Dana L. Priest
National
» Reporter, Intelligence/CIA |
Dana Priest covers the intelligence community and national security issues on The Post’s National staff and is an analyst for NBC News. In her 20 years at The Post, she has written extensively on the military, counterterrorism and the CIA. In 2007, she and a colleague broke the outpatient-care scandal at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. She has covered military action in Panama, Iraq and Kosovo, and has traveled widely with Army Special Forces and infantry around the world.
In 2006 she received a number of honors for reporting on CIA secret prisons and counterterrorism operations, including the Pulitzer Prize for beat reporting, the George Polk Award and the Overseas Press Club award. Dana’s 2003 book, “The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace With America’s Military,” was a finalist for the Pulitzer. In 2004, she was a Pulitzer finalist twice, for reporting on clandestine intelligence, and for her contribution to The Post’s articles on the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.
Dana graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz with a degree in political science.
Articles by Dana L. Priest
Alaska on the Fly (August 3, 2008)
Lawsuit Leads to Release of Immigrant (July 3, 2008)
Some Detainees Are Drugged For Deportation (May 14, 2008)
In Custody, in Pain (May 12, 2008)
System of Neglect (May 11, 2008)
Soldier Suicides at Record Level (January 31, 2008)
Leniency Suggested for Officer Who Shot Herself (December 11, 2007)
'A Soldier's Officer' (December 2, 2007)
VA Doubles Disability Aid for Iraq War Veteran (October 20, 2007)
Almost Home, but Facing More Delays at Walter Reed (September 15, 2007)
Little Relief on Ward 53 (June 18, 2007)
Soldier Finds Comfort at Dark Journey's End (June 17, 2007)
The War Inside (June 17, 2007)
Walter Reed Leadership Reshuffled After Probe (May 4, 2007)
'It Is Just Not Walter Reed' (March 5, 2007)
Hospital Officials Knew of Neglect (March 1, 2007)
Swift Action Promised at Walter Reed (February 21, 2007)
Hospital Investigates Former Aid Chief (February 20, 2007)
Army Fixing Patients' Housing (February 20, 2007)
The Hotel Aftermath (February 19, 2007)
Soldiers Face Neglect, Frustration At Army's Top Medical Facility (February 18, 2007)
The Wronged Man (November 29, 2006)
Suing Over the CIA's Red Pen (October 9, 2006)
Bin Laden Trail 'Stone Cold' (September 10, 2006)
Officials Relieved Secret Is Shared (September 7, 2006)
Iraq at Risk Of Civil War, Top Generals Tell Senators (August 4, 2006)
Top-Secret World Loses Blogger (July 21, 2006)
Rethinking Embattled Tactics in Terror War (July 11, 2006)
