The annual worldwide threat assessment is a vital doc for the American public, which rarely sees the analysis of the IC. The open hearings have been crucial windows to focus the media and the public in the top threats we face and what needs to be done /1 politico.com/news/2020/01/1…
There must be public hearings. Suggesting there shouldn’t be so POTUS remains swathed in his conspiracy fantasy land, able to ignore intel that is counter to his “beliefs”, is simply absurd. It also exposes that he is now, unchallenged, a threat to American national security /2
These annual hearings are the first place much of the public heard about the return of Russian aggression and its new means of hybrid aggression; of the need for expanded focus in Asia, where Chinese force projection and hybrid influence is a significant challenge; much more /3
