Hearing before the Senate Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
“Threats to the Homeland”
Mr. Russell Travers
Acting Director, National Counterterrorism Center
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
November 5, 2019
Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Peters, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to be with you today. I will begin with a brief overview of the terrorism threat before discussing related threats to the homeland in more detail. I will close my opening remarks with a discussion of global trends impacting counterterrorism efforts, along with comments on the way forward, from NCTC’s perspective.