by David Axe | Sep 10, 2012 | Monitor
U.S. and Australian troops during a 2010 computer training exercise. Photo: Australian Ministry of Defense Tech-savvy Talibs have posed as pretty girls on Facebook to lure Australian troops into giving away military secrets. That’s one disturbing — but not...
by Spencer Ackerman | Sep 6, 2012 | Monitor
A drawing by a Libyan of a 1- by 1-meter box into which he says he was placed during his harsh interrogation by the U.S. in Afghanistan. Image: Human Rights Watch This is a drawing of a locked box which a Libyan man says U.S. interrogators once stuffed him into....
by Spencer Ackerman | Sep 4, 2012 | Monitor
President Obama greets troops at Ft. Bliss, Texas, Aug. 31. Photo: Department of Defense/Flickr You’re about to hear a lot from the Democratic National Convention about the Master of the World the rest of us call President Barack Obama. Since the Charlotte...
by David Axe | Aug 28, 2012 | Monitor
Syrian president Bashar Al Assad’s jet fighters and helicopters continue to pound Free Syrian Army rebels in Damascus, Aleppo and other battleground cities, contributing to a death toll reportedly as high as 320 in one town in a single week. Attacks by jet...
by Spencer Ackerman | Aug 7, 2012 | Monitor
A former analyst for the Department of Homeland Security, Daryl Johnson called attention to the threat of far-right extremist groups — and sparked a political firestorm in the process. Photo: John Healey/JHPH.com, courtesy of Daryl Johnson Daryl Johnson had a...