Jackie Spinner Quotes


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



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. - Jackie Spinner



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



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. - Jackie Spinner



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. - Jackie Spinner