by Spencer Ackerman | Nov 16, 2012 | Monitor
Former CIA Director David Petraeus knew the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was attacked by al-Qaida-aligned terrorists. Only he wasn’t so certain when he first briefed Congress on the Libyan disaster, just days after it occurred.
by Ashley Boyle | Nov 15, 2012 | Monitor
ASP Fellow Joshua Foust is interviewed as part of a discussion about national security and intelligence issues that have arisen from US counterterrorism efforts and events in Benghazi, Libya. Watch the discussion here: National Security Myopia –...
by David Axe and Noah Shachtman | Nov 13, 2012 | Monitor
Gen. John Allen in Afghanistan last December. Photo: NATO ISAF Updated 8:48 am. The sex scandal that brought down former Army general and CIA Director David Petraeus has expanded to engulf another senior official: Marine Corps Gen. John Allen, the commander of U.S....
by Noah Shachtman and Spencer Ackerman | Nov 12, 2012 | Monitor
Updated 2:36 pm. The mistress of former CIA Director David Petraeus publicly discussed sensitive and previously unknown details about the assault on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya. In an Oct. 26 alumni symposium at the University of Denver, Paula Broadwell said...
by Galen Petruso | Oct 25, 2012 | Monitor
October 25 2012 Fighting rages in Syria before Brahimi’s truce Khaled Yacoub Oweis/Reuters Despite encouragement from China and Iran for all sides to respect a proposed ceasefire over the four-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, Syrian forces have escalated operations...
