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Max Fisher

Max Fisher

Former Vox Staff

    Latest articles by Max Fisher

    Cybersecurity
    German investigation says the NSA probably didn’t tap Merkel’s phone after allGerman investigation says the NSA probably didn’t tap Merkel’s phone after all
    Cybersecurity

    The document that the allegation was based on may not be authentic at all.

    By Max Fisher
    World Politics
    Map: The 54 countries that helped the CIA with its torture-linked rendition programMap: The 54 countries that helped the CIA with its torture-linked rendition program
    World Politics

    The agency’s torture program was even bigger than the Senate report suggests.

    By Max Fisher
    World Politics
    The disastrous flaw at the heart of the CIA’s torture programThe disastrous flaw at the heart of the CIA’s torture program
    World Politics

    The CIA torture program was designed from the beginning to fail.

    By Max Fisher
    World Politics
    The CIA torture report, summed up in four brutal sentencesThe CIA torture report, summed up in four brutal sentences
    World Politics

    Thousands of pages and years of investigation all boil down into four lines.

    By Max Fisher
    Syria
    Al-Qaeda murders American hostage during US special forces rescue attemptAl-Qaeda murders American hostage during US special forces rescue attempt
    Syria

    Al-Qaeda is escalating its war on American hostages. It’s only going to get worse.

    By Max Fisher
    archives
    The New Republic and the Beltway media’s race problemThe New Republic and the Beltway media’s race problem
    archives

    There are two parallel conversations among journalists about this magazine, almost totally separated by race.

    By Max Fisher
    World Politics
    Ashton Carter, Obama’s Defense Secretary pick, really wanted to bomb North Korea in 2006Ashton Carter, Obama’s Defense Secretary pick, really wanted to bomb North Korea in 2006
    World Politics

    Here are the strangest quotes from his bizarre 2006 op-ed.

    By Max Fisher
    archives
    Major jihadist attack in Chechnya for the first time in years: what you need to knowMajor jihadist attack in Chechnya for the first time in years: what you need to know
    archives

    Militants fought for hours with security forces in Grozny, leaving parts of downtown ablaze.

    By Max Fisher
    Cybersecurity
    Very scary new report says Iranian hackers took control of entire airport security systemsVery scary new report says Iranian hackers took control of entire airport security systems
    Cybersecurity

    Hackers infiltrated and seized security measures, including gate controls, in at least three countries.

    By Max Fisher
    Social Policy
    Congress wants to cancel Social Security for Nazis. Here’s why we can’t just arrest them.Congress wants to cancel Social Security for Nazis. Here’s why we can’t just arrest them.
    Social Policy

    America’s Nazi war criminal problem is a surprisingly tricky one.

    By Max Fisher