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Mexico: Making the Dogs Dance
Within a few hours of his relaxed escape from Mexico’s highest security prison early Saturday evening, Joaquín Guzmán Loera, better known as “el Chapo” for his stocky build, was back on Twitter. By Alma Guillermoprieto.
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SeaWorld accused of sending employee to infiltrate animal rights protests
Peta released photos of a SeaWorld employee and an activist who urged others to get ‘aggressive’ against SeaWorld – and they appear to be the same man.
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A Deadly Conspiracy in Buenos Aires?
Alberto Nisman accused Iran and Argentina of colluding to bury a terrorist attack. It may have got him killed. By Dexter Filkins.
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How the CIA Really Won Hearts and Minds
In ‘Patriotic Betrayal,’ author Karen M. Paget meticulously documents the agency’s long infiltration of student groups around the world. But she avoids the most important question: Why?
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Stowaways and Crimes Aboard a Scofflaw Ship
Few places on earth are as free from legal oversight as the high seas. One ship has been among the most persistent offenders. By Ian Urbina.
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The Last European: Romanian Driver Navigates the Soul of the EU
For the past decade, Viktor Talic has been driving a van across Europe, delivering people and goods. His 50-hour, nearly sleepless journey offers a disquieting, yet inspiring, glimpse into the Continent's soul. By Juan Moreno.
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China feared CIA worked with Sheldon Adelson’s Macau casinos to snare officials
Report commissioned by Adelson’s company shows Beijing was concerned officials were gambling with public money, leaving them vulnerable to blackmail.
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America’s Already-Failed Cyber War
Like the War on Drugs, cyberwarfare turns a very real problem into a money-making bureaucratic machine. By Kelley Vlahos.
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How the ANC sent encrypted messages in the fight against apartheid
This is how ANC operatives sent encrypted messages to one another in the final years of apartheid.
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What Pierre did next
After helping the State Department fund revolution in Ukraine, Omidyar is reportedly ready to invest in Gawker. By Mark Ames.
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GCHQ and Me: My Life Unmasking British Eavesdroppers
Duncan Campbell spent 30 years — and risked his freedom — uncovering the secrets of U.S. and British eavesdropping, including the existence of ECHELON, one of the biggest spy scandals of the Cold War. Now, thanks to Edward Snowden, he has proof of ECHELON's existence.
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My Human Terrain, Part One: Me and Mitzy Carlough
Who is Montgomery McFate, the celebrated “Brave Thinker” behind the most touted counterinsurgency program of the 21st century? By John Dolan. [Part two also in the snap]
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Up in the Air
As night fell over the East German town of Pössneck on the evening of 14 September 1979, most of the town’s citizens were busy getting ready for bed. But not Günter Wetzel. The mason was in his attic, hunched over an old motor-driven sewing machine, desperately working to complete his secret project... By Marissa Brook.
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What Makes a Man Betray His Country?
How a troubled past turned a Soviet military engineer into one of the CIA’s most valuable spies. By David E. Hoffman.
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When Canada Learned It Had Spies
The government had constantly denied that Canada was involved in spying or espionage—until an enterprising young Englishman named William Macadam came along. By Graham Templeton.
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Why Are Chinese Agents Stealing Corn Seed From American Farms?
Inside a secret Cold War in the nation’s heartland. By Ted Genoways.
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Hook, Line, and Sinker
Maine treasure hunter Greg Brooks found the world’s richest shipwreck off the coast of Cape Cod. Or at least that’s what he told investors. By Erick Trickey.
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The Journey: A refugee’s odyssey from Syria to Sweden
Hashem Alsouki risks his life crossing the Mediterranean, his heart set on Sweden – and freedom for his family. By Patrick Kingsley.
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History Is Who You’ve Lost
I, without knowing, dreamed parts of a truth. One part is this: my grandfather on my mother’s side was a murderer. Or was he? By Rita Gabis.
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How the National Endowment for Democracy Manufactures Regime Change Around the World
To most people the National Endowment for Democracy, probably looks like a pretty innocuous organization. But when you examine the records of those who control it and its affiliates, it starts to look like they’re running a shadow foreign policy, sometimes acting in ways that are contrary to the wishes of the powers that be in Washington. By Derek Royden.
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