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Spencer Ackerman is an American national security reporter and blogger. He began his career at ''The New Republic'' and wrote for ''Wired'' magazine's national security blog, ''Danger Room''.〔Marx, Greg (June 23, 2010). ("Spencer Ackerman to Join ''Wired''’s Danger Room" ). ''Columbia Journalism Review''.〕 He is now the national security editor for the (Guardian US ). ==Life and career== Ackerman graduated from Rutgers University〔 where he was an editor for the ''Daily Targum'' student paper. In 2002, he moved to Washington D.C. to become an intern and later an associate editor at ''The New Republic'' magazine. He initially supported the Iraq War, but became disillusioned and in 2004 started a blog on ''The New Republic'' website called Iraq'd which chronicled the dilemma of pro-war liberals. He also wrote, with John B. Judis, an article that started the chain of events that led to the Plame affair. In 2006 Ackerman was fired from ''TNR'' for "insubordination" (in ''TNR'' editor Franklin Foer's account) or "irreconciliable ideological differences" (in Ackerman's).〔 He subsequently wrote for ''The American Prospect'' (which offered him a job within a day of his firing) and ''Talking Points Memo''. Ackerman blogged and reported on national security issues at the ''Washington Independent'' from the paper's creation in 2008 until 2010, when he left for ''Wired''. Ackerman also maintains a personal blog, Attackerman, which was hosted at Firedoglake from June 2008 through December 2010. On December 29, 2010, he reported that it was necessary for him to relocate, saying, "the congressional press galleries are wary of giving me permanent credentials while I’m affiliated here."〔Ackerman, Spencer (December 29, 2010). ("A Bittersweet Goodbye Post" ).〕 In September 2011, Ackerman reported a series of articles for Wired alleging anti-Islamic bias in FBI training materials.〔Ackerman, Spence (September 14, 2011). ("FBI Teaches Agents: 'Mainstream' Muslims Are 'Violent, Radical'" ).〕 As a result, the FBI launched "a comprehensive review of all training and reference materials that relate in any way to religion or culture."〔FBI National Press Office (September 20, 2011) ("FBI Launches Comprehensive Review of Training Program" )〕 Ackerman is a fan of comic books and hardcore punk music. He has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, ''Democracy Now!'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Radical Mind of Dick Cheney: An In-Depth Look at the Vice President )〕 Al Jazeera and BloggingHeads.tv. Ackerman worked as a consultant on the 2009 satirical film ''In the Loop''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spencer Ackerman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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