Meet the Man Behind the Planned Parenthood Videos
The debate over Planned Parenthood has roiled national politics for months. It was a heated topic in the recent GOP presidential debate, it's a fixture on the campaign trail and congressional leaders are scrambling to sidestep the government shutdown that could result Sept. 30 if rank-and-file Republican insist on stripping Planned Parenthood's funding. But the man who catalyzed the commotion has remained mostly a mystery. David Daleiden, 26, spent two-and-a-half years on his undercover operation to infiltrate the women's health organization, secretly recording videos that sparked a partisan uproar after he began posting them online in July. A profile in the new issue of TIME explains how he did it. Here are a few of the takeaways from the story, Read Next Why Planned Parenthood Provides Fetal Cells to Scientists