Ali Watkins
National Security Reporter at The New York Times
Washington, District Of Columbia
Newspapers
Current
The New York Times
Previous
POLITICO, BuzzFeed, The Huffington Post
Education
Temple University
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-watkins-84811160
December 5, 2017
Ali Watkins Joining Washington Bureau
https://www.nytco.com/ali-watkins-joining-washington-bureau/
Ali Watkins, who covers intelligence and national security for Politico, will cover national security, starting Dec. 18. Read more in this note from Elisabeth Bumiller, Amy Fiscus and Mark Mazzetti.
We’re thrilled to announce that Ali Watkins of Politico is joining the Washington Bureau as a national security reporter.
Ali, who covers intelligence and national security for Politico, has had a series of important scoops. She broke news that Carter Page, a former Trump campaign adviser, met with a Russian spy in 2013. She also had exclusive new details on China’s harassment of American spies. Last month, she was the first to reveal the name of the Russian woman, Olga Vinogradova, who met with the former Trump adviser George Papadopoulos during the 2016 campaign.
Ali arrived in Washington in 2013 as an intern covering national security for McClatchy, where she was part of a Pulitzer-finalist team that uncovered the C.I.A.’s spying on Senate Intelligence Committee computers.
After McClatchy, Ali covered national security for The Huffington Post and then Buzzfeed before going to Politico.
Ali got her journalism degree from Temple University in Philadelphia, where she covered crime for The Temple News, the campus newspaper, and The Philadelphia Daily News.
She grew up in Pennsylvania and lives in Washington with her dog, Kellan. In her free time, she boxes and rides motorcycles.
She starts Dec. 18. Please welcome her.
— Elisabeth, Amy and Mark
Ali, who covers intelligence and national security for Politico, has had a series of important scoops. She broke news that Carter Page, a former Trump campaign adviser, met with a Russian spy in 2013. She also had exclusive new details on China’s harassment of American spies. Last month, she was the first to reveal the name of the Russian woman, Olga Vinogradova, who met with the former Trump adviser George Papadopoulos during the 2016 campaign.
https://www.nytco.com/ali-watkins-joining-washington-bureau/
Luke Rosiak
Verified account @lukerosiak
36m36 minutes ago
NEW: Wasserman Schultz's IT aide had two wives under Sharia law. The month the House IT tied him to a cyberbreach, one of them called Virginia police and said she was being 'kept like a slave.' Days later, gunmen shot into her home.
11.3 - Podesta indicted
11.6 - Huma indicted
2018?
This happened back in Feb but is just now coming out in the news.
https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/politics/ali-watkins—national-security-reporter—ny-times—having-a-bad-day/77125628/