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Gmail Location Data Led FBI to Uncover Top Spy’s Affair
Every year hackers, cyberstalkers and others are undone by digital trails they leave behind. But who would have thought the nation's top spy chief would be undone so easily by footprints left behind in...
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The Tools of Mexico’s Drug Cartels, From Landmines to Monster Trucks
It can be a little deceiving to think of Mexico's drug cartels as simply gangsters. Instead, they've blurred the distinctions between organized crime and quasi-military insurgents, with plenty of...
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A Decade Later, Contractor Pays Out Millions for Iraq Prisoner Abuse
It's been nearly a decade since contractors and U.S. soldiers worked together to torture Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Now, for the first time, one of those companies has been forced to pay the victims.
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U.S. Now Targeting Mexican Drug Lord’s Family, Too
If there's one rule to running the mob, it's to keep your family close. For the head of Sinaloa Cartel, that family is now being targeted by the U.S. government.
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Here Are the Patterns the Feds Found for U.S. Mass Killings
Mass killers are likely to prefer handguns; overwhelmingly likely to be male; and unlikely to have served in the military, according to a November study by a Department of Homeland Security fusion center.
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Here’s What Your $97 Million Drug War in Central America Actually Bought
The U.S. isn't just shoveling cash to stop drug smuggling in Mexico and Colombia. Quietly, it's built up its drug war in Central America, too. Not that Washington knows what it’s gotten for its money.
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5 Homeland Security ‘Bots Coming to Spy on You (If They Aren’t Already)
It's been 10 years since the Department of Homeland Security started up operations. During that decade, DHS has moved to the forefront of funding and deploying robots that could be soon coming to you.
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Overkill: If You Want to Stop Gun Violence, Start With Bullets
Guns don’t kill people; people don’t kill people; bullets kill people. Here’s a data-driven examination of the bullet.
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The AR-15 Is More Than a Gun. It’s a Gadget
America doesn't just have a love affair with guns. It has a love affair with a specific kind of gun: the AR-15 rifle, a firearm so customizable and adaptable, it's practically a gadget.
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Here’s a Reminder Not To Tell Your Foreign Lover U.S. Nuke Secrets
Things defense wonks shouldn't do when they hook up: talk about the secret details of nuclear weapons, radar systems and war plans.
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Drug Cartel Mules Are American as Apple Pie, Border Patrol Data Shows
Most of the smugglers moving drugs for the cartels are U.S. citizens, according to the Center for Investigative Reporting. But the Border Patrol has given the opposite impression.
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FBI Warned in March That ‘Exploding Targets’ Could Fuel Homemade Bombs
A month before the Boston Marathon bombs, the FBI put out a warning that the chemical "exploding targets" used by recreational rifle shooters could be used to fuel homegrown improvised bombs.
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This Is the Modern Manhunt: The FBI, the Hive Mind and the Boston Bombers
Boston shows a new model manhunt emerging: one reliant on the FBI embracing crowd-submitted data and rapid feedback.
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Here’s Why Tsarnaev Was Charged With Using a ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, was charged today with using a weapon of mass destruction. It’s yet another circumstance where the legal and colloquial...
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