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Flight 253 Threat: Spencer Ackerman, Pat Buchanan Duel Over Law Enforcement Reaction

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Spencer Ackerman, Video, Flight 253, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Terrorism, Nwa Flight 253, Pat Buchanan, Torture, Politics News

On today's edition of "Morning Joe", Washington Independent reporter Spencer Ackerman took on MSNBC contributor Pat Buchanan over the law enforcement response to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's crotchfire terror attack on NWA Flight 253.

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Rachel Maddow, Spencer Ackerman Provide Rare Moment Of Clarity In The Afghanistan Escalation Debate (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Spencer Ackerman, Video, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Rachel Maddow, Media News

The more I hear about the troop level increases that are ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY to win in Afghanistan, the more and more I feel detached from any sense ...

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Spencer Ackerman's Self-Correction: This Is How Stories Should Be Retracted

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Retraction, Spencer Ackerman, Media Critcism, The Washington Independent, Journalism, Corrections, Media News

Spencer Ackerman is a friend of mine and a reporter whose expertise and ecumenical fairness are resources I've come to trust. He's also demonstrated ...

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Joe Scarborough, Pelosi Critic, Now Laments Unfair Criticism Of Pelosi

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Joe Scarborough, Cia, Nancy Pelosi, Spencer Ackerman, Leon Panetta, Media News

Scarborough's now lamenting that Nancy Pelosi, "a friend of mine from Congress" has "caught a lot of grief" for that criticism. The big takeaway? Starbucks apparently has a Rohypnol Frappuccino.

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Live From Glamorous Washington DC!

Jane Hamsher | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Spencer Ackerman, Joseph Lowery, Crooks and Liars, Tina Brown, Morning Joe, La Figa, Huffington Post, Daily Voice, Jane Hamsher, Commonsensemedia, Obama Inauguration, Inauguration, Barack Obama Inauguration, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jane Hamsher

The celebrities who have descended on the town provide a sharp contrast to the old, stodgy (and let's face it, overly white) days of being overrun by the helmet heads of the GOP.

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What Joe The Plumber Should Know Before He Heads To A War Zone

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Spencer Ackerman, War Correspondents, Joe the Plumber War Correspondent, PJTV.Com, Joe the Plumber, Media News, Media News

No matter how the whole "war correspondent" thing goes, Joe The Plumber will have his chance to test his mettle in the shtetl.

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Bush Shoe Thrower: Press Asserts al-Zaidi Had Saddam, Baathist Connections

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Man Throws Shoes at Bush, Spencer Ackerman, Bush Shoes, Iraqi Throws Shoes at Bush Video, Media Criticism, Muntazer Al-Zaidi, Shoe Thrower, Media News

It seems to be emerging as an accepted fact that the reporter who threw both his shoes at Bush this weekend had specific ideological connections to Saddam Hussein and/or the Ba'ath Party.

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Blagojevich Scandal Celebrated In Song: 'Dey Know (Blago)'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Spencer Ackerman, Video, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Indictment, Blagojevich Corruption, Blago, Media News

As we've documented, the Rod Blagojevich scandal has been such an amazing source of creative inspiration. So we're excited that Spencer Ackerman, of ...

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Rod Blagojevich's Place In The Gangster Pantheon

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Spencer Ackerman, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Corruption, Blago, Politics News

I think that Blago's place in the Pantheon of Thug Life might be a bit overblown, borne aloft on the strength of Mamet-knockoff dialogue, but one thing's for sure, the man had balls the size of churchbells.

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Harvey & the Joker: Can There Be a Tie at the Oscars?

Steve Clemons | Posted 01.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Spencer Ackerman, Social Justice, Intolerance, Academy Awards, Oscars, Sean Penn, Heath Ledger, Batman, Gay Issues, Harvey Milk, Harvey Milk Movie, Batman: The Dark Night, Entertainment News
Steve Clemons

Can both Sean Penn and Heath Ledger win? Can we have one Oscar for the Dark Side? and one for the, well, Good Side?

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Jason Linkins

Annals Of Unfortunate Headlines

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.26.2008 | Media

Read More: Jay Nordlinger, Spencer Ackerman, National Review, Unfortunate Headlines, Media News

Spencer Ackerman reports on news that you probably already know: namely, that Jay Nordlinger and his crew at the National Review should spend some mor...

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Counterterrorism After Bush: Towards A Progressive Approach

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Spencer Ackerman, Counterterrorism, Progressive Counter-Terrorism, Progressives, The Washington Independent, Politics News

Over at the Washington Independent, Spencer Ackerman has taken the pulse of a number of self-described "progressives" on their opinions for a new path...

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Afghan Wolves: The Case For Palin's Foreign Policy Leadership

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Spencer Ackerman, Afghanistan, Aerial Hunting, Palin Aerial Wolf Hunting, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Washington Independent blogger Spencer Ackerman is reporting this week from Afghanistan, where he has made his way from Kabul to Forward Operating Base Salerno in the province of Khost.

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Supposedly Pro-American Iraq Groups Termed 'Enemies With Benefits'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Spencer Ackerman, Success of the Surge, War in Iraq, Anbar Awakening, Surge, Politics News

Spencer Ackerman, one of the internet's trusted sources of real talk on Iraq, today promotes a great new way of terming ongoing relationships with the...

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Rice Adviser: Iraq Invasion Was 'F*cking Stupid'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Spencer Ackerman, Iraq War, Rise of the Counterinsurgents Series, War in Iraq, Counterinsurgency, David Kilcullen, David Kilcullen Iraq, Rice Iraq, Politics News

Over at the Washington Independent, Spencer Ackerman continues his enlightening "Rise of the Counterinsurgents" series with "A Counterinsurgency Guide...

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Al Qaeda Goes Viral

Spencer Ackerman | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Spencer Ackerman, Terrorism, Al Qaeda, The Global Islamic Resistance Call, Politics News
Spencer Ackerman

This document has been advocating moving Al Qaeda from a terrorist network into a global movement of self-starters would make it impervious to U.S. and allied counterterrorism efforts.

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