Jackie Spinner is an American journalist who worked for The Washington Post from 1995 to 2009.[1] (wikipedia)
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.
It means that they might not have carried through with their threat, that perhaps all of these pleas and these calls for her release, particularly from the Sunni politicians, might be getting through.
I think we're getting 90% of the story.
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.
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.
We're probably getting about 80 to 90 percent of the story because we're able to use Iraqis to help us.
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.
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.
I don't know whether to cry or skip down my street.