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“Even if you did find a case or two of someone deciding to get out of the business, there are an infinite number of replacements willing to step up because that’s where the money is. Smuggling is the business. There’s always going to be a Han Solo.”

The Trump administration falsely claims that boat strikes target fentanyl and have halted 97 percent of cocaine shipments to the U.S. interc.pt/4d4rRtB

The documents confirm Korean POWs were the unwitting subjects of less splashy attempts at mind control, like being subjected to polygraph tests, with plans for other invasive testing. interc.pt/3OI01Lw

“We are so conditioned to distrust what we are being told by authorities that people immediately began concocting conspiracy theories about it even before we even knew what had happened." interc.pt/4tO5obh

“I liken it to destroying the Nazca lines — something that culturally we should have been relishing and promoting. Not destroying,” Rick Martynec, an archaeologist, said. interc.pt/4vZHStv

Silicon Valley has widely embraced AI military contracts despite its worries over lethal AI. interc.pt/4n9nQbZ

"It’s part of an overall souring on the party’s centrist, corporate wing, which has dominated the internal levers of power for decades." interc.pt/3QDdyVl

Sen. Wyden keeps getting under the skin of the NSA’s biggest supporters with his warnings about intelligence agency abuses— and the latest dispute resulted in a high-profile dustup on the Senate floor. interc.pt/4w1PjQR

Do news organizations and journalists really want to gamify the news? interc.pt/42cW2cZ

“That’s a striking diversion of resources away from public safety.” interc.pt/4tgfvof

my manifesto is here: NEVER APOLOGIZE

Senate Judiciary ranking member @DickDurbin responds to my reporting: “This is terrifying. After Director Patel purged the FBI workforce, 9,000 seasoned professionals were forced to work on a Trump pet project. …

IT'S A CONSPIRACY! Or is it...? We're going deep on internet brain worms unleashed by the WHCD assassination attempt on this week's pod. Listen on Apple: interc.pt/4eirlua Spotify: interc.pt/4eY9Dwd Elsewhere: interc.pt/4td0ELl

James Comey, Zohran Mamdani, and the lost art of doubling down. interc.pt/4tWVDYj

After throwing their support behind Gov. Janet Mills, party leaders are left doing an about-face on the insurgent candidate. interc.pt/4tcnCCi

NINE THOUSAND people who work for the FBI — either two thirds of their agents or one quarter of their entire staff — have been diverted to immigration enforcement by the Trump administration. These actions make our communities far less safe.

Democratic politicians are eager to turn engaged protesters and observers into door-knockers and voters. Activists are accusing this Minnesota House candidate of "cosplaying" as a protester. interc.pt/48AjGUr

The FBI responded to our reporting but did not answer questions about what its staff are doing as far as "immigration-related work"

This week's news exemplifies the biggest ethical contradiction in AI: An industry obsession that the tech might kill in the future by accident while profiting from using it to kill on purpose today. theintercept.com/2026/05/01/elo…

Last Friday, without any notice, a contractor working for DHS cut a roughly 60-foot swath across the middle of the intaglio, doing irreparable damage to the 1,000-year-old artifact. interc.pt/4vZHStv