Special Report — It wasn’t a full-blown “exit interview,” but with just over six weeks left in the Biden administration, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Avril Haines spoke to the Intelligence Community (IC) on Thursday about herself and the various threats she has posed. Her colleagues will soon move on to the Trump administration. At an event hosted by Council on Foreign Relations In Washington, Haines spoke of the so-called “axis of authoritarianism,” the rising risks during America’s political transition, and the growing efforts to declassify information for strategic purposes. Ukraine. questioner cypher briefs Editor-in-Chief Tom Nagorski commented on the growing threat posed by Russia’s so-called hybrid warfare, Haines said: “We believe the focus will ultimately be on deterring NATO and certain countries from providing support and engaging more in the Ukraine conflict to support Ukraine.”
Haines is the seventh director of National Intelligence, a position created after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to unify the work of more than a dozen agencies within the IC and “better connect the dots” of the different streams. no see. Intelligence. like Password Overview As reported last week, ODNI has recently come under scrutiny in light of President-elect Trump’s stated intention to “reorganize” the IC and his nomination of former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to succeed Haines as DNI.
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