Spencer Ackerman

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

Currently

  • 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.

2006

  • 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.

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Blogs

» The Beat

Feingold's Outline for a Constitutional Presidency | In a letter to Obama, Constitution subcommittee chair seeks a commitment to end executive excess.
John Nichols

» State of Change

Mukasey, Elliott Abrams Get Last-Minute Bush Appointments | Abusing the transition process to take care of aides, friends and supporters
John Nichols

» Capitolism

Yes to Special Elections for Senators | Remember the 17th amendment?
Christopher Hayes

» The Dreyfuss Report

Panetta? Ummmmm... Well..... | Could Obama have made a weirder choice for CIA director? Here's why Panetta is doomed.
Robert Dreyfuss

» Act Now!

Allow Media into Gaza | Israel is encouraging abuses by preventing foreign journalists from entering the Gaza Strip.
Peter Rothberg

» Editor's Cut

A Trillion Dollar Recovery | We don't need a stimulus, we need a recovery. And that means investing $1 trillion over the next two years.
Katrina vanden Heuvel

» The Notion

Hard Times Without Studs | One of Terkel’s former book editors considers a Studs-less world.
Tom Engelhardt

» And Another Thing

Bill Ayers Whitewashes History, Again | The Weathermen were not just a bunch of idealistic young people.
Katha Pollitt