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Spying
April 13, 2023
Magazine
Jacob Silverman
Inside the Surveillance State’s Propaganda Machine
Kerry Howley’s new book shows how the government distorts reality to turn whistleblowers into public enemies.
February 14, 2023
The Soapbox
Alex Shephard
The Chinese Spy Balloon Furor Isn’t Really About Foreign Policy
The Republican uproar about the balloons is pure political theater.
July 17, 2018
Rachel Wetzler
The American Academic Mistaken for a Spy
As a researcher in Ceausescu’s Romania, Katherine Verdery did not suspect how profoundly the secret police would interfere in her life.
December 30, 2015
Sasha Belenky
The NSA’s spy powers are irresistible, apparently.
July 23, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
What Malcolm Gladwell Gets Wrong About Spying
October 29, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Don't Spy on Your Kids. Let Them Spy on Each Other.
October 29, 2013
Judith Shulevitz
Big Mother Is Watching You
Technology now lets you spy on your kids all the time. Why you shouldn't.
September 13, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Ed Markey May Finally Have Found His Calling
June 18, 2013
Jeff Guo
Snoopy, Snoopier, Snoopiest
A tip sheet for the scandals
June 14, 2013
Lydia DePillis
How to Prevent Chinese Employees From Stealing Secrets: Drunk Karaoke
That's one consultant's advice, anyway, for paranoid companies
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