Category: Avril Haines

US Intelligence Chief Issues Warning About TikTok

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines issued a warning to parents about the risks to children posed by social media app TikTok, which is owned by a Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-linked company based in Beijing. Haines told NBC News on Sunday that the Chinese regime is “extraordinary” in how it collects “foreign data,” posing national security and privacy risks….


Intelligence Officials to Assess Potential Risk to National Security From Trump-Held Documents

U.S. intelligence officials are preparing to assess the potential risk to national security from documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s home. “The Department of Justice and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence are working together to facilitate a classification review of relevant materials, including those recovered during the search. ODNI will also…


White House Wants Easier Path for ‘Climate Migrants’: Climate Security Reports

With the United Nations’ Glasgow climate conference just weeks away, on Oct. 21 several federal agencies simultaneously released four new analyses on the national security implications of climate change—including a report from the White House on climate change and migration stating that individuals citing climate change “may, in limited instances, have valid claims for refugee…


Nunes Urges Biden to Order Probe of CCP Virus Origin

House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) urged President Joe Biden on May 16 to order a whole-of-government investigation into the origins of the CCP virus. According to a letter from Nunes to the commander-in-chief (pdf), Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee are concerned by circumstantial evidence that the virus could have leaked from…


Biden Asked National Intelligence Director to Assess Domestic Extremism

President Joe Biden asked the director of national intelligence to assess domestic violent extremism, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday. The tasking is one of three parts of initial work on the extremism, Psaki said. Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence, will work with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security…


Senate Confirms Biden Nominee as Top Intelligence Chief

The Senate on Wednesday evening confirmed President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as the head of the U.S. intelligence community, the first of the president’s Cabinet picks to be approved. Avril Haines, who was nominated as the Director of National Intelligence, was confirmed by an 84-10 vote. Democrats were hopeful that they would be able…


Biden’s Top Intelligence Pick Says CCP an Adversary ‘On Some Issues’

President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to head the Office of the Director of National Intelligence declined to answer a yes-or-no question about whether the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is an adversary of the United States. Avril Haines, who Biden intends to nominate as the director of national intelligence, told lawmakers on the Senate Select Committee on…


Confirmation Hearing for Biden’s Director of Intelligence Nominee Postponed

The confirmation hearing for President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for Director of National Intelligence (DNI) has been postponed to next week, the Senate Intelligence Committee announced on Thursday. The confirmation hearing for Biden’s spy chief nominee Avril Haines was initially scheduled to take place virtually on Friday. “Despite the unusual circumstances on Capitol Hill, the committee is working…