Rolf Ekeus, his appearance can deceive. He looks somewhere between an international diplomat and a mad professor. He's got that sort of shock of white hair and a slightly absent-minded way of speaking. But he's extremely sharp and very serious about power relationships. Barton Gellman absentappearancedeceive share on social
It no longer counts as remarkable that Egyptians organized their uprising on social media. Barton Gellman countegyptianlong Change image and share on social
The surveillance of ordinary people is far greater than I would have imagined and far greater than the American public has been able to debate. Barton Gellman americandebategreat Change image and share on social
True net-heads sometimes resort to punctuation cartoons to get around the absence of inflection. Barton Gellman absencecartoonhead Change image and share on social
Most people inside the bureau believe that the blown opportunities to head off 9/11 would not recur today. Even among the FBI's doubters, few disagree that the bureau has come a long way. Barton Gellman blowbureaudisagree Change image and share on social
If Iraq had succeeded in spray-drying anthrax spores to extend their life and lethality, that would have been among the most important secrets of its wide-ranging weapons program. Barton Gellman anthraxdryextend Change image and share on social
The first and pivotal negotiations over global access to AIDS drugs began in Geneva in 1991. They lasted two years, but confidential minutes suggest they were doomed the first day. Barton Gellman accessaidbegin Change image and share on social
For a decade, makers of AIDS medicines had rejected the idea of lowering prices in poor countries for fear of eroding profits in rich ones. The position required a balancing act, because the companies had to deflect attacks on the global reach of their patents, which granted exclusive marketing rights for antiretroviral drugs. Barton Gellman actaidantiretroviral share on social
The U.S. government has known since the early 1990s about Soviet-era smallpox weapons, and collected circumstantial evidence of programs elsewhere. Barton Gellman 1990scircumstantialcollect Change image and share on social
Palestinians have had to live for a long time with the fact that Israelis had power over them in their everyday lives. Barton Gellman everydayfactisraeli Change image and share on social