by Spencer Ackerman | Sep 14, 2012 | Monitor
American foreign policy in the Middle East may have been hijacked by demonstrations and violent attacks that have besieged diplomatic outposts in the region. But judging from government contracts and solicitations issued while embassies were overrun and consulates...
by Spencer Ackerman | Sep 13, 2012 | Monitor
A Marine sniper observes a civilian evacuation exercise from the U.S. embassy in Doha, Qatar, May 2006. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps Updated, 6:00 p.m. Marines are on the ground in Tripoli. Two Navy ships are speeding toward Libyan waters. And neither they, nor the rest...
by Spencer Ackerman | Sep 12, 2012 | Monitor
Libyans walk on the grounds of the gutted U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. Photo: AP/Ibrahim Alaguri Updated 7:42 pm. It was not a simple mob that attacked the...
by Spencer Ackerman | Sep 12, 2012 | Monitor
A Predator drone waits in a hardened aircraft shelter in Iraq between missions during the now-ended Iraq war. Photo: U.S. Air Force The skies over Libya were clogged with U.S. Predator drones during last year’s war. But just because the war officially ended in...
by Robert Beckhusen | Sep 12, 2012 | Monitor
Sean Smith. Photo: via The Mittani On Tuesday, Sean Smith, a Foreign Service Information Management Officer assigned to the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, typed a message to the director of his online gaming guild: ”Assuming we don’t die tonight. We saw...
