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CIA

7-31-25-v3-b | Graphic by Eddie Marshall

Surveillance

Patrick Eddington: How to 'Tyranny-Proof' America

The former CIA analyst and Cato scholar discusses Palantir, Trump's new national database, and the sordid history of federal law enforcement on Just Asking Questions.

Zach Weissmueller | 7.31.2025 5:10 PM

Large bold text at the top reads “GOVERNMENT BRAINWASHING.” In the foreground, historian John Lisle (center) wears a pink shirt and is speaking. To the right is host Nick Gillespie, wearing a black shirt. In the background, a black-and-white image shows a man seen from behind being hypnotized by a hand swinging two pocket watches. | Illustration: Eddie Marshall

CIA

How a Government Mind Control Experiment Backfired

Historian John Lisle uncovers how Cold War paranoia, LSD, and unchecked power led the CIA to fund torture, deception, and mind control experiments on unwitting Americans.

Nick Gillespie | 7.16.2025 11:00 AM

Case files from the civil lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein on display outside the Palm Beach County Court in Florida on Dec. 4, 2018. | Emily Michot/Newscom

Conspiracy Theories

There's Probably No 'Smoking Gun' in the JFK or Epstein Cases. We Should Be Allowed To Look Anyway.

You don't need to uncover a vast conspiracy to find valuable revelations—and without transparency, you don't know what revelations might be there.

Matthew Petti | 7.14.2025 3:45 PM

William F. Buckley in front of an American flag | Illustration: Eddie Marshall | Reagan White House Photographs |  White House Photographic Collection | ChatGPT

Conservatism

Did Bill Buckley Really Lead a Successful Revolution?

You can hear echoes of Buckley's early career in more than one MAGA crusader's rhetoric today. That's not a sign of a man who won.

Brian Doherty | 6.3.2025 7:00 AM

Text reading "Bottoms up and the devil laughs" surrounded by four piles of paper, with a white image of a devil. | Illustration: Alfred A. Knopf publishing; Lex Villenas; Vlntn

War

The Degraded Currency of the Shadow Government

Official secrets keep proliferating.

Kerry Howley | 3.21.2023 8:00 AM

Moments before the JFK assassination on November 22, 1963. | Pixabay

Transparency

It's Way Past Time To Release the Rest of the JFK Assassination Files

Joe Biden just declassified another batch, but the government is still keeping some under wraps.

Jesse Walker | 12.16.2022 12:30 PM

Utah Senate Candidate Evan McMullin and his Ugly CIA History | Illustration: Lex Villena; Ben P L

Utah

In Utah Senate Race, Evan McMullin Has To Reckon With an Ugly History

In a campaign where much of the focus has been on Donald Trump and January 6, McMullin's CIA career deserves more interrogation.

Eric Boehm | 10.17.2022 10:30 AM

Tibet uprising

Tibet's armed resistance to Chinese invasion

Part 3: Eastern Tibet is liberated 1956-57

David Kopel |The Volokh Conspiracy | 3.14.2022 4:29 PM

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