Digital Repression Growing Globally, Threatening Freedoms
As part of our ongoing transparency efforts to enhance public understanding of the Intelligence Community’s (IC) work and to provide insights on national security issues, ODNI today is releasing this unclassified IC product dated October 2022.
DNI Haines Statement on the Passing of Former Director of DIA Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines issued the following statement on the passing of former Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Lieutenant General Vincent Stewart:
ODNI Releases 10th Annual Intelligence Community Transparency Report
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) today released the Annual Statistical Transparency Report (ASTR) Regarding the Intelligence Community’s (IC) Use of National Security Surveillance Authorities for Calendar Year 2022. The ASTR provides the public both statistics and contextual information regarding the scope of the government’s use of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) authorities, National Security Letters, and other national security authorities. The report also provides insights into the rigorous, multi-layered oversight framework that governs the IC, which is designed to protect the civil liberties and privacy of persons whose information is acquired pursuant to these national security authorities. The release of this report is consistent with the requirement in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as amended (codified in 50 U.S.C. § 1873(b)), and the IC’s commitment to the Principles of Intelligence Transparency.
Annual Statistical Transparency Report Regarding National Security Authorities Calendar Year 2022
Today, consistent with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), as amended (codified in 50 U.S.C. § 1873(b)), and the Intelligence Community’s (IC) Principles of Intelligence Transparency, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released the 10th Annual Statistical Transparency Report (ASTR) Regarding the Intelligence Community’s Use of National Security Surveillance Authorities.
"Digital Authoritarianism: A Growing Threat” at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
On April 24, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines delivered remarks at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on “Digital Authoritarianism: A Growing Threat.” Following the remarks, Carnegie Senior Vice President for Policy Research and Director of the Europe Program Dan Baer moderated a fireside chat with the DNI. The full event is available to view here, and the transcript is below.