by Noah Shachtman | Sep 29, 2012 | Monitor
An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft takes off from Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Photo: USAF Government officials claim they’re ultra-precise killing machines that never, ever miss their targets. Outside groups say they’re covered in children’s blood....
by Noah Shachtman | Sep 6, 2012 | Monitor
President Obama doesn’t like to talk about how he uses drones to kill suspected militants — including American citizens. Explanations about who gets picked for remote-control death and who does the picking are left to underlings and aides. Just a few days...
by Spencer Ackerman | Sep 4, 2012 | Monitor
President Obama greets troops at Ft. Bliss, Texas, Aug. 31. Photo: Department of Defense/Flickr You’re about to hear a lot from the Democratic National Convention about the Master of the World the rest of us call President Barack Obama. Since the Charlotte...
by Noah Shachtman | Aug 30, 2012 | Monitor
Osama bin Laden films an undated propaganda video. Photo: CIA Before SEAL Team 6 was sent into Pakistan to kill Osama bin Laden, the troops were given a cover story, in case the mission went south. They were supposed to say that they were deep in Pakistani territory,...
by Spencer Ackerman | Aug 23, 2012 | Monitor
International Security Assistance Force Commander U.S. Marine Corps General John Allen visits Forward Operating Base Farah, August 11, 2012. Photo: ISAF/Flickr General John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, said he still doesn’t know why at least 10...