by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 31, 2013 | Monitor
If Chuck Hagel wins approval in the Senate to run the Pentagon, as President Obama desires, it’ll be despite his performance in his confirmation hearing on Thursday, not because of it. The former Nebraska Republican senator stumbled through questions ranging...
by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 31, 2013 | Monitor
Want to know how Chuck Hagel will run the Pentagon? If you listen to his remarks to the Senate for his confirmation hearing, he’ll be a lot like Obama’s previous defense secretaries.
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.
by Spencer Ackerman and Noah Shachtman | Jan 8, 2013 | Monitor
The president’s pick to head the CIA is about to become the most feared man in the intelligence bureaucracy — if he isn’t that guy already.
by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 7, 2013 | Monitor
President Obama’s pick to head the CIA is the Godfather of drone strikes. Not that that’s stopped his critics from calling him soft on terrorism.