Mark Benjamin

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Killing by the numbers
In 2007 elite U.S. snipers executed an unarmed Iraqi prisoner in cold blood. Have the insidious tactics that led to atrocities in Vietnam reemerged in Iraq?
What will they really do about Iraq?
McCain, Clinton and Obama have all made broad pronouncements about how they'd handle the war as president. But how do their plans hold up under scrutiny?
Sizing up Petraeus on Iraq
The top U.S. general gave Congress an upbeat assessment of the war Tuesday. Here's the reality behind the rhetoric.
McCain's Vietnam obsession
The former POW's Senate career has been marked by his outspoken determination never to repeat Vietnam mistakes. So why does he support the Iraq war?
The unsung heroes of Iraq war coverage
Here are some of the voices that delivered the truth about Iraq while the mainstream media failed us.
A closer look at Clinton's Bosnia schedule
Newly released documents provide further insight.
Hillary Clinton, sniper fire and Sinbad
In a speech, Hillary Clinton plays up her trip to Bosnia again.
Will American war crimes be revealed?
Like Vietnam vets did decades ago, a group of soldiers are poised to speak out about atrocities they say the U.S. committed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
AC-130 airstrike
Footage of an attack that destroyed an Iraqi apartment complex.
It's 3 a.m. Who do you want answering the phone?
Not John McCain, say some military leaders: "I think his knee-jerk response factor is a little scary."
Killing "Bubba" from the skies
Inside a secret high-tech control center the U.S. Air Force targets enemies in Iraq and Afghanistan. But can they bomb them legally, and without killing innocents? A Salon exclusive.
House Republicans stage protest walkout
Republicans walked out of their chamber and into a press conference Thursday, as Democrats remained and voted on contempt of Congress resolutions.
How is John McCain like John Kerry?
Hint: Members of the POW community -- ex-prisoners, their families and the families of those still unaccounted for -- have issues with him.
A bizarre turn on the investigative trail
Recently I got a hot tip about U.S. war crimes in Iraq. It led me to some very cold, very weird places.
John McCain's real war record
On the campaign trail he touts his sharp criticism of Donald Rumsfeld and the Bush administration on Iraq. But a look at McCain's record reveals a different war story.
Inside the CIA's notorious "black sites"
A Yemeni man never charged by the U.S. details 19 months of brutality and psychological torture -- the first in-depth, first-person account from inside the secret U.S. prisons. A Salon exclusive.
Architecture of detention
Renderings of cells where a prisoner was held as part of the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" program.
For the CIA's eyes only
Was the agency's destruction of two video recordings of harsh interrogations by the CIA a coverup?
Feeding off the Pentagon
How did a former Bush official win an $800 million Department of Defense contract for his healthcare firm? That's what government watchdogs want to know.
Romney's man on waterboarding
He says he'd look to Blackwater's Cofer Black for advice.
Corporate profiteering against Iraq vets?
Bush's nominee to head the Department of Veterans Affairs is the second to come from a private company that rakes in millions from VA contracts.
Bush's careless choice for Iraq vets
The president's nominee to head Veterans Affairs oversaw a military healthcare crisis long before the Walter Reed scandal.
What Hillary won't say about torture
Sen. Clinton gives Salon her most detailed answers yet on torture -- but still leaves some wiggle room.
Will Bill's dough make trouble for Hillary?
Some big donors to the former president's philanthropy also donate to Hillary's campaign. His private fundraising could be costly to a next Clinton White House.
Does a bigger Army mean another Iraq?
Every major presidential candidate, including the Democratic front-runners, wants a much bigger Army. But that means an Army expressly designed to fight another war like this one.
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