Eli Lake is a senior reporter for the New York Sun. Before that he was the chief diplomatic correspondent for United Press International. Mr. Lake’s work has appeared in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the New Republic, the Weekly Standard, the National Review and the Washington Times. In his reporting he has traveled to all five continents and all three members of the Axis of Evil. In 2005 and 2006, Mr. Lake lived and reported for a year from Cairo for the New York Sun.