THEBLACKBOOK AUDIT

Time

Our investigations stand on Time's reporting. This page collects every story of theirs we cite, every page on this site that uses it, and how we graded each claim built on it.

The reporting we cite

7 stories, each opening at its source.

Where their work appears on this site

How we graded the claims built on their work

6 FACT · 1 PROBABLY TRUE · 1 FALSE / MISLEADING. A grade is our reading of the public record on one claim, not a verdict on the person.

  1. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissented from the 1992 appellate ruling out of sympathy for Pollard.

    FALSE / MISLEADING
    Jonathan Pollard: the largest documented US intelligence theft on behalf of a foreign ally →
  2. Prince Andrew's settlement with Virginia Giuffre

    FACT
    The Cover-Up That Didn't End: crime, settlement, and the fight over the Epstein files →
  3. Rickard's tip led directly to Mandela's Howick arrest.

    PROBABLY TRUE
    The CIA and Mandela →
  4. The $10,000 condo stake: a masked multimillion-dollar gift.

    FACT
    The Small Loan →
  5. The Broederbond and the church

    FACT
    The Pretoria Playbook →
  6. The CIA has never officially confirmed or denied Rickard's account and has declassified no file naming him.

    FACT
    The CIA and Mandela →
  7. The denial, then the confession: 2012 WSJ vs. 2016 Irvin

    FACT
    CIA Crimes →
  8. Trump and Vance campaigned in 2024 on releasing the Epstein files

    FACT
    An Epstein Cover-Up? →