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IC BRIEF
Current as of 1735 EDT (UTC-04), Wednesday 24 June 2026
Contents
10 stories from 33 sources across 31 organizations
KEY JUDGMENTS
Pulte's Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) workforce actions have reached the Presidential Daily Brief (PDB) curation layer with Ruger's ouster, and the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) will likely sustain a leadership change or workforce reduction exceeding 20 percent by year-end 2026, absent judicial intervention on the reductions or a bipartisan Senate hold on ODNI appropriations. Moderate confidence reflects the administration's IG attrition record, offset by the absence of ICIG-specific targeting in current reporting. Warner's DNII Act faces almost no chance of passage, leaving executive IC personnel authority unconstrained through the midterms.
Congress will likely reauthorize Section 702 before the April 2027 legal extension expires, with the realistic pathway running through a post-midterm Congress. High confidence rests on the statutory deadline and bipartisan security consensus. Trump's Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act) linkage is the linchpin blocking the current session. If Democrats reclaim the House in November, reauthorization will likely arrive paired with a warrant requirement.
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)'s naming of Qods Force Department 11,000 and a supervisor confirms institutional Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeting of Western domestic populations. Five Eyes governments will likely not issue a coordinated diplomatic response by year-end 2026. Moderate confidence reflects the six-month historical minimum for coordinated attribution. A second partner endorsing ASIO's findings is the indicator that would compress the timeline.
IC Technology & Surveillance
Pentagon Publishes Post-Quantum Cryptography Strategy Mandating All DOD Systems Use PQC by 2031
BLUF: Department of Defense (DoD)'s 2031 Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) mandate lacks enforcement teeth for the defense industrial base because the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council is unlikely to publish its proposed contractor compliance rule by late December 2026.
The Department of War released its Post-Quantum Cryptography Strategy on June 23, mandating all Department of War (DoW) systems support PQC by December 31, 2030, and use it exclusively by December 31, 2031; National Security Systems must adopt CNSA 2.0 12. DoW CIO Kirsten Davies organized the strategy around five lines of effort spanning governance, cryptographic inventory, technology development, commercial integration, and enterprise deployment across all warfighting domains 23. EO 14409, signed June 22, directs the FAR Council within 180 days to publish a proposed rule requiring federal contractors to comply with NIST FIPS PQC standards by end of 2030 1. A November 18 memo from acting CIO Katie Arrington, released this week, directed DoW components to inventory cryptographic systems, designate migration leads, and bar quantum key distribution for security functions absent a granted exception 4.
Analyst Note: The FAR Council is unlikely to publish its PQC compliance rule within EO 14409's 180-day window, leaving the Defense Industrial Base without binding contractual enforcement through most of 2027. Moderate confidence reflects the federal regulatory record: comparable rulemaking has not cleared a 180-day bar, and mandatory consultations with CISA, DHS, and NIST add coordination drag the calendar cannot absorb. The official DoW release is independently corroborated by Inside Cybersecurity; trade outlets echo without adding primary sourcing. Absent an enforceable FAR clause, contractors outside existing DoW vehicles face no immediate compliance obligation despite the 2030 deadline, shifting build/buy decisions 12 to 24 months rightward. The Arrington memo's QKD prohibition compresses the migration design space regardless of where rulemaking lands. NSA's institutional interest in sidelining non-NIST-blessed technologies may explain that prohibition as much as any new security determination, with the exception pathway preserved for classified programs already running QKD at scale.
Sources:
1: Pentagon launches post-quantum cryptography strategy, as Trump executive order looks to reshape civilian agency procurement - Inside Cybersecurity
2: Securing Global Dominance: DoW Unleashes Quantum Defense Strategy to Harden Networks and Empower the Joint Force - U.S. Department of War
3: DoW Unveils Quantum Defense to Fortify Networks - Mirage News
4: Pentagon CIO Orders Rapid Shift to Post-Quantum Crypto - MeriTalk
Booz Allen Hamilton to Acquire Ultra Intelligence and Communications Mission Solutions for 720 Million Dollars
BLUF: Booz Allen likely closes this $720 million acquisition by late September 2026, buying product revenue to patch a services business posting negative quarterly growth.
On June 22, Booz Allen Hamilton announced a definitive agreement to acquire Ultra I&C Mission Solutions from Cobham Ultra Group, an Advent portfolio company, for $720 million 123. Ultra Mission Solutions, headquartered in Austin, Texas, employs approximately 220 people across five U.S. facilities and develops mission-critical software, encryption, and edge-compute products for U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, and allied programs across three lines of business 3. Its product stack, including Apex, ADSI, ACTS, Rain, and Knox, covers command and control, edge compute, secure data movement, and encryption engineered for contested or disconnected environments 13. Booz Allen projects strong double-digit revenue growth and EBITDA margins above 20 percent from the unit; the transaction is expected to close by end of September 2026, subject to customary conditions 3.
Analyst Note: The transaction likely closes by September 30, 2026, adding a vertically integrated encryption, C2, and edge-compute product stack to Booz Allen's portfolio at a moment when its services-led business faces revenue headwinds. Booz Allen reported negative first-quarter FY2027 growth against a 0-4% full-year guide, making Ultra's projected double-digit revenue and 20-percent-plus EBITDA margins a meaningful recovery lever rather than a purely capability-driven acquisition. Moderate confidence rests on a publicly committed timeline and standard deal structure; no open-source reporting addresses Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) posture or any identified closing risk.
Sources:
1: Booz Allen to acquire Ultra I&C Mission Solutions - Intelligence Community News
2: Booz Allen to Acquire Ultra I&C Mission Solutions Business, Further Strengthening Defense Technology Portfolio - Booz Allen Hamilton
3: Booz Allen to acquire Ultra Mission Solutions for $720 million - Investing.com
Booz Allen to Acquire Ultra I&C Mission Solutions for $720M - GovConWire
Downed F-15E Pilot Reported Seeing Iranian Drone Jellyfish Formation, Triggering Intelligence Community Debate Over Previously Unknown Adversary Capability
BLUF: Absent sensor corroboration or independent witness testimony, Washington is very unlikely to confirm Iranian meshed drone networking by year-end 2026, leaving force protection planners unable to scope the threat.
CNN, citing four unnamed sources, reported June 23 that the F-15E pilot shot down over Iran in April described seeing Iranian drones in a "jellyfish" formation during his post-rescue debriefing, with smaller drones suspended below larger ones like legs 12. Sources described the formation as "one-to-many meshed networking," a coordination technique US intelligence had not previously assessed Iran to possess, and two sources told CNN that initial reports raised the possibility the formation contributed to the jet's loss 1. Intelligence officials conducting the debrief questioned the account, noting the pilot had sustained a concussion; prior reporting attributed the shootdown to a Chinese-made shoulder-fired missile, and USAF, CENTCOM, and ODNI offered no statements on the formation claim 123.
Analyst Note: The US government is very unlikely to publicly confirm Iranian operational meshed drone networking by year-end 2026. Regional air threat frameworks cannot be revised on a single disputed debriefing account, and IC consensus requires more than CNN's sole-originating exclusive. Confidence is low: no imagery, sensor data, or independent witness account corroborates the formation, and the debriefers themselves questioned whether the concussed pilot could recount events clearly. Perceptual distortion from combat stress explains the account without requiring an unassessed Iranian capability; no WSO testimony exists to choose between readings. If confirmed, DOD and CENTCOM face immediate pressure to revise regional threat assessments and accelerate counter-swarm procurement, as existing US electronic warfare frameworks were not designed to counter meshed drone coordination at this scale. Absent confirmation, current models hold through the planning cycle.
Sources:
1: Exclusive: Downed US pilot reported seeing Iranian drones swarm in 'jellyfish' formation - CNN
2: Downed U.S. F-15E Pilot Reportedly Observed Unusual Iranian Drone Swarm Moving In 'Jellyfish' Formation - The Aviationist
3: What Was The Jellyfish-Like Drone Swarm The Downed F-15E Pilot Reportedly Saw Over Iran? - The War Zone
US pilot downed over Iran reported seeing jellyfish-like drone formation -- report - The Times of Israel
NRO Launches NROL-179 Mission Expanding Proliferated Satellite Architecture to Hundreds on Orbit
BLUF: National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)'s proliferated architecture will almost certainly meet 2029 growth objectives, with embedded ground-tracking converting the constellation from an Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) fleet into a persistent kill-chain accelerant.
SpaceX launched the NROL-179 national security payload for the NRO aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 19 at 4:50 a.m. EDT, with the first stage booster recovering at Landing Zone 4 1. The NRO characterized the mission as the fourteenth launch under its multiphenomenology proliferated architecture and the third proliferated launch of 2026, with the constellation now comprising hundreds of satellites on orbit 12. According to NRO's release as carried by Intelligence Community News, the architecture supports intelligence and Department of War missions including the ground moving target indicator mission within DoW's space-based sensing and targeting architecture, with additional proliferated launches planned through 2029 1.
Analyst Note: NRO will almost certainly meet its 2029 growth objectives. Low confidence applies: constellation count and Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) integration depth rest on NRO's own release with no independent corroboration. GMTI operational embedding is the disclosure that matters, with persistent ground-track data now routing into DoW's space-based strike cycles and compressing adversary concealment windows at a scale exquisite systems cannot match. The architecture may augment rather than supplant those exquisite systems if GMTI fidelity degrades under contested RF and jamming conditions. A confirmed 2029 build-out accelerates joint targeting doctrine around persistent NRO sensing and narrows the commercial GMTI contracting case.
Sources:
1: NRO launches NROL-179 - Intelligence Community News
2: NRO Sends Third 2026 Architecture Mission Into Orbit With NROL-179 Launch - ExecutiveGov
Launch NROL-179 - National Reconnaissance Office
Prior Reporting
- [Live coverage: SpaceX to launch intelligence-gathering satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office](https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/06/18/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-intelligence-gathering-satellites-for-the-national-reconnaissance-office-2/) (2026-06-18)
- [NROL-179 Mission](https://www.spacex.com/launches/nrol179) (2026-06-18)
- [Watch SpaceX launch new batch of US spy satellites from California early on June 19](https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-spy-satellite-launch-nrol-179-nro) (2026-06-18)
- [Falcon 9 Launch of NROL-179 from Vandenberg SFB Scheduled for Early Friday Morning](https://keyt.com/vandenberg-space-base/2026/06/18/falcon-9-launch-of-nrol-179-from-vandenberg-sfb-scheduled-for-early-friday-morning/) (2026-06-18)
IC Oversight & Policy
Warner Introduces Bill to Require Senate-Confirmed Acting DNIs After Pulte Controversy
BLUF: Warner's bill has almost no chance of Senate passage by December 31, 2026, leaving Pulte's appointment unconstrained and the acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) succession framework entirely at executive discretion.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) on June 23 introduced the Do Not Interfere in our Intelligence Act of 2026, which would require any acting DNI to be a Senate-confirmed official 1. The bill establishes a three-tier succession chain: the PDDNI first, then other Senate-confirmed officials within ODNI, then Senate-confirmed officials from across the broader IC if ODNI positions are all vacant 1. Warner cited Trump's appointment of Bill Pulte, the sitting FHFA Director with no intelligence or national security background, as acting DNI, noting Pulte bypassed multiple Senate-confirmed IC officials to assume the role 12. Trump's DNI nominee, Jay Clayton, was withdrawn from a scheduled Senate confirmation hearing and his confirmation remains on indefinite hold 1.
Analyst Note: The bill has almost no chance of Senate passage by December 31, 2026; Republican chamber control forecloses a floor path, and no co-sponsorship or committee action is on record. Low confidence attaches given sourcing is limited to the sponsor's press release and a single press account, with no floor scheduling or cross-aisle contact documented. The legislation may primarily serve as a minority messaging vehicle building a public record on IC governance norms. Pulte's tenure continues without statutory constraint, and with Clayton's confirmation on indefinite hold, no conventional mechanism exists to vacate the acting role, leaving no legislative remedy available through year-end.
Sources:
1: Warner Introduces Bill to Prevent Unqualified Appointees from Overriding Senate-Confirmed Intelligence Leadership - GlobalSecurity.org
2: Warner introduces bill to require Senate-confirmed acting DNIs in wake of Pulte controversy - The Hill
Warner Introduces Bill to Prevent Unqualified Appointees from Overriding Senate-Confirmed Intelligence Leadership - Sen. Mark Warner (official press release)
FISA Section 702 Lapses for First Time as Trump Ties Reauthorization to SAVE Act While Pulte Appointment Roils IC Oversight
BLUF: Congress will likely reauthorize Section 702 before its April 2027 extension expires, but Trump's linkage tactics and midterm dynamics favor a warrant-requirement compromise over the clean renewal the IC prefers.
Section 702 of FISA lapsed at midnight on June 12 without reauthorization, a statutory first, after a Senate procedural vote failed on June 5 amid Democratic backlash over Trump's appointment of Bill Pulte as acting DNI 1. The American Prospect reported the lapse does not terminate existing wiretap collection and that the authority has been legally extended through next April 1. Trump subsequently conditioned signing any FISA legislation on Congress passing the SAVE Act, a citizenship-verification voter registration measure, dividing House Republicans over the linkage 12. Trump also nominated Jay Clayton as permanent DNI while instructing him not to appear at his own Senate confirmation hearing 1.
Analyst Note: Reauthorization will likely arrive through a post-midterm Congress rather than the current session. High confidence reflects three converging pressures: the April 2027 statutory deadline, IC operational imperatives, and bipartisan security consensus, none of which the current impasse can permanently block. NPR's primary reporting, corroborated independently by The American Prospect, places the operative deadline at April 2027 rather than the September 2026 suspension from prior assessments, which reshapes each party's leverage calculus. Clayton's instruction to skip his own confirmation hearing signals Trump is using DNI nominations as political leverage, compressing any bipartisan window before midterm recess. The SAVE Act attachment may be a negotiating posture rather than a firm precondition. Intelligence hawks in Trump's coalition retain room to extract a clean extension by offering a face-saving concession. Democrats reclaiming the House likely converts the forcing function into a warrant-reform vehicle rather than a clean renewal.
Sources:
1: Reclaiming the Majority Is One Way to End Warrantless Surveillance - The American Prospect
2: House Republicans divided over Trump's efforts to link FISA and SAVE Act - The Hill
FISA 702, a key U.S. spy tool, has lapsed. Now what? - NPR
Prior Reporting
- [Trump's DNI pick hearing scuttled over voting law spat](https://www.axios.com/2026/06/17/trump-national-intelligence-pick-hearing-cotton) (2026-06-17)
- [Donald Trump halts Clayton's DNI confirmation process](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5927665-donald-trump-pauses-clayton-dni-nomination/) (2026-06-17)
- [Senate to proceed with intel chief confirmation hearing despite Trump's call to delay](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/17/nx-s1-5859298/jay-clayton-confirmation-hearing-director-of-national-intelligence) (2026-06-17)
- [Trump sabotages Senate bid to fast-track Clayton as DNI, hearing canceled](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/17/jay-clayton-dni-hearing-congress-trump-cancel.html) (2026-06-17)
Whistleblower Groups Demand Acting DNI Pulte Preserve Independence of IC Inspector General During ODNI Workforce Cuts
BLUF: Acting DNI Pulte's mass dismissals will likely degrade or dismantle the IC Inspector General by year-end 2026, eliminating the last cross-agency accountability mechanism for intelligence community wrongdoing.
Whistleblower Aid Chief Legal Counsel Andrew P. Bakaj on June 23 urged Acting DNI Bill Pulte to preserve the independence of the Intelligence Community Inspector General as media reports emerged of planned significant workforce reductions at ODNI 1. Bakaj described the ICIG as an independent ODNI component that investigates wrongdoing across all IC agencies and warned that weakening or dismantling it would prevent accountability for intelligence leaders 1. Roll Call reported that senators from both parties raised concerns about Pulte's performance within days of his appointment, including reports that he began firing intelligence officials and staff at the DNI en masse on Monday 2.
Analyst Note: Mass dismissals in Pulte's first days at ODNI have moved personnel actions from planning to execution, making it likely the ICIG will sustain a leadership change or workforce reduction exceeding 20 percent by year-end 2026. As the sole cross-agency accountability layer, the ICIG is the last institutional pathway for IC personnel to surface wrongdoing above the agency level, and its attrition would eliminate that pathway. Sourcing (Whistleblower Aid, an interested party, and Roll Call) carries no independent corroboration. Moderate confidence reflects convergent mass-firing indicators and the administration's consistent IG attrition pattern, offset by absent ICIG-specific reporting. Cutting analytical and administrative functions while leaving the ICIG nominally intact would insulate Pulte from the political cost of dismantling oversight outright. Senate staff weighing emergency statutory protections face a compressed decision window if that reading proves wrong.
Sources:
1: Acting DNI Pulte must preserve independence of Intelligence Community Inspector General - Whistleblower Aid
2: Days into his new job, Pulte raises eyebrows in Senate - Roll Call
Prior Reporting
- [Trump divisive pick for DNI already looking to eliminate hundreds of jobs](https://san.com/cc/trumps-divisive-pick-for-dni-already-looking-to-eliminate-hundreds-of-jobs/) (2026-06-19)
- [Hundreds Of ODNI Jobs On Chopping Block As Pulte Begins Trump-Mandated Cuts](https://dallasexpress.com/national/hundreds-of-odni-jobs-on-chopping-block-as-pulte-begins-trump-mandated-cuts/) (2026-06-19)
- [Pulte to Begin Mass Firings on Day One as Acting DNI](https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/06/pulte-begin-mass-firing/) (2026-06-19)
- [Trump's new acting intel chief Bill Pulte arrives early, eyes firing hundreds](https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/19/politics/bill-pulte-intel-chief-takes-office) (2026-06-19)
IC Workforce & Organization
Acting DNI Pulte Forces Out Gabbard Deputy Will Ruger, Who Oversaw Presidential Daily Brief
BLUF: Pulte's purge of the PDB oversight chain during a leadership vacuum degrades the IC's ability to deliver coherent all-source analysis to the president at a period of elevated geopolitical risk.
Acting DNI Bill Pulte has removed Will Ruger, ODNI's deputy director for mission integration, as part of a purge that CBS News characterized as targeting the "deep state," according to Jewish Insider 1. Ruger oversaw the President's Daily Brief and, before entering government, held senior roles at Koch-network-affiliated organizations and was affiliated with the Defense Priorities think tank 1. He had publicly opposed maximum pressure sanctions against Iran and defended the 2015 nuclear deal prior to his appointment 1. Pulte has also dismissed five other ODNI staff and returned 45 to their home agencies following Trump's directive to extend cuts beyond those enacted under former DNI Gabbard 1.
Analyst Note: Removing the officer who curated the PDB confirms Pulte's cuts have reached the analytic coordination layer, not just administrative staff. Combined with five additional firings and 45 officers returned to home agencies, ODNI's collection-integration capacity is degraded without Senate-confirmed leadership and with no confirmed successor to Ruger's portfolio. Single-source reporting limits confidence in the rationale attributed to the action. Ruger's pre-appointment opposition to Iran maximum pressure and his public defense of the 2015 nuclear deal supports a reading that this was policy-driven rather than a structural workforce reduction.
Sources:
1: Acting DNI Pulte forces out top Gabbard deputy Will Ruger - Jewish Insider
Prior Reporting
- [Firings underway at Office of Director of National Intelligence, source says](https://www.ms.now/news/director-national-intelligence-office-firings-pulte-trump) (2026-06-23)
- [Top intelligence agency begins mass firings under new Trump appointee, source says](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/odni-begins-firings-under-bill-pulte-director-national-intelligence-rcna351290) (2026-06-23)
- [Trump's acting director of national intelligence begins firings at agency, sources say](https://abcnews.com/Politics/trumps-acting-director-national-intelligence-bill-pulte-begins/story?id=134115343) (2026-06-23)
Allied Intelligence
France Replaces Military Intelligence Chief as DRM Director Langlade de Montgros Promoted to Army Chief of Staff
BLUF: Promoting the Direction du Renseignement Militaire (DRM)'s Russia-tested director to Army chief of staff trades intelligence continuity at a pivotal moment for a combat-credible leader who must now deliver force structure targets he inherited, not shaped.
Defense Minister Catherine Vautrin announced on June 18 that Langlade de Montgros would succeed General Pierre Schill as Army Chief of Staff, a decision the Élysée Council of Ministers formally confirmed on June 24 12. Langlade de Montgros took command of the DRM in April 2022 after his predecessor was dismissed for failing to anticipate the scale of Russia's invasion of Ukraine 3. Intelligence Online reported that General Philippe de Montenon, currently commander of French land and European ground forces, is set to succeed him at the DRM 4. The same announcement designated Vice-Admiral Christophe Cluzel to replace Admiral Nicolas Vaujour as Navy Chief of Staff 12.
Analyst Note: The promotion removes DRM's most experienced Russia-focused commander during the service's analytical consolidation phase. Intelligence Online, the only outlet with original interior reporting, identifies General de Montenon as successor, a selection that sustains DRM's operational-officer tradition while leaving analytical continuity uncertain. Placing an intelligence-and-combat-background officer at Army leadership may reflect deliberate Élysée prioritization of Russia-threat awareness, though the institutional culture of a force that prizes regimental lineage will test that calculus. Schill's benchmarks, a deployable division by 2027 and coalition corps command by 2030, now fall to Langlade de Montgros on terms he did not set.
Sources:
1: Le général Jacques Langlade de Montgros sera le prochain chef d'état-major de l'armée de Terre - Zone Militaire (OPEX 360)
2: Nomination : L'actuel directeur du renseignement militaire futur prochain CEMAT - AASSDN (Anciens et Amis des Services Spéciaux de la Défense Nationale)
3: Jacques Langlade de Montgros, un général espion à la tête de l'armée de Terre - L'Essentiel de l'Éco
4: Jeu de chaises musicales à la tête du renseignement militaire, un départ à l Elysée - Intelligence Online
Compte rendu du conseil des ministres du 24 juin 2026 - Élysée (Présidence de la République)
Adversary Intelligence
ASIO Chief Reveals IRGC Agents Directed Arson Attacks on Jewish Targets in Sydney and Melbourne
BLUF: Canberra now holds named IRGC officials and a documented chain of command but has yet to signal any intent to convert that intelligence into sanctions or criminal referrals.
In his Annual Threat Assessment on Wednesday, ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess attributed both 2024 arson attacks on Australian Jewish targets to IRGC-directed operatives who had previously lived in Australia 12. An Australian citizen now based in Iran directed the October firebombing of Lewis' Continental Kitchen in Bondi; a former Australian resident living in Iraq directed the December attack on Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne 12. Burgess named the Iran-based operative as a senior Qods Force agent of Department 11,000, a covert Western-operations unit, and said ASIO has identified the agent's supervisor by name 2. The Iraq-based director, recruited through Iraqi-based militia networks, was imprisoned after his IRGC handlers withdrew support following ASIO's public attribution and subsequent law enforcement pressure 12.
Analyst Note: In his Annual Threat Assessment, Burgess named Qods Force Department 11,000 as directing both attacks, establishing an institutional link between IRGC leadership and domestic violence on Australian soil and elevating the legal exposure of identified Iranian officials. The Iran-based operative's senior rank within a covert Western-operations unit signals a deliberate, resourced targeting program rather than peripheral criminal exploitation. ASIO has identified the supervisor by name, giving Canberra a lever not yet publicly deployed. Tehran withdrew support from the Iraq-based director after public attribution, though that withdrawal may reflect IRGC internal security discipline rather than successful external deterrence. Canberra has not signaled whether it will convert that intelligence advantage into targeted sanctions or criminal referrals.
Sources:
1: Iranian agents lived in Australia before directing attacks on Sydney and Melbourne, spy chief says - Washington Times
2: ASIO chief reveals former Australian resident directed attack on Melbourne synagogue - The Conversation
Iranian Agents Lived in Australia Before Directing Attacks: Spy Chief - Breitbart
Iranian agents lived in Australia before directing attacks on Sydney and Melbourne, spy chief says - Washington Post
COLLECTION GAPS
- Chinese cyber espionage attributions or MSS operational exposures in Western partner countries.
- SVR and GRU operational activity, including European counterintelligence developments.
- Active counterintelligence cases and espionage prosecutions in US or allied courts.
- IC appropriations and budget markup activity beyond executive workforce reduction orders.