelligence Community Is Broken
The response to the Russia investigation and Gina Haspel’s CIA nomination reveals a watchdog complicit in protecting the president from accountability.
March 13, 2018
Alex Shephard
Rex Tillerson just got brutally dumped from the White House.
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