by Spencer Ackerman | Dec 5, 2012 | Monitor
The elite commandos in Afghanistan just got a new base of operations. And it’s owned by Blackwater, thanks to a $22 million no-bid deal.
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 Noah Shachtman and David Axe | Oct 29, 2012 | Monitor
A MQ-9 Reaper drone on the runway in Ft. Drum, New York. Photo: USAF Four years after discovering that militants were tapping into drone video feeds, the U.S. military still hasn’t secured the transmissions of more than half of its fleet of Predator and Reaper...
by Noah Shachtman | Oct 25, 2012 | Monitor
A U.S. Army chemical weapons crew takes samples from an M55 rocket. Photo: U.S. Army The regime of embattled Syrian dictator Bashar Assad is actively working to enlarge its arsenal of chemical weapons, U.S. officials tell Danger Room. Assad’s operatives have...
by Noah Shachtman and Spencer Ackerman | Oct 11, 2012 | Monitor
The Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Photo: U.S. Army The idea of closing down Guantanamo Bay and transferring its detainee population to the United States was supposed to be dead. But someone forgot to tell Congress’ independent research agency. At the behest...