by Robert Beckhusen | Jan 9, 2013 | Monitor
It’s been nearly a decade since contractors and U.S. soldiers worked together to torture Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Now, for the first time, one of those companies has been forced to pay the victims.
by Robert Beckhusen | Nov 30, 2012 | Monitor
It can be a little deceiving to think of Mexico’s drug cartels as simply gangsters. Instead, they’ve blurred the distinctions between organized crime and quasi-military insurgents, with plenty of firepower to back it up.
by Robert Beckhusen | Nov 26, 2012 | Monitor
The deceptive multi-aliased filmmaker behind the shlocky Islamophobic movie “Innocence of Muslims” is even sneakier than we thought. His 17th alias has been uncovered, along with the filmmaker’s history as a one-time salesman of drug...
by Kim Zetter | Nov 12, 2012 | Monitor
U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, presides over a reenlistment and awards ceremony while visiting Soldiers of Task Force Mountain Warrior. Photo: U.S. Army Spc. Albert L. Kelley, 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Every year...
by Noah Shachtman | Nov 8, 2012 | Monitor
Steve Seiden, attorney for Mark Basseley Youssef, speaks after a hearing for his client at U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Photo: AP/Reed Saxon The White House is no longer blaming him and his inflammatory video for sparking an attack that killed the...