October 23, 2017 Archives

Week of October 23, 2017 Archives

RCI - International Investigations

Monday, October 23

Afghanistan: CIA Expands Taliban Hunt

Gibbons-Neff et al., New York Times

Britain: Hackers Steal Pics From Celebrity Plastic Surgeon

Joseph Cox, Daily Beast

Venezuela: Deteriorating Oil Quality

Alexandra Ulmer & Marianna Parraga, Reuters

North Korea: Smuggled-Out Photos of Kim's Army

Douglas Patient, Daily Star

Tuesday, October 24

Niger: Everything You Need to Know

James Barnett, Weekly Standard

Syria: NSA Says Saudi Prince Ordered Attack by Rebels

Murtaza Hussein, Intercept

Russia: New Ransomware Attack Spreading

Kevin Collier & Jane Lytvynenko, BuzzFeed

Syria: ISIS Jihadis Have Returned Home by the Thousands

Robin Wright, New Yorker

Venezuela: People in the U.S. Ship Food to Relatives

Andrea Castillo, LA Times

Hong Kong: No Space Left for the Dead

Justin Heifetz, Motherboard

Wednesday, October 25

Mexico: Cartel Attaches IED to Drone

Kathleen Joyce, Fox News

Mexico: When Government Fails, Social Media Is the New 911

Maya Averbuch, Wired

China: Anti-Corruption Czar Accused of Corruption

Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon

Russia: When Internet Trolls Attack

Yulia James & Sophia Jones, Wired

Israel: Audio Ties Palestinian Body to Sanctions Effort

Rachel Frommer, Free Beacon

Africa: U.S. Troops Conducting Secret Missions All Over

Nick Turse, Vice News

Thursday, October 26

Madagascar: Plague Blamed on Dances With Corpses

Ruth Brown, New York Post

Antarctica: Inside the Continent's Illicit Gaming Scene

Caroline Haskins, Motherboard

Russia: Using American Businesses to Steal Military Tech

Katie Zavadski, Daily Beast

Sweden: Did We Adopt a Jihadist?

Scott Sayare, GQ

Friday, October 27

Somalia: Secret Mission Got Navy SEAL Killed

Christina Goldbaum, Daily Beast

Turkey: Ex-CIA Chief Proposed to Discredit Turkish Cleric

Nathan Layne, Reuters

Myanmar: Destructive Charcoal Trade

Emmanuel Freudenthal, Mongabay

Britain: Cries From the Shelters

Jasmine Andersson, Investigative Journalism, New Statesman