Katie Bo Lillis - Reporter
Katie Bo Lillis
Reporter
Katie Bo Lillis is a CNN reporter covering intelligence and national security, including all related federal agencies and Congressional committees.
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Trump’s intel pick was placed on government watch list for overseas travel and foreign connections
Nov 23, 2024
Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the intelligence community, was briefly placed on a Transportation Security Administration list that prompts additional security screening before flights after her overseas travel patterns and foreign connections triggered a government algorithm earlier this year, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
Trump’s pick for intel chief has deeply rooted distrust of agencies she would oversee
Nov 21, 2024
In 2020, the woman who has become Donald Trump’s pick to be the nation’s top spymaster met with one of the most infamous leakers of all time.
Trump picks Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence
Nov 13, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday he’s selected former Democratic congresswoman-turned Trump supporter Tulsi Gabbard as his pick to be director of national intelligence.
Intelligence agencies, already anxious over Trump, find some solace in Ratcliffe pick for CIA
Nov 13, 2024
Inside the US intelligence community, a deep wariness about a second Trump administration has set in, stoked by memories of the antagonistic relationship the nation’s spy agencies had with Donald Trump the last time he was president.
Her case began the CIA #MeToo movement. A jury found the man she accused of assault not guilty
Oct 31, 2024
It was the first case in the CIA’s #MeToo moment — when a line of women who came to Capitol Hill beginning in early 2023 to report to Congress that they had been the victims of sexual assault or harassment while working at the agency.
FBI zeroing in on where leaked US intel documents were printed
Oct 24, 2024
The FBI is zeroing in on a US government office where it believes the leaked US intelligence documents on Israel’s preparations for a possible attack on Iran were printed, a US official and another source familiar with the matter told CNN.
Initial investigation into US intelligence leak on Israeli attack planning focusing on who had access to documents
Oct 22, 2024
The publication on social media of two classified US intelligence documents detailing Israeli preparations for an attack on Iran has set off a scramble inside the US government to discover how they were leaked, a closely held investigation in its early stages that is zeroing in on who had access to the documents.
Killing Sinwar: A chance encounter after a yearlong manhunt for the head of Hamas
Oct 19, 2024
It was around 5:30 in the morning on Thursday in Washington, DC, when senior US officials first got word — and photographs — from their Israeli counterparts: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar might be dead.
Exclusive: CIA struggles with its own #MeToo moment as allegations of sexual assault spill into the open
Oct 9, 2024
Courts in northern Virginia and Washington, DC, have been quietly hearing cases of alleged sexual assault at the CIA for more than a year, offering fleeting glances of what multiple officials describe as a deep-rooted cultural problem at the spy agency.
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How the CIA is combating claims of sexual assault and harassment within the agency
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Oct 9, 2024
According to an internal survey conducted at the CIA, 28% of respondents said they experienced at least one instance of a sexually hostile work environment while employed at the agency. CNN’s Katie Bo Lillis has the exclusive report.
US military compiled list of American weapons systems that could help Ukraine in the war with Russia
Oct 8, 2024
The US military’s top commander in Europe compiled a list of weapons systems the US possesses that could help Ukraine in its fight against Russia that the Biden administration has not yet provided, including air-to-surface missiles and a secure communications network used by NATO.
Former CIA officer found guilty of assaulting colleague at an office gathering
Sep 25, 2024
A former CIA officer has been found guilty in a Virginia court of assaulting a female subordinate at an office party last year, the latest in a string of public court cases documenting what victims allege is a systemic failure by the agency to properly adjudicate cases of sexual assault and harassment.
US intelligence helped stop terror plot targeting Taylor Swift concert, CIA deputy director confirms
Aug 29, 2024
The CIA and other US intelligence agencies provided intelligence to Austrian law enforcement that allowed them to disrupt an ISIS-inspired plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert earlier this month, CIA deputy director David Cohen confirmed on Wednesday.
Senior Ukrainian officials to present Biden admin with list of targets in Russia this week, lawmaker says
Aug 28, 2024
Two top Ukrainian officials will present the Biden administration with a list of targets in Russia in face-to-face meetings this week, in an attempt to push the US to lift restrictions on the use of American weapons against Moscow, a Ukrainian lawmaker told CNN.
US hopeful that likelihood of wider conflict breaking out between Israel and Hezbollah has reduced, officials say
Aug 27, 2024
Days after Hezbollah and Israel exchanged some of the heaviest cross-border fire in years, US officials are tentatively hopeful that the threat of a larger conflict between the two sides has, at least for now, been forestalled, though they are still closely watching Iran to see whether it strikes Israeli targets.
Russia appears to have diverted several thousand troops from occupied Ukraine to counter Kursk offensive, US officials say
Aug 15, 2024
Russia appears to have diverted several thousand troops from occupied territory inside Ukraine to counter a surprisingly successful Ukrainian offensive inside Russian borders in a move that potentially weakens Moscow’s war effort, two senior US officials told CNN.
About
Katie Bo Lillis is a CNN reporter covering intelligence and national security, including all related federal agencies and Congressional committees.
Prior to joining CNN, she was the senior national security reporter for Defense One, where she traveled the globe to cover America’s warzones. She also covered intelligence and cybersecurity for The Hill newspaper, including in-depth reporting on the Russia investigations and military detention issues.
Before her journalism career, Katie Bo worked in thoroughbred horse racing, helping breed, sell, and prepare the next generation of Kentucky Derby winners. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia. A native of Goochland County, Virginia, she now lives in D.C. and can usually be found haunting one of the various bookstores on Capitol Hill.
