by Spencer Ackerman | Aug 6, 2012 | Monitor
A woman reacts outside the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, after a shooting took place, Sunday, Aug 5, 2012. Photo: Jeffrey Phelps/AP Photo The FBI is treating Sunday’s attack on a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, as a “possible act...
by David Axe | Jul 25, 2012 | Monitor
The crumbling regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad reportedly unleashed its air force on Wednesday in what could be the biggest aerial onslaught in a civil war that’s more than a year old. Jet fighters fired on the northern city of Aleppo, Reuters and the BBC...
by Spencer Ackerman | Jul 24, 2012 | Monitor
Mitt Romney addresses the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Reno, Nev. Photo: AP/Rich Pedroncelli) The foreign policy of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is still a work in progress. It’s clear that Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and businessman,...
by Spencer Ackerman | Jul 18, 2012 | Monitor
Protesters in Washington D.C. mock Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert’s Rally to Restore Sanity, October 2010. Photo: Flickr/pthread1981 For at least a year, the U.S. has tried to keep Israel from attacking Iran, usually...
by Spencer Ackerman | Jul 18, 2012 | Monitor
A brainstorming session at the State Department’s new “Viral Peace” initiative, which seeks to troll online would-be terrorists, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 30. Photo: Humera Khan In the decade since 9/11, the U.S. government has used a wide...