How the CIA and MI6 dug 1,476 feet under Berlin to tap Soviet cables, why the tunnel was found in 1956, and what the CIA’s own internal history left out.
Declassified
Who Called Off the 1998 Bin Laden Capture? The Sworn Record
Newly declassified 9/11 Commission interviews show who really ended the CIA’s May 1998 plan to seize bin Laden, and where the sworn accounts still clash.
News
Xi Tells Trump the ‘Thucydides Trap’ Can Be Overcome
At the White House, Xi Jinping laid out terms to avoid a US-China conflict as Treasury said the tariff truce now runs to Jan. 10. What each leader said.
Opinion
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Canada’s population is 1/8th the size of the US โ that alone explains the trade deficit. Here’s why America’s real dependence on Canadian resources runs deeper than the numbers suggest.
Archives
VENONA: Breaking the Soviet Spy Cables, 1943โ1980
How Army and NSA codebreakers read Soviet spy cables through duplicated one-time pads, and what VENONA revealed about Fuchs, the Rosenbergs and Maclean.
Declassified
The FAA Log That Complicates Both Sides of the Castro Case
FAA records show the two Brothers to the Rescue planes Cuba downed in 1996 were outside its airspace, and that Washington predicted the danger for a year.
News
FISA Court Opinion Still Secret After Declassification Deadline
A March 2026 FISA court opinion on Section 702 filtering tools is still classified after the 180-day review limit in federal law appears to have lapsed.
Editors Pick / News
Agricultural Labour Shortages and Impact on the U.S. Food Supply Chain
Overview of the Labour Crisis Recent immigration enforcement measures, targeted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, and the rollback of […]
Opinion
Up on the Lift: Venezuela’s Oil Deal an Expired Mandate?
Delcy Rodrรญguez’s 90-day mandate lapsed in April. By August she’d signed away a fifth of Venezuela’s oil for a century. Whose car is this, anyway?