Spencer Ackerman writes about Iraq, national security, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism and punk rock for The Washington Independent and his personal blog, Attackerman. He used to work at Talking Points Memo and The New Republic and remains a senior correspondent for The American Prospect. He's reported from Iraq, Guantanamo Bay, Israel, Qatar and has just returned from Afghanistan. He plays drums for The Surge.

Ilan Goldenberg is the Policy Director at the National Security Network where he works on Iraq, the Middle East and broad national security questions. He previously worked as head of research for the Foreign Policy Leadership Council. Prior to that, Goldenberg worked for the U.S.-Middle East Project at the Council on Foreign Relations. Ilan is a regular contributor to the foreign policy blog Democracy Arsenal. He has written numerous pieces for the New Republic and the Huffington Post and is a frequent commentator in the media. He holds an MA in International Affairs from Columbia University.

AJ Rossmiller, with the National Security Network, is the author of "Still Broken,' a first-person account of working as an intelligence officer, published this spring by Random House. AJ served with the Defense Intelligence Agency for nearly two years, and was decorated for his service in deployment to Iraq. He has contributed to the websites AMERICAblog and TAPPED, and his writing and commentary have been featured or cited in a wide variety of news outlets.