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Spencer Ackerman

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

BusinessSeptember 10, 2008

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Covert OpsJune 26, 2008

The CIA’s Failures

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

Spencer Ackerman
Nation BuildingMay 17, 2007

Training Iraq’s Death Squads

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

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National SecuritySeptember 21, 2006

Driving While Muslim

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

Spencer Ackerman