The Trafficker
The amiable international arms dealer and the sting.
The amiable international arms dealer and the sting.
Patrick Radden Keefe New Yorker Feb 2010 35min Permalink
The apparatus of counterinsurgency and occupation has funneled billions of dollars into Afghanistan, and much of it has ended up in the hands of insurgents. For those who have profited—be it through aid, extortion, corruption or legitimate business—there is very little incentive to bring the conflict to an end.
Matthieu Aikins The Walrus Dec 2010 25min Permalink
An investigation into Lashkar-i-Taiba, the group behind the 2008 Mumbai massacre, and why Pakistani authorities has not arrested their leaders.
Sebastian Rotella ProPublica Nov 2010 15min Permalink
A classified Guantánamo Bay interrogation log reveals the techniques used on Mohammed al-Qahtani, the so-called 20th 9/11 hijacker.
Slumdog Millionaire, the 2008 Mumbai attacks, and the arrival of “New India” in the American imagination.
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi Triple Canopy Jul 2010 Permalink
A series on the U.S. intelligence system.
Dana Priest, William M. Arkin Washington Post Jul 2010 55min Permalink
An interview with an ex-CIA agent who is a world expert on the history of car bombing.
Christopher Watt The Walrus Sep 2008 15min Permalink
A conversation with NYU Law Professor Philip Alston on the legality of ‘targeted killings’ by drones, which have made headlines in Pakistan, but also have been deployed by the C.I.A. in countries like Yemen.
Scott Horton Harper's Jun 2010 10min Permalink
In the wake of 9/11, terrorist networks moved their recruitment and training efforts online, giving birth to Jihad-geeks like Irhabi_007.
Nadya Labi The Atlantic Jul 2006 15min Permalink
How smallpox went from eradicated disease to the ideal weapon of bioterrorists.
Richard Preston New Yorker Jul 1999 50min Permalink