Lawfare No Bull Senate Intelligence Committee Holds 2026 Worldwide Threats Hearing
Mar 31, 2026
Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, presents the 2026 threat assessment. John Ratcliffe, CIA director, outlines foreign collection and counterterror successes. James Adams, DIA director, assesses military capabilities and supply chain impacts. Kash Patel, FBI director, describes domestic security, cybercrime, and scam and narcotics disruptions. They discuss Iran, Russia, China, cyber threats, election security, and global tradeoffs.
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Intelligence-Led Operations Claimed To Degrade Iran
- Senator Cotton credited recent intelligence-led operations for significantly degrading Iran and other adversaries, tying agency successes to stronger homeland security.
- He cited increases in CIA reporting and officer hires and urged sustained reforms and FISA Section 702 reauthorization to keep momentum.
Election Threat Coordination Appears Reduced
- Vice Chair Warner warned the DNI cut the foreign malign influence center and failed to brief the committee on election threats, raising concern about degraded election threat coordination.
- He pointed to Director Tulsi Gabbard's presence at domestic warrant actions as inconsistent with DNI's statutory election-security coordination role.
Prioritize Homeland Defense In Threat Assessments
- Tulsi Gabbard framed the threat assessment around the President's national security priorities and emphasized homeland defense first.
- She cited border enforcement and decreased migration encounters as tangible measures the administration uses to defend the homeland.