by Noah Shachtman | Oct 12, 2012 | Monitor
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta addresses the Business Executives for National Security dinner in New York City. Photo: DoD It was billed as the first major address by an American Secretary of Defense on cybersecurity — complete with newly declassified...
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 Noah Shachtman | Oct 3, 2012 | Monitor
A car burns after clashes in Benghazi. Photo: AP/Mohammad Hannon There’s fresh evidence that security at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was something less than first class. Documents recovered from the grounds of the American mission show that the guards there...
by Noah Shachtman | Oct 2, 2012 | Monitor
A picture of the British ambassador’s convoy after it was attacked in Benghazi. Photo: House Oversight Committee They might as well have painted a target on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. During the spring and summer, militants attacked the American diplomatic...
by Noah Shachtman | Sep 29, 2012 | Monitor
An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft takes off from Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Photo: USAF Government officials claim they’re ultra-precise killing machines that never, ever miss their targets. Outside groups say they’re covered in children’s blood....
