Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community
The Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community, originally called the "Annual Threat Assessment" is a hearing of the US Senate Select Intelligence Committee that has occurred each year since 2006, until 2020.[1] Each hearing includes at least one "open" or unclassified session and the release of a document that details the high level unclassified assessments of the US intelligence community for a given year.
The unclassified version of the report of April 9, 2021[2] was presented April 14, 2021 by the Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and others at a hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.[3]
The most recent unclassified document released by the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Daniel R. Coats is dated January 29, 2019.[4]
The assessment often analyzes the perspective of the US intelligence community and how it will affect US actions.[5][6][7]
The Trump administration, without explanation, postponed the DNI's annual Worldwide Threat Assessment which warns that the U.S. remains unprepared for a global pandemic. The office of the DNI was scheduled to deliver the Assessment to the House Intelligence Committee on February 12, 2020.[8]
References
- Negroponte, John D. "Annual Threat Assessment of the Director of National Intelligence for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence" (PDF). US Federal Government. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- "Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community" (PDF).
- Haines, Avril. "2021 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community".
- Coats, Daniel R. "Statement for the Record Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community" (PDF).
- McQuade, Alex R. "2016 Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community". LawfareBlog.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- Malakoff, David. "NASA U.S. spy agencies wimp out on science of climate change, but still say it's a security threat". Science. AAAS. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- Werrell and Francesco. "Climate Change in the Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community". The Center for Climate and Security.
- John Walcott The Trump Administration Is Stalling an Intel Report That Warns the U.S. Isn’t Ready for a Global Pandemic March 9, 2020 TIME.com