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Help us continue our investigative reporting on ICE. interc.pt/4nxavc7

For the first time, documents confirm the CIA carried out tests on North Korean POWs and planned for much more invasive experimentation. interc.pt/4mZJIGE

Even if these anti-free speech crusaders don’t win a judgment, they have a good chance of draining their opponents’ bank accounts. interc.pt/3OZzvNK

“If ChatGPT can be induced into a false confession, then who isn’t vulnerable?” interc.pt/4eIAPyQ

The expenses were “enough to fund Medicaid for 500,000 people for an entire year.” interc.pt/4mSIQDy

Patel's tenure has been marked by controversies, including over the firing of agents who worked on investigations of President Donald Trump and the use of his government jet. interc.pt/4tExSEs

This week, "Me Too" came back to Congress. We're talking about it and giving a full midterm elections update, in this week's Briefing. Listen on Apple: interc.pt/48oagLH Spotify: interc.pt/4eOrsO6 Elsewhere: interc.pt/3OAFsR9

Many Lebanese have been able to return to their home villages under the ceasefire, but this was also the case in 2024, which then was followed by the implementation of an Israeli military buffer zone that left much of the south even more in ruins than from the war itself. interc.pt/4vXyVRp

“In a gross deviation from appropriate conduct, we attempted to relieve our bladders while walking home,” Patel said in a 2005 letter about disclosures on his Florida Bar application. interc.pt/4tExSEs

@PirateWires "Mangione has found popularity precisely because the man he is accused of killing ran a company that routinely boosted profits by pushing its customers closer to illness and death." My piece in @theintercept: theintercept.com/2024/12/19/lui…

With news that Trump's Justice Department is pushing to bring back firing squads, read Liliana Segura's reporting from February on Trump’s death penalty agenda. interc.pt/4kPYzm1

NEW: FOIA documents show Palantir is helping the IRS target criminal investigations using "massive-scale" data mining across federal databases. This comes as the agency has reportedly pivoted toward targeting left-leaning political organizations theintercept.com/2026/04/24/pal…

FBI Director Kash Patel disclosed in a 2005 letter that he'd been arrested for public urination. He also described a public intoxication arrest in 2001. These details come as Patel faces scrutiny over alcohol use. My story in @theintercept. interc.pt/4cP2YSv

@trevoraaronson The Intercept obtained Patel’s personnel file through a public records request. Help us do more investigative work like this: interc.pt/4nxavc7

Read the letter by Kash Patel from his personnel file at the Miami-Dade Public Defender’s Office and the rest of @trevoraaronson's reporting here: interc.pt/4cP2YSv

The FBI director was arrested twice in his youth for alcohol-related incidents that he said were “not representative of my usual conduct.” interc.pt/4cP2YSv