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March 23 update: com/764 Updates; Ohtani's Missing Millions; National Action's Origins; Eric Adams' Worsening Term; Federal Infiltration of Standing Rock Exposed
We're smack in the midst of shoulder season, where leaves and allergies (if you're so inclined) bloom alike. For all of us, I think, this time of year will always carry extra weight thanks to the novel coronavirus pandemic of 2020 and the ensuing death, lockdowns,
The Far Right, the Order of Nine Angles and an informant who just won't quit
March 16 Update: Telegram Under the Microscope; Ayotzinapa a Decade on; Boeing's Body Count Rises; Public Universities Profit from Stolen Land
Wednesday saw the publication of that project I've been in the weeds on for months: a collaboration between WIRED, the Washington Post, Der Spiegel (Germany) and Recorder (Romania) into a sprawling sextortion and child abuse network. I started working on this matter last year while digging into the
March 9 Update: Rogue Informants; Britain's Creeping Authoritarianism; Aryan Brotherhood On Trial; Hacktivism Retrospective; Instagram & Sex Trafficking
After two months of nose-to-the-grindstone reporting, a major project of mine is set for release this coming week. I won't tip too much of the hand here about the general content. The wait will be well worthwhile, but there is a secondary background theme I'll tease
March 3 Update: German Intelligence Catastrophe; 3rd Adams Aide Raided by FBI; NYT Goes Full Nixon on Internal Criticism; Israel, the Holocaust & Gaza
A profoundly sad week that began with echoes of the Vietnam War era: Aaron Bushnell, an American Airman, immolated himself while screaming "Free Palestine" in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. last Sunday. Bushnell livestreamed the whole episode. Bushnell, an intelligence analyst who claimed to
February 24 update: SoCal Court Chaos, US intel Slates Israeli UNRWA Claims, George Polk's shame, ShotSpotter Unmasked, Calif. Cops Solve Fewer Crimes as Budgets Swell
You know the 'holiday lull' that sets in around mid-December: or now apparently from Thanksgiving through the New Year since folks somehow decided that working is passe? I always think of February as the precise opposite. News comes in bunches, and the past seven days were no exception.