The Al Qaeda apostate
A mastermind of the group’s murderous strategy
reconsiders terrorism. Lawrence Wright reports

The dirty trickster
Jeffrey Toobin on campaign tips from Roger Stone
a G.O.P. point man from Watergate to Bush v. Gore

Beijing’s Olympic palaces
Paul Goldberger on an architectural blowout

Phasers on stun
Alec Wilkinson on crime fighting of the future

Plus:
Sasha Frere-Jones on Usher
David Denby on Indiana Jones
Jonathan Rosen on Milton