by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Jan 23, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee SharpeThe following piece is also appearing in the Bengali daily published by the Times of India in Kolkata, IndiaU.S. President Barack Obama had practically nothing to say about foreign policy in his second inaugural address, but the figures he has...
by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 14, 2013 | Monitor
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) wants John Brennan, President Obama’s nominee to lead the CIA, to explain the administration’s rationale for targeting U.S. citizens with drone strikes.
by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 10, 2013 | Monitor
Seven U.S. drone strikes in 10 days isn’t enough to get Pakistani officials to raise their objections about an intensifying drone war.
by Spencer Ackerman and Noah Shachtman | Jan 9, 2013 | Monitor
John Brennan is probably going to be the next CIA director. Just not before senators have a chance to grill him about national-security leaks, torture and killer drones.
by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 8, 2013 | Monitor
The U.S. drone war in Pakistan appears to be back in a big way: after a two-year decline, U.S. drones battered Pakistan six times in eight days, killing 35.