Eileen Sullivan is an American journalist who has covered counter-terrorism and national security for The Associated Press and The New York Times.
[1] Sullivan attended St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School in Alexandria, where she participated in the French Club and Students Against Driving Drunk.
[1] In 2001, Sullivan, Angela Rucker, and Jason Laughlin earned an award from the New Jersey Press Association for their article on teenage alcohol use, "Many equate booze with fun".
[6][7] Sullivan moved to the Federal Times in 2003, and then to Congressional Quarterly in 2005 where she covered the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and Hurricane Katrina.
[1][13] The fallout from the series led to an unsuccessful lawsuit against the NYPD brought by the State of New Jersey,[14] and the disbanding of the surveillance program in 2014.