Editors' Note [Dec. 18, 2020]: The Times has published an Editors’ Note concluding that episodes featuring a central character in “Caliphate” did not meet our standards for accuracy. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/podcasts/caliphate-editors-note.html" target="_blank">Read the full statement</a>.We found a trove of secret documents after Mosul fell. It led us to the mother of an ISIS official.

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Editors' Note [Dec. 18, 2020]: The Times has published an Editors’ Note concluding that episodes featuring a central character in “Caliphate” did not meet our standards for accuracy. Read the full statement.

We found a trove of secret documents after Mosul fell. It led us to the mother of an ISIS official.

Chapter Eight: The Briefcase

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