Kris Alexander deepens his colleague Ackerman's reporting by discussing his own experience with Islamophobia in our national security institutions:
When I read Spencer’s piece, it underwhelmed me with the old news. I sent some tweet snark his way, and had an IM spat with Noah Shachtman about it. Then a funny thing happened; I realized that this was a big deal. How much of my tax dollars had been spent spreading the crap? When you’re in the institutions, sometimes it’s hard to see how they look from the outside. The story seems to be growing legs, and I hope it fuels some changes. Our first responders — hell, all of us — deserve better.
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