by Spencer Ackerman | Oct 16, 2012 | Monitor
In an undated photograph, Osama bin Laden watches a video of himself in the Abbottabad compound he would ultimately die in. Photo: U.S. government There was more evidence that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction than there was that a mysterious, tall man...
by editor | Oct 11, 2012 | COMOPS Journal, Media, Narrative
by Karina Sandhu Beginning September 11, 2001 and ending on May 2, 2011, in the eyes of many Americans, the terrorist organization al-Qaeda, was born, raised, lived, and died. Despite the fact that al-Qaeda was founded in 1989 and continues to exist today, many...
by Noah Shachtman | Oct 10, 2012 | Monitor
A model of Osama bin Laden’s compound, found on Bing. Photo: Microsoft A top-secret base in Taiwan, revealed on Apple Maps. The Navy SEALs’ rehearsal site for the Osama bin Laden raid, found on Bing. Once again, commercial satellites have snapped images of...
by Spencer Ackerman | Sep 7, 2012 | Monitor
President Barack Obama speaks to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC, on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP Perhaps you haven’t been paying too much attention to the news lately. If so, the Democratic Party has a message for...
by Elizabeth Deal | Sep 5, 2012 | Monitor
The presentation to Pentagon officials last week of the Navy SEAL’s account of the Abbottabad raid has raised many questions as to how the operation was conducted and the moral implications of killing Osama Bin Laden. New controversy, however, has overshadowed the...