Ali watkins from politico and her boyfriend

Ali Watkins, a reporter who covered the sensitive field of national security reporting, met James Wolfe, a senior aide to the Senate Intelligence Committee while hunting for scoops on Capitol Hill.

How an Affair Between a Reporter and a Security Aide Has ...

They were ultimately involved in a three-year affair while Watkins worked for places like The Huffington Post, Politico andBuzzfeed. She claims that she never used Wolfe as a source while they were in a relationship. Wolfe, 57, was arrested on June 7 and charged with lying to investigators about his contacts with Watkins and three other journalists.

Watkins, now a Washington-based reporter for The New York Times, had her email and phone records seized by federal prosecutors, which has alarmed First Amendment advocates. The revelation of their affair stunned many journalists who watched Watkins take the tricky beat by storm, starting as a college intern.

Some think this relationship raises concerns in newsrooms that her co The Story Behind the Affair That Shook Washington Media PALO