Dave Lindorff

Dave Lindorff, a frequent contributor to The Nation, is an independent journalist who writes on Cold War, climate change and other issues. He spent six years as a correspondent in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan for Business Week and was the winner of a 2019 Izzy Award for Outstanding Independent Journalism.

Covert OpsJanuary 4, 2022

One Brother Gave the Soviets the A-Bomb. The Other Got a Medal.

J. Edgar Hoover had both of them in his sights. Yet neither one was ever arrested. The untold story of how the Hall brothers beat the FBI.

Dave Lindorff
Climate ChangeJuly 26, 2021

Coastal Landfills Are No Match for Rising Seas

As sea levels rise, the landfills along the US coasts have become a ticking environmental time bomb. So why does the federal government have no plan to avoid this looming catastrophe?

Dave Lindorff
ActivismJuly 2, 2020

Tear Gas and Clubs in Lafayette Square Were Just the Beginning

Trump and Barr are turning to the “Occupy model” to crush the current uprising against police brutality.

Dave Lindorff
Climate ChangeSeptember 19, 2019

The US Navy Has a Water Problem

The Second Fleet was reactivated to patrol the Arctic. Only problem is, the fleet’s home is on the front lines of sea-level rise: Naval Station Norfolk.

Dave Lindorff
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National SecurityAugust 22, 2019

I’m a Journalist. Why Did I End Up on an FBI Terrorist Watch List?

The use of “watch lists” to harass dissidents and journalists—as well as Muslims—appears to be growing, as the author discovered when he recently got caught in the net.

Dave Lindorff
US Wars and Military ActionNovember 27, 2018

Exclusive: The Pentagon’s Massive Accounting Fraud Exposed

How US military spending keeps rising even as the Pentagon flunks its audit.

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EconomyMarch 30, 2012

Colleges Withhold Transcripts From Grads in Loan Default

Already facing crippling debt and a rocky job market, students in default can’t even get access to the grades they’ve already earned.

Dave Lindorff
GovernmentAugust 30, 2007

NASA Scientists Challenge Security Rules

Wary of government efforts to silence global warming research, scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab and Goddard Space Flight Center are going to court to block new security rules.

Dave Lindorff
PoliticsSeptember 21, 2006

War Signals?

As a strike group of six US Naval vessels prepares to deploy to the Persian Gulf, wary critics of the Bush Administration and some members of the military are raising flags that an “October surprise” attack on Iran may be imminent. Others are skeptical.

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Criminal JusticeJanuary 27, 2005

Chertoff and Torture

Back on Friday, June 12, 2002, the Defense Department had a big problem: Its new policy on torture of captives in the “war on terror” was about to be exposed.

Dave Lindorff

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Dave Lindorff

Covert OpsJanuary 4, 2022

J. Edgar Hoover had both of them in his sights. Yet neither one was ever arrested. The untold story of how the Hall brothers beat the FBI.

Climate ChangeJuly 26, 2021

As sea levels rise, the landfills along the US coasts have become a ticking environmental time bomb. So why does the federal government have no plan to avoid this looming catastrophe?

ActivismJuly 2, 2020

Trump and Barr are turning to the “Occupy model” to crush the current uprising against police brutality.

Climate ChangeSeptember 19, 2019

The Second Fleet was reactivated to patrol the Arctic. Only problem is, the fleet’s home is on the front lines of sea-level rise: Naval Station Norfolk.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

National SecurityAugust 22, 2019

The use of “watch lists” to harass dissidents and journalists—as well as Muslims—appears to be growing, as the author discovered when he recently got caught in the net.

US Wars and Military ActionNovember 27, 2018

How US military spending keeps rising even as the Pentagon flunks its audit.

EconomyMarch 30, 2012

Already facing crippling debt and a rocky job market, students in default can’t even get access to the grades they’ve already earned.

GovernmentAugust 30, 2007

Wary of government efforts to silence global warming research, scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab and Goddard Space Flight Center are going to court to block new security rules.

PoliticsSeptember 21, 2006

As a strike group of six US Naval vessels prepares to deploy to the Persian Gulf, wary critics of the Bush Administration and some members of the military are raising flags that an “October surprise” attack on Iran may be imminent. Others are skeptical.

Criminal JusticeJanuary 27, 2005

Back on Friday, June 12, 2002, the Defense Department had a big problem: Its new policy on torture of captives in the “war on terror” was about to be exposed.