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The Big Interview

How to Lead an Army of Digital Sleuths in the Age of AI

Eliot Higgins and his 28,000 forensic foot soldiers at Bellingcat have kept a miraculous nose for truth—and a sharp sense of its limits—in Gaza, Ukraine, and everywhere else atrocities hide online.
Opioid Crisis

On the Trail of the Fentanyl King

Originally published March 2023: An Iraqi translator for the US military emigrated to Texas to start a new life. He ended up becoming one of the biggest drug dealers on the dark web.