by Spencer Ackerman | Apr 24, 2013 | Monitor
Powerful Americans are beginning to listen to Farea al-Muslimi, a 23-year-old, California-educated Yemeni who wants to stop the drone strikes in his country. Including some in the White House.
by Spencer Ackerman | Apr 23, 2013 | Monitor
For the first time, a Senate panel heard from a Yemeni citizen about what deadly U.S. drone strikes look like on the ground and through foreign eyes.
by Spencer Ackerman | Apr 23, 2013 | Monitor
Armed U.S. drones will remain in Afghanistan’s skies even after the U.S.’s longest war formally ends in 2014, the military confirmed today.
by Spencer Ackerman | Apr 17, 2013 | Monitor
It’s easier to send U.S. troops into Syria than it will be to end the conflict they’ll get involved in, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel warned a senate committee.
by Spencer Ackerman | Apr 16, 2013 | Monitor
Slow down a second. What happened in Boston may or may not have been terrorism. Here’s how to think through the distinction.