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Q&A: Spencer Ackerman on How the War on Terror Produced Trump
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Q&A: Spencer Ackerman on How the War on Terror Produced Trump

A national security reporter writes how the post-9/11 wars abroad led to authoritarianism at home. Plus, why Biden's pullout of U.S. troops in Afghanistan isn't an end to the forever war.

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Aug 20, 2021
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Spencer Ackerman is a national security reporter living in New York. For nearly all of the War on Terror, he has reported for outlets such as The New Republic, Wired, The Guardian, and The Daily Beast

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