The Ukrainian Hacker Who Became the FBI’s Best Weapon—And Worst Nightmare
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.
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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
In 1977, Johanna van Haarlem finally tracked down the son, Erwin, she had abandoned as a baby 33 years earlier. She immediately travelled to London to meet him. It was the perfect cover.
BBC Jeff Maysh Jan 2017 10min Permalink
A primer.
Richard Beck n+1 Apr 2017 25min Permalink
The battle for the old man with “snots running down his nose / Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes.”
Robert Silverman The Outline May 2018 Permalink
On labels.
Andrea Bennett hazlitt.net Sep 2018 10min Permalink
After Stephanie Montgomery says she was raped at the strip club where she worked, she went to the manager and the police. Nothing happened. That’s when she decided to tell her story as big as she could.
Kathy Dobie California Sunday May 2019 35min Permalink
People said that women had no place in the Grand Canyon and would likely die trying to run the Colorado River. In 1938, two female scientists set out to prove them wrong.
Melissa L. Sevigny The Atavist Magazine Oct 2019 45min Permalink
He has a staff of 300. His website gets more traffic than Gawker and has 300,000 paying subscribers. He has a clothing line, a string of bestselling books, a movie studio and a radio show syndicated on 400 stations. A profile of Glenn Beck, mogul.
Michael J. Mooney D Magazine Oct 2014 20min Permalink
A profile of Quentin Rowan, a.k.a. Q. R. Markham, ‘author’ of last fall’s short-lived spy novel hit Assassins of Secrets, which was pieced together using more than a dozen sources.
Lizzie Widdicombe New Yorker Feb 2012 25min Permalink
Interviews with 19 current and former officers show how failures of leadership and communication put hundreds of Capitol cops at risk and allowed rioters to get dangerously close to members of Congress on January 6th, 2021.
Joaquin Sapien, Joshua Kaplan ProPublica Feb 2021 25min Permalink
The GOP’s younger generation confronts its future.
Robert Draper New York Times Magazine Feb 2013 20min Permalink
What happened when Toto Constant, Haiti’s most notorious warlord, resurfaced as a real estate agent in Queens.
David Grann The Atlantic Jun 2001 1h
Tracking down a Congolese warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court for conscripting child soldiers proves surprisingly easy; he’s a military official and owns a bar, dairy, and mansion.
Mac McClelland Mother Jones Sep 2011 25min
In which three American journalists—the author plus Sebastian Junger and John Falk—almost accidentally capture the world’s most wanted war criminal. The basis for the 2007 film The Hunting Party.
Scott Anderson Esquire Oct 2000 25min
After failing to capture Josef Mengele in Argentina when he was nearly in grasp, an international effort was mounted to determine whether a skull was indeed his, which would mean an end to the search for major Nazi war criminals.
An Ethiopian torture victim happens upon her torturer working as a bellhop in an Atlanta hotel.
Andrew Rice New York Times Magazine Jun 2006 30min
Oct 2000 – Sep 2011 Permalink
The Longform Guide to Playboy Interviews
David Sheff Playboy Feb 1985 1h
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Horst von Wächter confronts - and rationalizes - a difficult family legacy.
Philippe Sands The Financial Times May 2013 15min Permalink
Rand Paul as the movement’s Pearl Jam.
Robert Draper New York Times Magazine Aug 2014 25min Permalink
On the rise in gay teens who are cast out by their families.
Alex Morris Rolling Stone Sep 2014 25min Permalink
How an education reform effort became the new Obamacare.
Tim Murphy Mother Jones Sep 2014 25min Permalink
Fame, fashion, and a trip to the zoo.
Benjamin Wallace New York Aug 2012 15min Permalink
How a small-town comptroller became the biggest municipal embezzler in U.S. history.
Bryan Smith Chicago Magazine Oct 2012 Permalink
A coffee maven—and Frappuccino inventor—attempts a comeback in the cafe business.
Janelle Nanos Boston Magazine Dec 2012 20min Permalink
The reality TV star today.
Simon van Zuylen-Wood Philadelphia Magazine Dec 2013 20min Permalink
A report from Owsley County, Ky., the poorest county in America.
Kevin D. Williamson National Review Jan 2014 20min Permalink
On the FBI’s program to infiltrate Muslim communities in America.
Trevor Aaronson Mother Jones Sep 2011 Permalink
On champ-turned-coach Alberto Salazar and the New York City Marathon.
Jennifer Kahn New Yorker Nov 2010 20min Permalink
On killing and eating small game in Seattle.
Brendan Kiley The Stranger Sep 2006 25min Permalink