
John Sakellariadis
Cybersecurity Reporter at POLITICO
Cybersecurity and Intelligence Reporter at @politico. Former author of the Morning Cybersecurity newsletter. Reach me at [email protected] or Signal.
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1 day ago |
politico.com | Connor O'Brien |Joe Gould |John Sakellariadis |Lisa Kashinsky |Calen Razor
Asked whether Iran’s nuclear program was set back months, years or was obliterated, as Trump has claimed, Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) said, “All of those things are true.” “Everybody’s got their own word: setback, obliterated, destroyed, greatly diminished,” Cramer told reporters. “It’s all of those things.
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2 days ago |
politico.com | Amy Mackinnon |John Sakellariadis
CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard joined the chorus of administration officials batting away an early intel assessment that U.S. strikes had limited impact. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, shown March 25, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe (right), issued their statements within hours of each other. | J.
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1 week ago |
politico.com | Rachael Bade |Amy Mackinnon |Felicia Schwartz |John Sakellariadis
Her post came a few days after Israel hawks met with Trump at the White House to lobby him to support Israel’s attacks on Iran. In the eyes of Trump and some close to him, Gabbard was warning him not to greenlight Israel attacking Iran. Trump even expressed his disapproval to her personally, the three people said.
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2 weeks ago |
politico.com | Eric Bazail-Eimil |John Sakellariadis |Nahal Toosi
An excavator removes debris from a residential building that was destroyed in today's attack by Israel, on June 13, 2025, in Tehran, Iran. | Majid Saeedi/Getty Images With help from Daniel LippmanSubscribe here | Israel and its boosters in Washington are making the case that its overnight strikes in Iran were an unmitigated success. But analysts and former officials across the spectrum are offering words of caution about the effects of the attack. “We have a lot of things still ahead of us.
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3 weeks ago |
politico.com | Maggie Miller |John Sakellariadis
The new order, signed Friday, would overrule elements of previous cyber policy measures signed by former Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama.
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Officially back on the cyber and intel beat with @politico's Nat Sec team after some time off to become a dad. Still accepting tips on diapers and sleep training, though 😀😎

RT @CISAJen: Great to see this direction from the very top. @CISAgov looks forward to continuing to work closely w/@Microsoft to ensure a #…

House E&C announces that UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty will testify to it May 1 on the Change Healthcare hack. Witty will appear before the Senate Finance Committee the day before for a separate hearing on the same issue. Going to be a big week. https://t.co/u4HgOmowIa