Inside Biden’s Secret Arms Deal
The U.S. orchestrated a secret arms deal to send weapons to Ukraine, helping Pakistan reach the threshold needed for an International Monetary Fund loan to save the country's economy, according to two...
22 Sep 202339min
How a Leaked Cable Upended Pakistani Politics — And Exposed U.S. Meddling
This is a special crossover episode with our sister podcast, Deconstructed. It's a big investigation from Ryan Grim and Murtaza Hussain.Last week, Intercept journalists Ryan Grim and Murtaza Hussain p...
18 Aug 202342min
Niger Mutiny: Another U.S.-Trained Military Officer Led Coup
Troops from Niger ousted the country’s democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, last week. One of the coup leaders had previously received training from the U.S. government, becoming the 11th...
2 Aug 202340min
Protests in Israel: The Right’s Further Consolidation of Power
Despite months of widespread protests, Israel's right-wing government passed a law on Monday curbing the authority of the country's Supreme Court to block government decisions. This legislative action...
26 Juli 202349min
The Indiscriminate Rain of Cluster Bombs
The United States sent cluster munitions to Ukraine, bombs banned by 123 countries due to how they kill and maim indiscriminately over a wide area and for years after a conflict. This week on Intercep...
19 Juli 20231h
A Teen Slain by Police Uproots France
The fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk during a traffic stop in Paris, France, sparked days of protests across the country. This week on Intercepted, host Murtaza Hussain is joined by ...
12 Juli 202348min
CIA Arms Dealer Was Actually DEA Target
In 2016, Flaviu Georgescu was found guilty and sentenced of attempting to traffic weapons to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, an insurgent group on the U.S. terror list. But when he was arr...
28 Juni 202348min
Turkish Elections: Erdogan’s Autocracy Continues
This week, the Turkish government announced it will raise its monthly minimum wage by 34 percent to address inflation and the economic crisis in the country. Despite the long-standing problems in Turk...
21 Juni 202355min
