Origins of Covid
Unredacted NIH Emails Show Efforts to Rule Out Lab Origin of Covid
Virologists close to the NIH initially believed the Covid virus could be genetically engineered. Unredacted emails show how their thinking evolved.
Special Investigations
Guccifer, the Hacker Who Launched Clinton Email Flap, Speaks Out After Nearly a Decade Behind Bars
Before Russian intelligence cribbed his handle, Marcel Lehel Lazar hacked celebrities and Sidney Blumenthal. Now he's back home in Transylvania.
How Jan. 6 Brought Frontier Violence to the Heart of U.S. Power
The rioters had the aspect of barbarians ready to sack the Capitol. So who was manning the gates?
A Competitor Put the FBI on Haoyang Yu's Trail. The Investigation Didn't Go as Planned.
Federal intelligence agencies ran a sting and dug through the trash of a Chinese American engineer they envisioned as a sophisticated technological spy.
Hacked Phones, Undercover Cops, and Conspiracy Theories: Inside Italy’s Crackdown on Humanitarian Rescue
Leaked court records reveal how far authorities were willing to go to dig up dirt on NGOs saving lives in the Mediterranean.
The Scorched-Earth Legal Strategy Corporations Are Using to Silence Their Critics
Energy and extractive industry giants are targeting environmentalists with racketeering charges.
In U.S. Military, Sexual Assault Against Men Is Vastly Underreported
An average of 45 male service members are sexually assaulted every day, according to Pentagon statistics. As with women, shame and stigma suppress the truth.
A Special Prosecutor Found Kevin Johnson’s Case Was Tainted by Racism. Missouri Is About to Kill Him Anyway.
Kevin Johnson is facing execution for killing a cop when he was 19. A special prosecutor says his sentence should be vacated.
A Criminal Ratted Out His Friend to the FBI. Now He's Trying to Make Amends.
The FBI paid a convicted sex offender $90,000 to set up his friend and his friend’s mentally ill buddy in a terrorism sting.
Losing Afghanistan
The Evacuation of the CIA’s Afghan Proxies Has Opened One of the War’s Blackest Boxes
Former Zero Unit members are facing a reversal of fortune that is humiliating, infuriating, and utterly intractable.