Julian Barnes

I'm Julian Barnes.

I'm an intelligence reporter at The New York Times.

I try to find out what the U.S.

government is keeping secret.

Governments keep secrets for all kinds of reasons.

They might be embarrassed by the information.

They might think the public can't understand it.

But we at The New York Times think that democracy works best when the public is informed.

It takes a lot of time to find people willing to talk about those secrets.

Many people with information have a certain agenda or have a certain angle, and that's why it requires talking to a lot of people to make sure that we're not misled and that we give a complete story to our readers.

If The New York Times was not reporting these stories, some of them might never come to light.

If you want to support this kind of work, you can do that by subscribing to The New York Times.

I'm Julian Barnes.

I'm an intelligence reporter at The New York Times.

I try to find out what the U.S.

government is keeping secret.

It takes a lot of time to find people willing to talk about those secrets.

It requires talking to a lot of people to make sure that we're not misled and that we give a complete story to our readers.

If The New York Times was not reporting these stories, some of them might never come to light.

If you want to support this kind of work, you can do that by subscribing to The New York Times.