by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 16, 2013 | Monitor
Unknown extremists have taken U.S. citizens hostages at an Algerian oil field, apparently in response to the U.S.-supported French offensive against Islamic militants in neighboring Mali.
by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 14, 2013 | Monitor
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) wants John Brennan, President Obama’s nominee to lead the CIA, to explain the administration’s rationale for targeting U.S. citizens with drone strikes.
by Robert Beckhusen | Jan 9, 2013 | Monitor
It’s been nearly a decade since contractors and U.S. soldiers worked together to torture Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Now, for the first time, one of those companies has been forced to pay the victims.
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.
by Spencer Ackerman | Dec 20, 2012 | Monitor
Three Senators angrily accuse Zero Dark Thirty of misrepresenting the value of torture. Too bad they’re not releasing a major Senate inquiry into the CIA’s torture program.