by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 7, 2013 | Monitor
The next Pentagon chief was OK with warrantless surveillance, wanted to put U.S. ground troops in Kosovo, and loves missile defense. So much for Chuck Hagel’s dovishness.
by Noah Shachtman | Nov 30, 2012 | Monitor
It had all the trappings of a classic Pentagon scandal. But the Army has just concluded that a flap over competing intelligence systems was the result of a bureaucratic screw-up.
by Spencer Ackerman | Nov 29, 2012 | Monitor
Think you can’t close Guantanamo Bay? A new congressional study prompted by a powerful Senator found up to 104 places inside the U.S. to put Gitmo detainees. It’s just going to take some major modifications.
by Noah Shachtman | Nov 29, 2012 | Monitor
The Senate on Wednesday threw a life raft to the Navy’s beleaguered plan to power its ships and jets with biofuel.
by Spencer Ackerman | Nov 16, 2012 | Monitor
Former CIA Director David Petraeus knew the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was attacked by al-Qaida-aligned terrorists. Only he wasn’t so certain when he first briefed Congress on the Libyan disaster, just days after it occurred.