Spencer Ackerman

Spencer Ackerman is an associate editor of the New Republic, where he writes regularly about intelligence and United States national security. His work has also appeared in the Washington Monthly, Salon, CQ Homeland Security, and other publications.

Oil and gasolina in Kurdistan

There isn't any doubt who runs these streets among the teenage vendors of black-market gasoline in Irbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. On a cold morning, the word

By Spencer Ackerman

/ 20 Mar 2006

Spencer Ackerman

Oil and &#147;gasolina&#148; in Kurdistan

Oil and gasolina in Kurdistan