Jackie Spinner
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"Jackie Spinner" is an United States/American journalist who worked for The Washington Post from 1995 to 2009.

Spinner grew up in Decatur, Illinois, the daughter of a pipe fitter and a schoolteacher. She has a bachelor of science degree in journalism from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and a master's degree at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley.

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I think we're getting 90% of the story.

We're dealing to some extent with an unreasonable insurgency. Journalists should have immunity. We shouldn't be part of the political situation there and yet we are.

The Iraq war has so polarized this country. That's why you hear hisses and boos and claps, depending on what you're saying — people want to hear journalists reaffirm their previously held beliefs about the war. And I don't do that. I simply speak what I see. And I'm sorry if that's offensive to people, but I'm a journalist.

We're probably getting about 80 to 90 percent of the story because we're able to use Iraqis to help us.

There is a lot of opportunistic crime in Iraq, but eventually, it all comes down to politics. The video and their demands for female Iraqi detainees showed they think they have something.

Frankly, you pray. My heart goes out to her family, her sister, her parents. I can only imagine what this must be doing to them.

If the borough of Manhattan was peaceful, but there was a car bomb in Brooklyn every day, it's tough to talk about the tranquility.

That was a sign of respect for her. She was able to make a connection.

This has been our No. 1 threat and our worst nightmare for almost two years.