Eli Lake
Encyclopedia
Eli Lake is a national security
correspondent for the Washington Times and a frequent contributor to the Bloggingheads.tv
. He was previously a national security reporter at the New York Sun
and the State Department
correspondent for the UPI
. He is also a contributing editor
for The New Republic
.
In addition to his journalistic endeavours, Lake is an accomplished amateur rapper, focusing on old school jams. His specialty is improvisations which incorporate the political news of the day. Lake's rapping has been referenced on Talking Points Memo
and he has collaborated with blogger Spencer Ackerman
on some online rap projects
Regarding U.S. attempts to try Wikileaks
head Julian Assange
under the Espionage Act of 1917
, Lake has said: "I oppose the application of the espionage statute
to Assange
because the same kind of prosecution would make me a criminal too."
National security
National security is the requirement to maintain the survival of the state through the use of economic, diplomacy, power projection and political power. The concept developed mostly in the United States of America after World War II...
correspondent for the Washington Times and a frequent contributor to the Bloggingheads.tv
Bloggingheads.tv
Bloggingheads.tv is a political, world events, philosophy, and science video blog discussion site in which the participants take part in an active back and forth conversation via webcam which is then broadcast online to viewers...
. He was previously a national security reporter at the New York Sun
New York Sun
The New York Sun was a weekday daily newspaper published in New York City from 2002 to 2008. When it debuted on April 16, 2002, adopting the name, motto, and masthead of an otherwise unrelated earlier New York paper, The Sun , it became the first general-interest broadsheet newspaper to be started...
and the State Department
United States Department of State
The United States Department of State , is the United States federal executive department responsible for international relations of the United States, equivalent to the foreign ministries of other countries...
correspondent for the UPI
United Press International
United Press International is a once-major international news agency, whose newswires, photo, news film and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines and radio and television stations for most of the twentieth century...
. He is also a contributing editor
Contributing editor
A contributing editor is a magazine job title that varies in responsibilities. Most often, a contributing editor is a freelancer who has proven ability and readership draw. The contributing editor regularly contributes articles to the publication but does not actually edit articles, and the title...
for The New Republic
The New Republic
The magazine has also published two articles concerning income inequality, largely criticizing conservative economists for their attempts to deny the existence or negative effect increasing income inequality is having on the United States...
.
In addition to his journalistic endeavours, Lake is an accomplished amateur rapper, focusing on old school jams. His specialty is improvisations which incorporate the political news of the day. Lake's rapping has been referenced on Talking Points Memo
Talking Points Memo
Talking Points Memo is a web-based political journalism organization created and run by Josh Marshall, journalist and historian covering issues from a "politically left perspective,". It debuted on November 12, 2000...
and he has collaborated with blogger Spencer Ackerman
Spencer Ackerman
Spencer Ackerman is an American national security reporter and blogger. He began his career at The New Republic and currently writes for Wired magazine's national security blog, ....
on some online rap projects
Regarding U.S. attempts to try Wikileaks
Wikileaks
WikiLeaks is an international self-described not-for-profit organisation that publishes submissions of private, secret, and classified media from anonymous news sources, news leaks, and whistleblowers. Its website, launched in 2006 under The Sunshine Press organisation, claimed a database of more...
head Julian Assange
Julian Assange
Julian Paul Assange is an Australian publisher, journalist, writer, computer programmer and Internet activist. He is the editor in chief of WikiLeaks, a whistleblower website and conduit for worldwide news leaks with the stated purpose of creating open governments.WikiLeaks has published material...
under the Espionage Act of 1917
Espionage Act of 1917
The Espionage Act of 1917 is a United States federal law passed on June 15, 1917, shortly after the U.S. entry into World War I. It has been amended numerous times over the years. It was originally found in Title 50 of the U.S. Code but is now found under Title 18, Crime...
, Lake has said: "I oppose the application of the espionage statute
Espionage Act of 1917
The Espionage Act of 1917 is a United States federal law passed on June 15, 1917, shortly after the U.S. entry into World War I. It has been amended numerous times over the years. It was originally found in Title 50 of the U.S. Code but is now found under Title 18, Crime...
to Assange
Julian Assange
Julian Paul Assange is an Australian publisher, journalist, writer, computer programmer and Internet activist. He is the editor in chief of WikiLeaks, a whistleblower website and conduit for worldwide news leaks with the stated purpose of creating open governments.WikiLeaks has published material...
because the same kind of prosecution would make me a criminal too."
External links
- Eli Lake articles, from the New York Sun archive.
- Eli Lake articles at the Washington Times
- Eli Lake videos on Blogginheads.tv