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Peter Finn @PeterFinnProP

Assistant Managing Editor, Washington, at ProPublica. Author of "A Guest of the Reich" and co-author of "The Zhivago Affair."

Joined April 2014
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We’re excited to share news about several journalists joining The Atlantic as part of a continued newsroom expansion: @sophiah_n and @ksieff as staff writers; along with @theobalcomb and @jon_fischer as senior editors. More here: theatlantic.com/press-releas…

The Atlantic Announces Sophia Nguyen and Kevin Sieff as Staff Writers; and Theo Balcomb and...

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The pigeon heist: How racing birds became the target of organized crime wapo.st/42bOR55

The pigeon heist: How racing birds became the target of organized crime

Pigeon races in Chinese cities became opulent symbols of China’s economic boom, with purses over $100 million — exceeding most of the world’s major sports.

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The Washington Post is one of America's great institutions, even though when my friends there kills us on big stories I sometimes wish it weren't so great. The Post delivers essential, groundbreaking journalism that the world needs more than ever. #whyIsubscribe
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American creating deep fakes targeting Harris works with Russian intel, documents show wapo.st/4dYOKNr

American creating deepfakes targeting Harris works with Russian intel, documents show

Russian documents reviewed by The Post expose the workings of a Moscow network that has become a potent source of fake news targeting American voters.

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The whistleblower who triggered Trump’s first impeachment speaks about it for the first time. His career was upended and his life was put at risk. He still wonders if it was worth it. washingtonpost.com/politics/…

The CIA analyst who triggered Trump’s first impeachment asks: Was it worth it?

The whistleblower’s lonely stand upended his career and put his life at risk. Now he’s speaking about it for the first time.

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Canada alleges much wider campaign by Modi government against Sikhs wapo.st/40mVNwn

Canada alleges much wider campaign by Modi government against Sikhs

Canada on Monday ordered six Indian diplomats to leave the country, including India’s top diplomat in Ottawa, Sanjay Kumar Verma, officials said.

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Mossad’s pager operation: Inside Israel’s penetration of Hezbollah wapo.st/3NfkRNV

Mossad’s pager operation: Inside Israel’s penetration of Hezbollah

New details emerge of Israel’s elaborate plan to sabotage Hezbollah communications devices to kill or maim thousands of its operatives.

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Investigating State Attacks on Exiles: Lessons from The Washington Post’s ‘Repression’s Long Arm’ Series @gijn gijn.org/stories/lessons-fro…

Investigating State Attacks on Exiles: Lessons from The Washington Post’s ‘Repression’s Long Arm’...

The international investigations team at The Washington Post is tackling the issue of transnational repression in an ongoing series called Repression’s Long Arm.

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Iran turns to Hells Angels and other criminal gangs to target critics wapo.st/3B1vDEE

Iran turns to Hells Angels and other criminal gangs to target critics

Iran has cultivated ties with criminal networks in the West to carry out a recent wave of violent plots in the United States and Europe.

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How China extended its repression into an American city wapo.st/4e8r4qd

How China extended its repression into an American city

Events in San Francisco illustrate how the Chinese Communist Party is willing to target people exercising their First Amendment rights in an American city.

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An elite rock climber went blind. Then he relearned to climb sheer rock faces without vision. Here's our piece on Jesse Dufton: an account of human achievement and a love story between two climbers. washingtonpost.com/world/int…

An elite rock climber lost his vision, then found a way to climb blind

There are two ways to tell the story of Jesse Dufton. One is about a talented blind rock climber. The other — the more complete one — is a love story.

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Sanctions crushed Syria’s elite. So they built a zombie economy fueled by drugs. wapo.st/3zZRVWP

Sanctions crushed Syria’s elite. So they built a zombie economy fueled by drugs.

A U.S.-led sanctions campaign aimed to force Syria’s brutal leaders to step aside. A multibillion-dollar illicit drug industry arose to preserve their grip on power.

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Part 2: As a trafficker pursued dreams of soccer glory, investigators closed in wapo.st/46bNowv

As a trafficker pursued dreams of soccer glory, investigators closed in

Sebastian Marset bounced from team to team as he indulged his soccer fantasy, sold tons of cocaine and tried to stay ahead of the law.

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A double life: The cocaine kingpin who hid as a professional soccer player wapo.st/3WsKUqc

A double life: The cocaine kingpin who hid as a professional soccer player

A trafficker in Latin America used his wealth to buy professional soccer teams and then fulfilled a boyhood dream: He inserted himself into the starting lineups.

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Robert Winnett will not join The Post as editor, according to his boss at the U.K. Telegraph. BREAKING. washingtonpost.com/style/med…

Robert Winnett will not join The Post as editor

Robert Winnett, hired by Washington Post publisher William Lewis, faced questions about his U.K. work, including stories based on stolen records.

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China cultivated high-rolling crime families before turning on them wapo.st/3Ry8Fuj

China cultivated high-rolling crime families before turning on them

A Post investigation found that criminal networks in Myanmar enjoyed the protection of Chinese officials as well as the military government in Myanmar.

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How Mexico’s cartels infiltrated the tortilla business wapo.st/3QYAfR7

How Mexico’s cartels infiltrated the tortilla business

Mexico’s cartels are expanding beyond drugs, creating vast extortion networks. They’re shaking down a host of businesses, including producers of the tortilla.

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With Europe’s support, North African nations push migrants to the desert wapo.st/3UQ292T

With Europe’s support, North African nations push migrants to the desert

Europe backs aggressive operations by governments in North Africa that lead to migrants being dumped in barren deserts, a joint investigation shows.

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An assassination plot on American soil reveals a darker side of Modi’s India wapo.st/3w3RrgT

An assassination plot on American soil reveals a darker side of Modi’s India

India’s intelligence service has aggressively targeted Indian diaspora populations in Asia, Europe and North America, officials said.

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The prison battle that led to a gang war wapo.st/4b0ldlt

The prison battle that led to a gang war

In a single day, at least 120 people were killed in Ecuador’s deadliest prison battle. One inmate witnessed the gang fighting up close.

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