Spencer Ackerman

Spencer Ackerman is a senior reporter for The Washington Independent, where he covers national security.

The American Way of Spying

June 26, 2008

The history of American intelligence-gathering is rife with incompetence, dysfunction and contempt toward legislative oversight.

2007

Training Iraq's Death Squads

May 17, 2007

The Army's plan to professionalize Iraq's police could backfire, as militia-infiltrated squads become more effective killers.

Driving While Muslim

September 21, 2006

As the hunt for homegrown terrorists sympathetic to Hezbollah intensifies, the Muslims of Dearborn, Michigan are losing their trust in American justice.

Palin as the Church Lady | Going Rogue book tour brings passive-aggressive rightwing Christianity to the fore.
Leslie Savan
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Slacker Friday | The "Second Amendment" sale; the raving paranoids of the right.
Eric Alterman

An Alternative to Escalation in Afghanistan | President Obama is expected to make a decision regarding his Afghanistan strategy after Thanksgiving.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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House Rebels Force Fed Audit, Real Economy Onto Agenda | Frank's Financial Services Committee becomes focal point for revolts by members who worry about powerful banks and unemployment.
John Nichols
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Chongqing: Socialism in One City | China is managing the most important event in the world: the urbanization of half a billion people. Fast.
Robert Dreyfuss
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Toward Copenhagen | A guide to joining the movement against climate change.
Peter Rothberg
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