by Robert Beckhusen | Apr 12, 2013 | Monitor
Here’s how serious the U.S. is about its African war on terror. The Pentagon is preparing to spend millions to create a privatized flying taxi service to fly its commandos everywhere from Libya to Congo.
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 Spencer Ackerman | Dec 4, 2012 | Monitor
The State Department has quietly built up its own air force, focused on counternarcotics. And a new announcement shows it could be worth up to $10 billion for the contractors who keep it flying.
by Spencer Ackerman | Nov 21, 2012 | Monitor
The U.S. war in Afghanistan is supposed to be winding down. Its contractor-led drug war? Not so much. It could last past the U.S. handover date for the war, and the government wants to run it out of the 10-acre …
by Noah Shachtman | Oct 3, 2012 | Monitor
A car burns after clashes in Benghazi. Photo: AP/Mohammad Hannon There’s fresh evidence that security at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was something less than first class. Documents recovered from the grounds of the American mission show that the guards there...
