Caliphate

<p>Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The Times, discusses where “Caliphate” failed to meet Times standards. And Mark Mazzetti, an investigative correspondent for The Times, details new reporting that casts significant doubt on the claims of a central figure in the series.</p><p>Editors' Note: 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/podcast

<p><i><strong>Editors' Note [Dec. 18, 2020]: </strong>The Times has published an Editors’ Note concluding that episodes featuring a central character in “Caliphate” did not meet our standards for accuracy. </i><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/podcasts/caliphate-editors-note.html" target="_blank"><i>Read the full statement</i></a><i>.</i></p><p>What does the future hold for the ISIS returnee who confessed to murder? And what does he believe now?</p>

<p><i><strong>Editors' Note [Dec. 18, 2020]: </strong>The Times has published an Editors’ Note concluding that episodes featuring a central character in “Caliphate” did not meet our standards for accuracy. </i><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/podcasts/caliphate-editors-note.html" target="_blank"><i>Read the full statement</i></a><i>.</i></p><p>After three years in ISIS captivity, a young Yazidi girl returns to her family. Rukmini is there to witness it.</p>

<p><i><strong>Editors' Note [Dec. 18, 2020]: </strong>The Times has published an Editors’ Note concluding that episodes featuring a central character in “Caliphate” did not meet our standards for accuracy. </i><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/podcasts/caliphate-editors-note.html" target="_blank"><i>Read the full statement</i></a><i>.</i></p><p>Slavery was enmeshed in the theology of ISIS. Rukmini speaks to an ISIS detainee who challenges her to find the girl he enslaved. She does.</p>

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

<p><i><strong>Editors' Note [Dec. 18. 2020]:  </strong></i>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>.</p><p>What did ISIS leave behind as their hold on Mosul crumbled?</p>

<p><i><strong>Editors' Note [Dec. 18. 2020]: </strong></i>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>.</p><p>“Something was off.” Rukmini’s doubt fuels a quest to uncover the truth.</p>

<p><i><strong>Editors' Note [Dec. 18, 2020]: </strong>The Times has published an Editors’ Note concluding that episodes featuring a central character in “Caliphate” did not meet our standards for accuracy. </i><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/podcasts/caliphate-editors-note.html" target="_blank"><i>Read the full statement</i></a><i>.</i></p><p>The recruit carried out the killing. Then he questioned everything.</p>