CIA historian Tim Weiner: ‘Trump has put national security in the hands of crackpots and fools’ The longtime chronicler of the spy agency on his Legacy of Ashes follow-up and what keeps him up at night The Guardian - US · Jul 15, 2025
The Mission by Tim Weiner review – unmasking the CIA This impeccably sourced account of the secretive agency during a period of global turmoil deserves a Pulitzer The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2025
An American Gangster at 100: J. Edgar Hoover's Authoritarian Legacy Hoover’s reign at the FBI compromised American civil liberties and turned the FBI into America's secret police. Reason · May 10, 2024
Revealed: the terrorist hired by the CIA to catch Carlos the Jackal According to a new book, the Swiss leftwing extremist Bruno Bréguet was hired by the US intelligence agency to spy on his infamous boss – and contributed to his capture The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2023
If We See an Expurgated Version of the Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant Affidavit, What Will It Tell Us? Although U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart is inclined to unseal the document, redactions demanded by the Justice Department could make it hard to understand. Reason · Aug 19, 2022