by Spencer Ackerman | Nov 1, 2012 | Monitor
Joseph Leader, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Vice President and Chief Maintenance Officer, shines a flashlight on standing water inside the South Ferry 1 train station in New York, NY, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Photo: Craig...
by Noah Shachtman | Oct 31, 2012 | Monitor
Medical workers assist a patient into an ambulance during an evacuation of New York University’s Tisch Hospital on Monday. Photo: AP / John Minchillo Updated 8:42 a.m. Hours after being contacted by Danger Room, the New York Army National Guard on Tuesday night...
by Spencer Ackerman and Noah Shachtman | Oct 9, 2012 | Monitor
The aftermath of violent late September clashes in Benghazi, Libya. Photo: AP/Mohammad Hannon The day after Islamic extremists attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, the nation’s top counterterrorists hosted something of a brainstorming session on how to keep...
by Spencer Ackerman | Oct 8, 2012 | Monitor
A soldier launches a Raven drone from Schofield Barracks, Hawaii as part of an August training exercise. Now the Department of Homeland Security is interested in small drones as well. Photo: U.S. Army There was a time when the Department of Homeland Security...
by Spencer Ackerman | Oct 3, 2012 | Monitor
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano tours a Tennessee fusion center. Photo: TN.gov They’re supposed to be “one of the centerpieces of our counterterrorism strategy,” according to Janet Napolitano, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. In...