Boeing Whistleblowers: John Barnett, Josh Dean, and 53 Days
Boeing whistleblowers John Barnett and Josh Dean exposed defective parts and failing safety systems, then died 53 days apart. Here's what they revealed.
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Every Story We've Investigated
24 investigations and counting, each one the full written story behind a Critical Choice video: what happened, who decided it, and what it cost.
Every page reconstructs the timeline from filings, court records and original reporting, then names the single decision that made the disaster inevitable. Filter by topic below, or start with the featured stories on the homepage.
The Amazon-iRobot Insider Trading Ring Hidden Inside Big Law
Elite law firm attorneys sold merger secrets for a decade, including Amazon's iRobot deal, before the FBI arrested 19 people in a single morning.
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Arion Kurtaj: The Teen Who Hacked GTA 6 With a Fire Stick
Arion Kurtaj hacked Rockstar and leaked GTA 6 from a Travelodge using an Amazon Fire Stick. The full story of the Lapsus$ teen and his indefinite sentence.
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Cluely: The Cheating Startup That Raised $20 Million
Roy Lee was suspended from Columbia for an AI cheating tool, then raised $20M for Cluely, the startup that told the world to cheat on everything.
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Haemanthus: Elizabeth Holmes' Partner Is Rebuilding Theranos
Elizabeth Holmes is in prison, and her partner Billy Evans raised $20M for Haemanthus, a blood-testing startup that looks eerily like Theranos.
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Dana White's Boxing Takeover: How TKO Plans to Own the Sport
Dana White and Saudi-backed TKO aren't fixing boxing. They're moving to own it, from Zuffa Boxing to a bill in Congress. Inside the takeover plan.
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GTA 6's $10 Billion Problem: The Biggest Bet in Entertainment
GTA 6's development cost may top $3 billion, the biggest bet in entertainment history. Inside the numbers, the delays, and what happens if it fails.
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The Soldier Who Bet $33,000 on the Maduro Raid, on Polymarket
A special forces soldier bet $33,000 on Polymarket that the Maduro raid would happen, hours before flying the mission himself. Then the DOJ came knocking.
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Coinbase Data Breach Explained: The Bribe That Cost $400 Million
A $20M ransom email, bribed support agents, and a $400M bill: how the 2025 Coinbase data breach happened and why Brian Armstrong refused to pay.
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Crimson Desert: The 'Flop' That Sold 5 Million Copies
Critics called Crimson Desert a flop and Pearl Abyss stock crashed 30% in a morning. Then players bought 5 million copies in five weeks.
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Medusa Ransomware: The Gang That Tried to Buy a BBC Journalist
The Medusa ransomware gang offered BBC cyber correspondent Joe Tidy 25% of a multimillion ransom to betray the BBC. He turned the sting into a story.
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Carlos Ghosn: The CEO Who Escaped Japan in a Box
Carlos Ghosn escaped Japan hidden in an audio equipment box in 2019. Inside the ex-Nissan CEO's arrest, the Green Beret operation, and life in Beirut.
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Jeffrey Bowie: The Cybersecurity CEO Who Hacked a Hospital
Veritaco CEO Jeffrey Bowie walked into an Oklahoma City hospital and installed spyware on staff computers. How a cybersecurity CEO became the hacker.
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Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein: The 'Huge Mistake'
At a 2026 town hall, Bill Gates called his Jeffrey Epstein meetings a huge mistake. The cognitive biases behind a billionaire's worst decision.
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Elon Musk's Twitter Deal: Inside the $44 Billion Mistake
Elon Musk waived due diligence on a $44 billion deal, tried to escape it, and was forced to close. What the Twitter takeover really cost, and who paid for it.
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The RAM Cartel: 3 Companies, 95% of the World's Memory
Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron control about 95% of the world's RAM. Inside the DRAM price fixing scandal, and why memory prices exploded again in 2026.
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Les Wexner and Epstein: Who Ran the $7 Billion Empire?
Les Wexner gave Jeffrey Epstein sweeping power of attorney over his Victoria's Secret fortune. How it happened, what it enabled, and what it finally cost.
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Cambridge Analytica Explained: The 87 Million Harvest
The Cambridge Analytica scandal explained: how a personality quiz harvested 87 million Facebook profiles, and the platform decision that made it possible.
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Why Everyone Wants Greenland: Rare Earths, Trump, and the Arctic
Greenland sits on $1 trillion in rare earths and the Arctic's new shipping lanes. Why Trump, Putin and Xi are all circling the same frozen island.
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Cayman Islands Tax Haven Explained: How One Island Hides Trillions
The Cayman Islands: 70,000 residents, 100,000 companies, trillions in hidden wealth. How one tiny island became the world's most powerful tax haven.
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WeWork Collapse Explained: $47 Billion to Zero in Six Weeks
WeWork's $47 billion valuation collapsed in just six weeks in 2019. How one S-1 filing exposed Adam Neumann's empire, and why he still walked away rich.
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Intel's Decline: How a $290B Empire Lost to Nvidia
Intel said no to the iPhone, no to buying Nvidia, and no to AI chips. The decisions that turned the world's top chipmaker into a cautionary tale.
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When Excite Refused to Buy Google for $1 Million
Google's founders offered to sell their search engine to Excite for $1 million and were turned down. The full story of the worst 'no' in business history.
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What Happened to Toys R Us? The $6.6B Deal That Killed It
Toys R Us didn't die because kids stopped playing. Inside the 2005 leveraged buyout that buried it under $5 billion of debt, and who profited from the fall.
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