Eli Lake (born July 9, 1972), is a [1] national security correspondent for the Washington Times[2] and a frequent contributor to the Bloggingheads.tv. He was previously a national security reporter at the New York Sun[3] and the State Department correspondent for the UPI.[4] He is also a contributing editor for The New Republic.[5]
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 [6]
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."[7]