WASHINGTON D.C. - NCSC Briefs Agencies across the U.S. Government on Supply Chain Threats Posed by Five Specified Chinese Companies

Over the past two weeks, the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) has been providing classified briefings and other assistance to federal procurement executives, chief information officers and chief information security officers from across the U.S. Government on supply chain threats and risks stemming from contracting with five Chinese companies.

WASHINGTON D.C. - Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe today issued the following statement upon swearing in Chris Miller as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC):

“I am pleased today to have sworn in Chris Miller as NCTC Director. Chris is a well-respected and experienced counterterrorism leader and the right person for this critical position. His distinguished career, most recently as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Combating Terrorism and previously the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism and Transnational Threats at the National Security Council, make him uniquely qualified to lead NCTC."

WASHINGTON D.C. - Statement by William R. Evanina Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center Office of the Director of National Intelligence “Election Threat Update for the American Public”

On July 24, 2020, I issued a statement to the American public providing an unclassified overview of foreign threats to the 2020 election and offering basic steps to mitigate some of these threats. At that time, I pledged that the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) would continue to update the American public and other key stakeholders on the evolving election threat landscape, while also safeguarding our intelligence sources and methods.

“Despite being shot in the back, war was the best experience I’ve ever had.”

Those are the words of a 30-year-old man who has spent more than 10 percent of his life in a military hospital recovering from an armor piercing sniper round.

His name is Justin Griffin, a former Sergeant in the United States Army who is a Purple Heart recipient and a current employee at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).

WASHINGTON D.C. - Statement by William R. Evanina Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center Office of the Director of National Intelligence “Election Threat Update for the American Public”

On July 24, 2020, I issued a statement to the American public providing an unclassified overview of foreign threats to the 2020 election and offering basic steps to mitigate some of these threats. At that time, I pledged that the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) would continue to update the American public and other key stakeholders on the evolving election threat landscape, while also safeguarding our intelligence sources and methods.