Sasha Ingber

Sasha Ingber

Sasha Ingber

National Security Correspondent

Sasha Ingber is Scripps News' national security correspondent. She focuses on the U.S. intelligence community and its adversaries, telling stories that illuminate events and places shrouded in secrecy. She has covered the war in Ukraine, the collapse of Afghanistan, damaging intelligence breaches, Anomalous Health Incidents at the FBI and CIA, the U.S. Capitol riot and pipe bomb investigation, and extremism and surveillance at George Floyd protests.

Before joining Scripps News, she was a reporter at NPR, National Geographic, and Smithsonian. A Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting grantee, she has reported from Iraq, Cuba, and Bangladesh. Her work has also appeared in such places as The Washington Post Magazine, The Atlantic, and ESPN. Her reporting has also led to guest appearances with other media outlets, including PBS NewsHour and the History Channel, as well as event moderation at the Kennedy Center and National Press Club. Before starting a career in journalism, she worked at the U.S. State Department, monitoring and debunking Russian disinformation.

Recent Work

MBS Pledges Net-Zero Carbon Emissions, Intel Report Stokes Doubts

North Korea launches a missile

China, North Korea Test New Weapons To Deter U.S. Missile Defenses

A person looks at photographs in an album

Veteran Takes His Own Life, Others Continue His Mission Saving Afghans

Interpreter Who Helped The U.S. In Afghanistan Is Now Helping Refugees

Newsy National Security Reporter Sasha Ingber interviews CIA Museum Deputy Director Janelle Neises.

The Little Museum Where CIA Officers Remember 9/11

Taliban fighters arrive at Hamid Karzai International Airport after the U.S. military's withdrawal.

The Taliban Celebrate First Day Of Rule Without U.S. Troops

A worker in protective overalls and carrying disinfecting equipment walks outside the Wuhan Central Hospital

Intelligence Community: COVID-19 Origins Are Still Unclear

Members of the Afghan all-girls robotics team attend a press conference after arriving in Mexico

Families of All-Girl Robotics Team Rescued In Afghanistan

Families begin to board a U.S. plane during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport.

U.S. Citizen Describes Chaotic Journey Out Of Kabul

A man holds the flag of Afghanistan during a protest in Jalalabad on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021.

Taliban Power Challenged With Protests On Independence Day

Hundreds of people gather near a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane at a perimeter at the international airport in Kabul

Leaving Afghanistan: Afghans, Americans Face Chaos And Gunfire

Taliban officials arrange a Taliban flag, before a press conference by Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid

Afghans Still Fear For Safety As Taliban Promises Peace

Hundreds of people run alongside a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan

Exclusive: U.S. Embassy Sent Alert On Ghani Before Taliban Took Kabul

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

Final U.S. Embassy Cable From Kabul Hints At Afghan President's Escape

A woman from the Afghan National Army salutes her commander.

Afghan Women Trained For Combat In Secret By U.S. Army

Helicopter's shadow on the U.S. Embassy in Kabul

First Flight Of Afghan Evacuees Lands In U.S.

A polygraph examiner applies electrodes on the fingers of a subject.

Ex-Polygraph Chief: Polygraphs Need Not Deny Afghan Interpreters Visas

For Afghan Interpreters Outside Kabul, A Dangerous Journey Lies Ahead

Official with the Wuhan Institute of Virology speaks to reporters

Chinese Officials Reject New W.H.O. Plan To Probe COVID-19 Origins

U.S. Service Members And Vets Scramble to Save Afghan Interpreters

As Attacks Rise, These Security Experts Are Hunting Cyber Criminals

Afghan soldiers in vehicles pause on a road in northern Afghanistan.

As Afghan Taliban Take Territory, Military Offensive To Come 'Soon'

Bagram Airfield

Last U.S. Troops Leave Bagram Air Base In Afghanistan

A Declassified Intelligence Report Cannot Explain UFOs. What's Next?

Low Expectations, Days Before Pres. Biden To Meet Putin

Russia Tied To Meat Processor Attack, Accused Of Harboring Criminals

UFO Report Due In June, As Government Is Accused Of Withholding Info

Outrage After Belarus Regime Forces Plane Landing To Arrest Journalist

U.S. May Have Suspected 'No Trace' Weapon Against Spies Decades Ago

Putin's Foe Likely Suffering From Long-Term Effects Of Nerve Agent