Spencer Ackerman

Senior Reporter

Spencer Ackerman, a former WIRED senior writer, is the author of Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump. He writes the Forever Wars newsletter.

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Surveillance, Not Waterboarding, Led to bin Laden

May 3, 2011 11:00 AM

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Darpa Apes Nick Fury to Map Social Networks

May 3, 2011 7:00 AM

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CSI bin Laden: Commandos Use Thumb, Eye Scans to Track Terrorists

May 2, 2011 4:45 PM

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U.S. Forces Kill Osama bin Laden

May 1, 2011 11:57 PM

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The Islamists Have Brainwashed General Petraeus!

Apr 28, 2011 7:14 PM

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Unfollowed: How a (Possible) Social Network Spy Came Undone

Apr 28, 2011 3:11 PM

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Army Wants to Stage Plays at Guantanamo Bay

Apr 28, 2011 7:00 AM

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Drones Rejoice! Petraeus to Head CIA, Panetta to Pentagon

Apr 27, 2011 10:52 AM

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First Look: Inside the Army's App Store for War

Apr 27, 2011 7:00 AM

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NATO Bombs Gadhafi Cribs (But Not to Kill Him, Honest)

Apr 26, 2011 3:58 PM

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Gitmo Doctors Hid Evidence of Torture

Apr 26, 2011 2:22 PM

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Terrorism, Eh? Qaida Member Snitched for Canada

Apr 26, 2011 9:18 AM

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WikiLeaks Exposes Terror Master's Nincompoop Nephew

Apr 25, 2011 3:03 PM

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Sega Bombs, Magnet Mines: Terror Tech from WikiLeaks' Gitmo Files

Apr 25, 2011 10:49 AM

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Most Dangerous Week Ever

Apr 22, 2011 5:45 PM

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Darpa Wants Warbases Crackling with Stored Energy

Apr 22, 2011 3:51 PM

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This Man Is Not an Agent of Self-Aware Killer Drones

Apr 22, 2011 8:42 AM

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Pentagon: Robot War Over Libya Begins in 3, 2, 1 ...

Apr 21, 2011 4:22 PM

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Libya's Rebels Fight with Ancient, Useless Weapons

Apr 21, 2011 12:30 PM

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If Geeks, Troops and Politicos Don't Unite, We're All Gonna Die

Apr 21, 2011 10:12 AM