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Spencer Ackerman

Spencer Ackerman was the national security editor for Guardian US. He was part of the Guardian team that won the 2014 Pulitzer prize for public service journalism

April 2017

  • The NSA campus in Fort Meade, Maryland.

    NSA concedes violating surveillance limits and pledges curbs on US email collection

  • Flynn’s firing after 24 days in office made him the shortest-serving national security adviser in history.

    Mike Flynn under formal investigation by Pentagon over payments from Russia

  • In this April 15, 2017, photo, missiles are paraded across Kim Il Sung Square during a military parade to celebrate the 105th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang, North Korea. Fresh off an immense North Korean parade that revealed an arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles, rival South Korea and its allies are bracing for the possibility that Pyongyang's follow-up act will be even bigger. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

    North Korea: Washington and Seoul pledge 'swift punitive measures'

  • Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, Admiral Harry Harris testifies<br>The Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, Admiral Harry Harris, testifies before a House Armed Services Committee hearing on “Military Assessment of the Security Challenges in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S, April 26, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

    US commander not confident North Korea will refrain from nuclear assault

  • Taliban kill more than 140 Afghan soldiers at army base

  • CIA liaison is first casualty of conflict between intelligence agency and Trump

  • US military considers shooting down North Korea missile tests, sources say

  • 36 Isis militants killed in US 'mother of all bombs' attack, Afghan ministry says

  • Former Trump adviser Carter Page held 'strong pro-Kremlin views', says ex-boss

  • 'No longer obsolete': Trump backtracks on Nato with Russia tensions rising

  • US defense chiefs say they want to deter more chemical attacks, not oust Assad

  • Putin hardens Moscow's support of Syria regime before Tillerson visit

  • What's Trump's plan for Syria? Five different policies in two weeks

  • White House warns of potential US 'red line' over Syria barrel bomb attacks

  • Syria: US warns Assad over using chemical weapons again

  • US says Russia bears responsibility for Assad's gas attack – as it happened

  • Syria missile strikes: US launches first direct military action against Assad

  • Trump's security chief shaped by tough posting near Syria

  • Trump to receive military strike options on Syria after chemical attack

  • Devin Nunes steps aside from House intelligence committee's Russia inquiry

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