by Spencer Ackerman | Feb 1, 2013 | Monitor
A suicide bomber attacked the U.S. embassy in Ankara, the capitol of Turkey, killing at least two in the first major attack on a U.S. diplomatic facility since the assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
by Spencer Ackerman | Nov 2, 2012 | Monitor
A Naval explosives technician jumps out of a C-130 cargo plane above the Sigonella air base, 2009. Sigonella was a staging ground for two U.S. military units deployed to respond to the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Photo: U.S. Army A day...
by Spencer Ackerman | Nov 2, 2012 | Monitor
CIA Director David Petraeus rings the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange, Sept. 18, 2012. Photo: Flickr/CIA There’s an unexpected casualty of the September assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya: the reputation of David Petraeus, the...
by Spencer Ackerman | Oct 19, 2012 | Monitor
The chaotic aftermath of the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi contrasts sharply with a leisurely interview one of the top suspects in the attack has given to The New York Times, in the same city. Photo: Wikimedia No one from the FBI has interviewed...
by Spencer Ackerman | Oct 19, 2012 | Monitor
Justin Kolbeck, a State Department political adviser, at work in eastern Afghanistan, June 2011. State wants to equip diplomats like him with location trackers for added security. Photo: Flickr/ISAF Among the horrors of the September assault on the Benghazi consulate...
