Leadership & Organization — 2026-03-19
DNI Gabbard Delivers 2026 Annual Threat Assessment to SSCI
Gabbard presented the IC's annual threat assessment alongside Ratcliffe, Patel, and the DIA and NSA directors. The assessment warns adversary missile threats to the homeland could exceed 16,000 by 2035. Gabbard declined to call Iran an 'imminent threat,' deferring to the president's judgment. The assessment omits election security for the first time since 2017.
Analysis
Today's HPSCI hearing with the same witnesses provides a second opportunity for congressional scrutiny. The House committee, chaired by Republican Crawford, may take a more supportive posture than SSCI, but the election security omission has drawn bipartisan concern.
Today's HPSCI hearing with the same witnesses provides a second opportunity for congressional scrutiny. The House committee, chaired by Republican Crawford, may take a more supportive posture than SSCI, but the election security omission has drawn bipartisan concern.