HPSCI Releases Hidden 2019 ICIG Atkinson Transcripts as Crawford Cites Warranted IC Mistrust

The 2026 Annual Threat Assessment marks the first omission of foreign election threats since 2017, coinciding with systematic dismantlement of the IC's election security infrastructure. The Foreign Malign Influence Center at ODNI was curtailed, the FBI's Foreign Influence Task Force eliminated, and CISA's election security work gutted. At the March 18 SSCI hearing, DNI Gabbard told Vice Chairman Warner there have been no foreign threats identified, while separately a warrant requirement lost by a single vote last year partly on the argument that 702 was essential for election security monitoring. The Las Vegas Sun reports that former election security officials describe the changes as unprecedented unilateral disarmament.