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.

Latest by Ellen Nakashima

U.S. uses Yemeni Web sites to counter al-Qaeda propagda

U.S. uses Yemeni Web sites to counter al-Qaeda propagda

Karen DeYoung and Ellen Nakashima

State Department team posted rival ads on sites, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday.

Senate panel votes to extend FISA provision

Ellen Nakashima

The measure allows the government to monitor e-mail and phone calls in the United States in an effort to prevent terrorist attacks.

Survey: Critical sectors less attuned to cyber threat

Ellen Nakashima

Energy and utilities industries rank the lowest when it comes to computer and information security risk management.

White House’s cybersecurity official retiring

White House’s cybersecurity official retiring

Ellen Nakashima

Howard Schmidt oversaw the White House’s first legislative proposal on cybersecurity, but much work remains on how best to secure the nation’s key computer networks from attack.

View All