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Kaveh Waddell

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Kaveh Waddell is an independent journalist based in Beirut. Previously, he covered surveillance and digital privacy as an associate editor at The Atlantic in Washington, D.C.

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The Best Map of US Bases Abroad Didn't Come From an Intelligence Agency

It was supposed to be fun: Compiled from more than a billion paths taken by users of Strava, a workout-tracking app, an interactive online heat map shows “where we play” the…

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Extreme Vetting? DHS Wants an App for That

Over the summer, the Department of Homeland Security announced a singular opportunity for a contractor to be a part of one of President Trump’s signature campaign promises: to…

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Why Did Lebanon Detain an Award-Winning Lebanese Director?

It wasn’t exactly a hero’s welcome. A week after his newest film, “The Insult,” won a major prize at the Venice International Film Festival, the Lebanese director Ziad Doueiri found…

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