The War Vet, the Dating Site, and the Phone Call From Hell
“On the 15th.” “Of September” he asked. “Yea,” she replied. “How old are you” “Oh ok are you still in high school? […]
Tag: Backchannel
Meet the Activists Risking Prison to Film VR in Factory Farms
Just before midnight somewhere in the western United States, a white pickup truck’s high beams light up a stretch of dark highway. […]
Pompeo Was Riding High—Until the Ukraine Mess Exploded
Indeed, between the PDB briefings, weekly lunches, and extended overseas summits, no member of the cabinet appears to spend as much time […]
Inside Olympic Destroyer, the Most Deceptive Hack in History
A tall, soft-spoken engineer, Soumenkov had a habit of arriving at work late in the morning and staying at Kaspersky’s headquarters well […]
Edward Snowden in His Own Words: Why I Became a Whistle-Blower
At the age of 22, when I entered the American intelligence community, I didn’t have any politics. Instead, like most young people, […]
A Brutal Murder, a Wearable Witness, and an Unlikely Suspect
The Aiellos had two kids, and by the late 1960s they were able to buy a home for about $37,000. Sprawl was […]
After 6 Years in Exile, Edward Snowden Explains Himself
Edward Snowden, arguably the world’s most famous whistle-blower, is a man who lived behind plenty of pseudonyms before putting his true name […]
Kostya and Me: How Sam Patten Got Ensnared in Mueller’s Probe
When Judge Amy Berman Jackson emerged into the courtroom through a door cut seamlessly into the wooden veneer of the wall, she […]
The Weird, Dark History of 8chan and Its Founder Fredrick Brennan
Fredrick Brennan is a vivid dreamer, and toward the end of his time running the notorious website 8chan, one sequence would play […]
He Cyberstalked Teen Girls for Years—Then They Fought Back
For years, Belmont, New Hampshire, had only one detective: Raechel Moulton. An old mill town of 7,200 people, Belmont is surrounded by […]