Mark Benjamin - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/mark_benjamin/?source=rss&aim=mark_benjamin en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST Arlington officials can't get their stories straight By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/04/arlington_national_cemetery/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/04/arlington_national_cemetery/index.html?source=rss The superintendent says he may have been absent when remains were moved, but an employee's log says otherwise Mark Benjamin on "Rachel Maddow" Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/about/inside_salon/2009/11/06/benjamin_on_maddow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/about/inside_salon/2009/11/06/benjamin_on_maddow/index.html?source=rss Salon's investigative reporter on the Fort Hood shootings What's motive behind Fort Hood shooting? By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/11/05/ft_hood/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/11/05/ft_hood/index.html?source=rss The Army says 12 are dead, possibly including alleged shooter, and 31 wounded. Updated More misplaced remains at Arlington National Cemetery By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/01/arlington_national_cemetery/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/11/01/arlington_national_cemetery/index.html?source=rss What happened to Master Sgt. Marion Grabe, says a source, is a clue "that there may be thousands of these problems" Mark Benjamin talks about Arlington's new unknown soldier By Alex Koppelman Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/15/morning_joe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/15/morning_joe/index.html?source=rss Salon's national correspondent goes on "Morning Joe" to discuss his investigation of problems at the cemetery Arlington unveils a new unknown soldier By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/07/arlington_cemetery/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/07/arlington_cemetery/index.html?source=rss The first headstone stamped "Unknown" since 1984 is the result not of war's chaos, but of human error Millions in contracts, no work completed By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/29/arlington_contracts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/29/arlington_contracts/index.html?source=rss An Arlington National Cemetery official keeps sending work to the same small group of associates, with few results Eight years after 9/11, why remain in Afghanistan? By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/09/11/rice/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/09/11/rice/index.html?source=rss The UN ambassador gives Salon the administration's explanation I am arming my kid to the teeth By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/09/08/benjamin_guns/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/09/08/benjamin_guns/index.html?source=rss My liberal parents never let me play with toy guns as a boy. Now that my son is 4, I'm stockpiling the arsenal A fitting Kennedy tribute: Clean up Arlington mess By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/29/arlington_kennedy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/29/arlington_kennedy/index.html?source=rss A grateful family remembers Kennedy's work to help them get a more timely funeral for their son killed in Iraq "We're going to kill your children" By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/25/cia_ig_report/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/25/cia_ig_report/index.html?source=rss Mock executions and a favored Saddam technique, all endorsed by Cheney. Highlights of the CIA interrogation report "Handgun and power drill" By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/08/25/cia_ig_report/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/08/25/cia_ig_report/index.html?source=rss Selected pages from the CIA inspector general's report on interrogation during the war on terror Contractor in Arlington fraud scandal arrested By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/14/arlington/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/14/arlington/index.html?source=rss Arlington National Cemetery contractor Bobbie Garrett was arrested on sex charges as he stepped off a plane in Ohio Did Arlington National Cemetery break the law? By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/11/arlington/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/11/arlington/index.html?source=rss The cemetery sent the personal data of deceased soldiers to a contractor at the center of a fraud scandal Why did Arlington National Cemetery rehire Bobbie Garrett? By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/10/arlington/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/10/arlington/index.html?source=rss Garrett was investigated for fraud while working as a contractor for the cemetery. Why did he get his job back? Army will investigate Arlington National Cemetery By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/29/arlington/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/29/arlington/index.html?source=rss After a Salon series exposes problems at the cemetery, the Army says it will investigate. But workers have doubts Did U.S. forces watch Afghan massacre? By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/22/mass_graves/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/22/mass_graves/index.html?source=rss Afghan detainees allege that Americans witnessed a mass killing -- a charge the New York Times chose not to report "One big, tall Caucasian American" By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/07/22/mass_graves/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/07/22/mass_graves/index.html?source=rss A detainee who survived a massacre of Taliban prisoners is among those who claim there were American witnesses Arlington's buried secrets By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/21/arlington_secrets/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/21/arlington_secrets/index.html?source=rss The cemetery admits it can't identify grave-site remains -- while new evidence casts doubt on Army investigation A grave record from Arlington By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/07/20/arlington_document/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/07/20/arlington_document/index.html?source=rss The document saying of Grave 449, "CASKET IN GRAVE REMAINS UNKNOWN" Who is the CIA allowed to kill? By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/17/cia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/17/cia/index.html?source=rss Cheney's secret assassination program may be terminated, but the U.S. is already carrying out "targeted killings" What's trashed at Arlington National Cemetery By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/17/arlington_gravesites/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/17/arlington_gravesites/index.html?source=rss Many personal mementos of dead soldiers are being thrown out -- a stark contrast to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial The Army denies that combat stress causes homicide By Michael de Yoanna and Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/special/coming_home/2009/07/16/fort_carson_report/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/special/coming_home/2009/07/16/fort_carson_report/index.html?source=rss An Army report seems to confirm a Salon investigation linking battle stress to murder. But the Army begs to differ Grave offenses at Arlington National Cemetery By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/16/arlington_national_cemetery/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/16/arlington_national_cemetery/index.html?source=rss A criminal investigation and allegations of misplaced bodies and shoddy care have roiled the famous burial ground "They felt naked without a weapon" By Mark Benjamin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/07/16/fort_carson_report/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/07/16/fort_carson_report/index.html?source=rss Read excerpts from the Army report that shows a link between combat stress and murder