Spying
Satire from The Borowitz Report
Chinese Spy Balloon Finds No Information at Fox News
“This was a waste of a perfectly good balloon,” China’s President, Xi Jinping, reportedly griped.
Elements
The Threat and the Allure of the Chinese Balloons
Even balloons launched for scientific reasons have always carried political ballast.
Q. & A.
What’s Behind the Chinese Spy Balloon
President Xi Jinping has modernized and expanded his military, but the balloon incident may indicate the challenges he faces in consolidating its power.
Satire from The Borowitz Report
Elon Musk Seething with Envy Over Attention Balloon Is Getting
Musk disclosed that the sensation the Chinese spy balloon has created is making him consider becoming a balloon himself.
A Critic at Large
Has the C.I.A. Done More Harm Than Good?
In the agency’s seventy-five years of existence, a lack of accountability has sustained dysfunction, ineptitude, and lawlessness.
Comment
The Spyware Threat to Journalists
In this gathering age of digital autocracy, it is hard to avoid the impression that the dictators are winning.
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.
Shouts & Murmurs
Signs That You’re Not Ready to Become a Spy
Your pants are really swishy, Martinis make you gassy, and you have trouble remembering if the U.S. is the good guy or the bad guy.
Shouts & Murmurs
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Fiction
An Honest Woman
Annals of Technology
Trevor Paglen Plumbs the Internet
Amy Davidson Sorkin
A German-American Spy Story
Amy Davidson Sorkin
The N.S.A.’s Spying on Muslim-Americans
Dept. of Technology