Secrecy
Our Columnists
The Secret Joke at the Heart of the Harvard Affirmative-Action Case
A federal official wrote a parody of Harvard’s attitude toward Asian Americans and shared it with the dean of admissions. Why did a judge try to hide that from the public?
By Jeannie Suk Gersen
A Reporter at Large
The Surreal Case of a C.I.A. Hacker’s Revenge
A hot-headed coder is accused of exposing the agency’s hacking arsenal. Did he betray his country because he was pissed off at his colleagues?
By Patrick Radden Keefe