- Ellen Nakashima
- Staff Writer
Ellen Nakashima is a national security reporter for The Washington Post. She focuses on issues relating to intelligence, technology and civil liberties. She previously served as a Southeast Asia correspondent for the paper. She wrote about the presidential candidacy of Al Gore and co-authored a biography of Gore, and has also covered federal agencies, Virginia state politics and local affairs. She joined the Post in 1995.
FDA admits to monitoring workers’ e-mail
The Food and Drug Administration acknowledged that it monitored the personal e-mails of employees who had concerns about unsafe medical devices but said it did so to investigate allegations that the employees had leaked confidential information to the public.
Inquiry widens into FDA’s e-mail monitoring of whistleblowers
A House lawmaker demanded that the Food and Drug Administration explain the legal basis for targeting employees who were raising concerns about unsafe medical devices.
Democrat balks over secrecy on Awlaki killing
Sen. Ron Wyden calls Justice Department’s decision to withhold legal rationale “unacceptable”
Hackers release FBI-Scotland Yard call
The first six minutes or so of the taped call consist of banter between an FBI agent and a jocular Scotland Yard detective, making cracks about cheese and the McDonalds in the Pentagon.
- Grassley opens investigation into FDA surveillance
- Grassley investigates FDA monitoring of whistleblowers
- FDA surveillance lawsuit raises complex issues
- FDA staffers sue agency over surveillance of personal e-mail
- Senate set to take up major cyber legislation
- DHS monitoring of social media concerns civil liberties advocates
- Cyber defense effort is mixed, study finds
- Prosecutors say Manning collaborated with WikiLeaks’ Assange in stealing secret documents
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