Zach Dorfman

Zach Dorfman is an intelligence and national security journalist.

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A composite photo illustration showing Pikachu as a spy in the Pentagon.

The Great Pokémon Go Spy Panic

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Tech Giants Are Giving China a Vital Edge in Espionage

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Zach Dorfman
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Beijing Ransacked Data as U.S. Sources Went Dark in China

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Zach Dorfman
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China Used Stolen Data to Expose CIA Operatives in Africa and Europe

Investigation
Zach Dorfman
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Iranian mourners gather around a vehicle carrying the coffin of slain general Qassem Suleimani

Iran’s Revenge Plans Are Bigger Than Missile Strikes

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Zach Dorfman
Israeli far-right demonstrators hold a placard that reads in Hebrew "The Jewish blood will not be abandoned" and a poster of the late Meir Kahane, at the scene of an attack in the Israeli city Rishon LeZion on November 2, 2015. (Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images)
Israeli far-right demonstrators hold a placard that reads in Hebrew "The Jewish blood will not be abandoned" and a poster of the late Meir Kahane, at the scene of an attack in the Israeli city Rishon LeZion on November 2, 2015. (Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images)

Netanyahu’s Far-Right Partners Were Birthed by U.S. Terrorists

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Zach Dorfman
A group of China supporters wave flags as they wait for the arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of his visit to President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on April 6, 2017. (Michele Eve Sandberg/AFP/Getty Images)
A group of China supporters wave flags as they wait for the arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of his visit to President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on April 6, 2017. (Michele Eve Sandberg/AFP/Getty Images)

Republican Donor Cindy Yang Linked to Chinese Influence Machine

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Illustration by Kotryna Zukauskaite for Foreign Policy

Botched CIA Communications System Helped Blow Cover of Chinese Agents

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Zach Dorfman
WASHINGTON, : Lt. Col. Oliver North (L), accompanied by his lawyer Brendan Sullivan, as he testifies before Iran-Contra investigators 14 July 1987, Washington, DC. (CHRIS WILKINS/AFP/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, : Lt. Col. Oliver North (L), accompanied by his lawyer Brendan Sullivan, as he testifies before Iran-Contra investigators 14 July 1987, Washington, DC. (CHRIS WILKINS/AFP/Getty Images)

How to Kill a Presidential Scandal

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Zach Dorfman
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The Disappeared

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The Secret History of the Russian Consulate in San Francisco

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