Covering Intelligence, Part 2: An Interview with Ali Watkins of the Huffington Post

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🗓️ 15 September 2015

⏱️ 45 minutes

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In Part 2 of this three-part series, SPY Historian Dr. Vince Houghton sat down with Ali Watkins, who covers intelligence and national security for the Huffington Post. Houghton and Watkins discuss the difficulties in reporting on this most secret of topics, the dangers – and benefits – of using anonymous sources, and the ever-changing nature of intelligence and national security journalism. Part 1 of this series was with Mark Mazzetti of the New York Times, and Part 3 will be with Greg Miller of the Washington Post.

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0:46.5	hunters. security today. Hi and welcome to Spycast from the Secret Files of the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.
1:05.6	I'm Dr. Vince Houghton, the museum's historian and curator. Every week, the museum brings you
1:11.0	interesting conversations with authors,
1:13.2	scholars, and practitioners who live
1:16.2	in the world of global espionage.
1:18.7	Join us as we take a closer look at the secret world of intelligence.
1:24.4	We are joined today by Ali Watkins, who covers intelligence and
1:30.3	national security for the Huffington Post, based in Washington, D.C.
1:34.0	Previously, she covered National Security and Regional Politics from McClatchy Newspapers DC Bureau.
1:39.0	She's a journalism degree from Philadelphia's Temple University.
1:42.0	Welcome, Ali.
1:42.7	Thank you for taking the time to be with us here on SpyCast.
1:45.4	Thanks for having me.
1:47.0	So let's talk about a very broad-based questions
1:49.5	about covering intelligence, because there are some real intricacies to it that aren't there
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