Ellen Nakashima is a national security reporter at The Washington Post. She covers critical topics related to intelligence, counterterrorism, and military law enforcement, with a focus on the U.S.-China relationship, the west's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and classified intelligence leaks. Ellen has been featured in various publications including The San Diego Union-Tribune, The Boston Globe, and The Philadelphia Inquirer, and is a member of three Pulitzer Prize-winning teams at The Post.
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By: Katie Mettler, Warren P. Strobel, Ellen Nakashima
The former senior CIA official found with more than $40 million worth of gold bars in his house allegedly created a fake, highly classified intelligence program that he used as a conduit to funnel mil ...Thank you for visiting Spokesman.com. To continue reading this story and enjoying our local journalism please subscribe or log in...
By: Ellen Nakashima, Warren P. Strobel, Katie Mettler
The former senior CIA official found with more than $40 million worth of gold bars in his house allegedly created a fake, highly classified intelligence
By: Gerrit De Vynck, Ellen Nakashima, Ian Duncan, Cat Zakrzewski
The White House ordered Anthropic to take Fable offline after warnings that its safeguards against hacking could be bypassed, marking a major escalation in AI oversight.
By: Cat Zakrzewski, Ellen Nakashima, Ian Duncan
Get this issue Go Premium Just three days after artificial intelligence company Anthropic released its latest and most powerful AI model, Fable, the Trump administration called with an unusual demand: take it offline.
By: Warren P. Strobel, John Hudson, Gerry Shih, Ellen Nakashima
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces pressure to continue a military campaign in Lebanon, current and former U.S. officials said.
By: Ellen Nakashima, John Hudson, Gerry Shih, Warren P. Strobel
U.S. intelligence agencies have warned the Trump administration that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to take steps that will undermine President Donald Trump's effort to reach a lasting peace deal with Iran, as the Israeli premier faces intense political pressure to continue waging his country's war in Lebanon, current and former U.S. officials said.
By: Warren P. Strobel, Ellen Nakashima
Current and former intelligence officials say the efforts to shrink the office that coordinates the nation’s 18 spy services are haphazard and threaten its mission.
By: Ellen Nakashima, John Hudson
In the spring, U.S. officials suspected Israel intended to kill Iran’s top negotiators and sent a warning to Tehran to take precautions.
By: Adam Taylor, John Hudson, Ellen Nakashima
The secretary of state plans to convene foreign ministers in Washington next week. The event has unsettled some U.S. and European officials.
By: Ellen Nakashima, Patrick Marley, Isaac Arnsdorf, Perry Stein
President Donald Trump is planning a primetime address Thursday that will use findings from reexamined government files to argue that the country’s election infrastructure has vulnerabilities.
