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Did an affair with a Russian agent push Overstock’s Patrick Byrne too far?
Sheelah Kolhatkar The New Yorker Dec 2020 30min Permalink
Inside Trump’s battles with U.S. intelligence agencies.
Robert Draper The New York Times Magazine Aug 2020 30min Permalink
How the FBI manufactures phony crimes to arrest so-called terrorists.
Petra Bartosiewicz Harper's Aug 2011 30min Permalink
Behind the scenes, a small team of FBI agents spent years trying to solve a stubborn mystery — whether officials from Saudi Arabia, one of Washington’s closest allies, were involved in the worst terror attack in U.S. history. This is their story.
Tim Golden, Sebastian Rotella ProPublica Jan 2020 50min Permalink
How the media and law enforcement fingered the wrong man for the 1996 Olympic Park bombing.
Marie Brenner Vanity Fair Feb 1997 1h15min Permalink
Whenever the black dress came out, Jessica Weisman’s mother knew she was “going after the Jewish people again.”
Dan Slater Gen Nov 2019 25min Permalink
For years, the clients of a Colorado funeral home kept their loved ones’ cremated remains. Then the FBI called.
Elena Saavedra Buckley High Country News Jun 2019 25min Permalink
Inside a sleazy FBI sting involving diet clinics, fitness models, money laundering, and a supposed plot to hire a hitman.
Trevor Aaronson theintercept.com Aug 2018 30min Permalink
Twelve years ago, a Saudi Arabian man, whom federal authorities had long suspected of having ties to terrorism, was sentenced to life in prison on multiple counts of unlawful sexual contact. To this day, al-Turki has maintained that he’s innocent and was instead the target of post-9/11 anti-Muslim sentiment.
Chris Outcalt 5280 Aug 2018 25min Permalink
Twenty-five years after 82 Branch Davidians and 4 federal officers were killed, the lead negotiator at the scene is still arguing about what happened.
Eric Benson Texas Monthly Mar 2018 30min Permalink
How the ex-spy tried to warn the world about Trump’s ties to Russia.
Jane Mayer New Yorker Mar 2018 1h Permalink
To the KGB and back.
Jason Fagone Washingtonian Feb 2018 20min Permalink
Deep Throat, unmasked.
John D. O'Connor Vanity Fair Jul 2005 30min Permalink
The documentary filmmakers from Longbow Productions said they wanted to tell the story of the Bundy Family and their standoff with the government. Their cameras were real, but the people behind them were undercover FBI agents.
Trevor Aaronson The Intercept May 2017 25min Permalink
A report from inside the FBI.
Tim Weiner Esquire Dec 2016 20min Permalink
The story of William Morgan: American, wanderer, Cuban revolutionary.
David Grann New Yorker May 2012 1h25min Permalink
The search for the world’s most elusive skyjacker.
Geoffrey Gray New York Oct 2007 20min Permalink
In 2001, Maksym Igor Popov defected to work as an informant in the U.S. But a decade later, he was back to scamming the FBI.
Kevin Poulsen Wired May 2016 Permalink
Their entire lives, Alex and Tim Foley thought their mom and dad were typical, boring American parents. Then the FBI showed up.
Shaun Walker The Guardian May 2016 25min Permalink
Bill Landreth was one of the whiz kids, poking around Pentagon servers with the friends he had never met. But one of them was an FBI informant.
Matt Novak Paleo Future Apr 2016 20min Permalink
For immigrants from Muslim-majority countries, applications for visas, asylum, green cards, and naturalization can take decades. Unless you’re willing to be an informant for the FBI.
Talal Ansari, Siraj Datoo Buzzfeed Jan 2016 15min Permalink
First they found his server, then they found his name. But if they couldn’t catch him with his laptop open, the whole thing would fall apart.
Joshuah Bearman Wired May 2015 15min Permalink
The murder of a 34-year-old by a wig-wearing figure traces back to meth, an FBI sting and a former municipal judge who once sent a live copperhead snake to a foe through the U.S. mail.
Will Stephenson Arkansas Times Apr 2015 20min Permalink
The transcript of chats between Silk Road boss Ross Ulbricht and a man he believes to be a Hell’s Angel who agrees to supply “hitters” to carry out 5 assassinations.
Andy Greenberg Wired Feb 2015 25min Permalink
In March 1971, John and Bonnie Raines broke into an FBI office, stealing documents that revealed that the government was spying on its own citizens. Today, they’re hailed as heroes. Is this what the future holds for Edward Snowden?
Steve Volk Philadelphia Magazine Jan 2015 20min Permalink