THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 10.5.25 Issue features Matthieu Aikins and Victor J. Blue reporting on crimes and impunity in the U.S. Special Forces.

They Celebrated Vigilante Justice on the Battlefield. Then They Brought It Home.

Pete Hegseth’s advocacy for service members accused of war crimes, and Trump’s pardons of them, have helped usher in an era of military aggression and disregard for the rule of law. By Matthieu Aikins  and  Victor J. Blue

Did a Green Beret Unit Commit One of the Worst U.S. War Crimes in Decades?

In 2012, after a team member was nearly killed, a Special Forces unit went on a rampage that might have been one of the worst war crimes in recent U.S. history. By Matthieu Aikins and Victor J. Blue

How War-Crime Accusations Against Green Berets Were Denied and Buried

As cases of lawless behavior and extrajudicial killings mounted, the Special Forces had to decide how to respond — and whom to protect. By Matthieu Aikins and Victor J. Blue