Category: DNI

Former National Intelligence Director: UFO Report Raises Concerns About US Defense Capabilities

When former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe was asked about an increased number of UFO sightings during an interview with Fox & Friends on Sunday, he emphasized how significant such phenomena are to national defense. The recently released Office of the DNI Annual Report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (pdf) reported a record increase…


Trump Returns to Mar-a-Lago, Reveals ‘Place Will Never Be the Same’ After Raid

Former President Donald Trump revealed Monday that he returned to his Mar-a-Lago property while decrying the FBI’s raid targeting the resort last month. “Arrived in Florida last night and had a long and detailed chance to check out the scene of yet another government ‘crime,’ the FBI’s Raid and Break-In of my home, Mar-a-Lago,” he…


US Intelligence Agency Warns Companies on China’s ‘Comprehensive’ Efforts to Acquire Critical Technologies

The National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) launched an outreach campaign on Oct. 22 to warn and instruct U.S. organizations engaged in critical and emerging technologies about the dangers posed by foreign states’ counterintelligence operations. “In recent months, NCSC has begun engagements with various entities in these sectors to provide information on nation-state threats to…


China ‘Sought to Influence’ 2020 US Election, Director of National Intelligence Assesses

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe assessed that China interfered in the 2020 federal elections, according to a letter transmitted to Congress. In the letter (pdf), Ratcliffe alleges that intelligence about China’s election interference was suppressed by management at the CIA, which pressured analysts to withdraw their support for the view. Citing a report…