Corrupt Guatemalans’ GOP Lifeline
U.S. Republicans are weakening a U.N. anti-corruption investigation into President Jimmy Morales. What are they getting in exchange?
How Russian Money Helped Save Trump’s Business
After his financial disasters two decades ago, no U.S. bank would touch him. Then foreign money began flowing in.
Congolese Cover-Up
The U.N. concluded two of its investigators, an American and a Swede, were killed in a random ambush in Congo. But evidence suggests they may have walked into a government trap.
The United States Used Depleted Uranium in Syria
The airstrikes on oil trucks in Islamic State-controlled areas employed the toxic material, which has been accused of causing cancer and birth defects.
When Wall Street Went to Africa
A New York tycoon won a sweetheart deal to build a massive "sustainable" palm oil plantation in Cameroon. What followed were accusations of intimidation, corruption, bribery, and deceit.
The Corleones of the Caspian
How Azerbaijan's dictator woos the United States and Europe.
Unarmed Guards, Bogus Terror Drills, and 96 Tons of Plutonium
Three years after Fukushima, Japanese officials insist their nuclear facilities are safe. They're not.
Gag Order
Why is the U.N. censoring its own Syria news?
Meet the Spies Doing the NSA’s Dirty Work
This obscure FBI unit does the domestic surveillance that no other intelligence agency can touch.
Scuttled at Sea
How maritime unions sunk America’s food aid reform.
‘We Knew They Were Coming’
The untold story of al-Shabab's murderous attack on the U.N. in Mogadishu.
Bad Medicine
India is flooding the world with tainted drugs -- and getting away with it.
No Exit
The Kafka-esque story of the U.S. translators being held against their will in a Kuwaiti hangar.
How Congress Screwed Up America’s Security Clearance System
Blame profits, politics -- and a huge growth in secrecy-obsessed institutions.
Secret Cold War Documents Reveal NSA Spied on Senators
...along with Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King, and a Washington Post humorist.
The Cowboy of the NSA
Inside Gen. Keith Alexander's all-out, barely-legal drive to build the ultimate spy machine.
A Death in the Family
USAID's first known war-zone-related suicide raises troubling questions about whether America is doing enough to assist its relief workers.
Exclusive: CIA Files Prove America Helped Saddam as He Gassed Iran
The U.S. knew Hussein was launching some of the worst chemical attacks in history -- and still gave him a hand.
Inside Yemen’s Shadow War Arsenal
The U.S. has spent hundreds of millions fighting Yemen's terrorists. What did it buy, really?
Africa’s Big Brother Lives in Beijing
Is Huawei wiring Africa for surveillance? Or just for money?
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