David D. Kirkpatrick

David D. Kirkpatrick , a staff writer at The New Yorker , is the author of “ Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East .”

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He Helped Stop Iran from Getting the Bomb

a reporter at large · April 6, 2026

A former C.I.A. officer says that he recruited scientists as part of the United States’ effort to disrupt Iran’s nuclear program.

The Next Targets for the Group That Overturned Roe

a reporter at large · October 9, 2023

The conservative Christian group that overturned Roe v. Wade has won fifteen Supreme Court cases. Now it wants religious exemptions to anti-discrimination laws. David D. Kirkpatrick reports.

The Dirty Secrets of a Smear Campaign

a reporter at large · April 3, 2023

Rumors destroyed Hazim Nada’s company. Then hackers handed him terabytes of files exposing a covert campaign against him—and the culprit wasn’t a rival but an entire country, David D. Kirkpatrick reports.