Intelligence
Shouts & Murmurs
Signs Your Dog May Be Smarter Than You
When he brings you the paper, the sudoku is already finished, and the gossip section is ripped to shreds.
A Reporter at Large
The Surreal Case of a C.I.A. Hacker’s Revenge
A hot-headed coder is accused of exposing the agency’s hacking arsenal. Did he betray his country because he was pissed off at his colleagues?
Annals of Inquiry
How I Started to See Trees as Smart
First, I took an acid trip. Then I asked scientists about the power of altered states.
A Reporter at Large
How Democracies Spy on Their Citizens
The inside story of the world’s most notorious commercial spyware and the big tech companies waging war against it.
Daily Comment
Colin Powell’s Fateful Moment
Though Powell created a doctrine of avoiding war unless absolutely necessary, he will be remembered for making the faulty case for invading Iraq.
Double Take
Sunday Reading: The Return of Broadway
From the magazine’s archive: a selection of pieces about the art we’ve missed so much.
Double Take
Sunday Reading: Prodigies
From the magazine’s archive: a selection of extraordinary profiles of the uniquely gifted.
A Reporter at Large
How a Syrian War Criminal and Double Agent Disappeared in Europe
In the bloody civil war, Khaled al-Halabi switched sides. But what country does he really serve?
Q. & A.
The Spyware Tool Tracking Dissidents Around the World
Stephanie Kirchgaessner discusses the Pegasus Project, a series of articles investigating the Israeli surveillance company NSO Group.
Books
The Repressive Politics of Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman’s pop-psychology blockbuster, now twenty-five years old, turned self-control into a corporate management tool.
Annals of Inquiry
Why Computers Won’t Make Themselves Smarter
We fear and yearn for “the singularity.” But it will probably never come.
Books
The Next Cyberattack Is Already Under Way
Amid a global gold rush for digital weapons, the infrastructure of our daily lives has never been more vulnerable.
News Desk
The Contested Afterlife of the Trump-Alfa Bank Story
Accusations of secret cyber links remain unproved, but both the Russian bank and the Justice Department are pursuing the case.
Books
Why Private Eyes Are Everywhere Now
Private investigators have been touted as an antidote to corruption and a force for transparency. But they’ve also become another weapon in the hands of corporate interests.
Culture Desk
Jamie Loftus, the Comedian Who Infiltrated Mensa
In a four-episode podcast miniseries titled “My Year in Mensa,” Loftus uses first-person reporting to offer insight into how the geeky group became a forum for the far right.
Our Columnists
Did Trump Try to Extort the President of Ukraine Into Investigating Joe Biden?
New reports have illuminated the battle between Congress and the White House over access to a whistle-blower’s complaint about the President’s call with a foreign leader.
Daily Comment
Is Trump Trying to Bully America’s Intelligence Agencies Into Silence?
As the President publicly denigrates the statements of his spy chiefs, current and former officials worry that he is attacking dissent and sowing public distrust.
The Political Scene
Jared Kushner Is China’s Trump Card
How the President’s son-in-law, despite his inexperience in diplomacy, became Beijing’s primary point of interest.
Trade Mag
Inside the C.I.A.’s Journal
The spy agency has published “Studies in Intelligence,” a mix of literary criticism, analysis, and derring-do, since 1955.
