by Spencer Ackerman | Feb 5, 2013 | Monitor
Once, a nation could only attack another if it had evidence an enemy was readying an “imminent” attack. To justify drone strikes on American citizens, President Obama redefined imminence out of existence.
by Spencer Ackerman | Feb 5, 2013 | Monitor
According to a new study, 54 countries helped the CIA outsource torture — whether by providing foreign prisons for torturing detainees, prisoner transfers or logistics aid.
by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 24, 2013 | Monitor
The United Nations is finally taking a step it’s warned about for years: investigating targeted killings and lethal drones.
by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 24, 2013 | Monitor
Pretty much the only people who want the CIA’s old post-9/11 torture chambers to remain intact are the 9/11 conspirators tortured in them. They need them for trial evidence.
by Robert Beckhusen | Jan 17, 2013 | Monitor
American special operations forces are reportedly preparing to expand their training of Mexican commando teams, teaching them to hunt cartel chieftains like they were al-Qaida extremists.