by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 18, 2013 | Monitor
A U.S. Air Force C-130 medical transport plane landed in Algeria on Friday morning to evacuate some of the hostages freed from their terrorist captors during a chaotic Algerian military operation.
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 | Jan 3, 2013 | Monitor
Welcome to 2013, yet another year of the drone. Three U.S. drone strikes over the past several hours have hit Pakistan and Yemen, killing at least two militant commanders and several, unnamed others.
by Spencer Ackerman | Dec 5, 2012 | Monitor
The elite commandos in Afghanistan just got a new base of operations. And it’s owned by Blackwater, thanks to a $22 million no-bid deal.
by Spencer Ackerman | Nov 30, 2012 | Monitor
Two successive presidents have failed to describe what an end to the 11-year-long war on terrorism actually looks like. But in a Friday speech, the Pentagon’s top lawyer offered precisely that vision.