WHAT DOES IT take to complete a major investigation? A lot of coffee, for one. But the key ingredient is probably the one that journalists have the least of these days: time. Time to run down leads that don’t pan out. Time to deeply understand an issue. Time to keep sources safe. Time to badger, pester, and sometimes sue government agencies to liberate information that belongs to the public.
This issue that you’re holding contains about seven years’ worth of reporting. And it’s the direct
