New - Leaders of the intelligence community will not appear before the House Intel Committee next week for a public hearing on the top threats facing the country, despite a formal request from Chairman Schiff for them to commit to a public and closed-door session on February 12.
“We are still having productive discussions with the committees on the timing of the Worldwide Threat Assessment hearings,” a spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) said Friday.
A committee official confirmed no public hearing would be held next week and that discussions were ongoing. “We…look forward to their agreeing to attend the one public oversight hearing with all major IC agencies the Committee holds each year,” the official said.
Senate aides familiar with that panel’s discussions likewise said no hearing date had been set.
h/t @martinmatishak who updated on this minutes ago
The hearing has, in previous years, taken place in open and classified settings before both panels annually in the first half of the year – as early as January and as late as May.
(My note: Aligning the schedules of several senior officials can sometimes pose an anodyne delay)
(My note: Aligning the schedules of several senior officials can sometimes pose an anodyne delay)
The WWT hearing serves as a rare opportunity for the leaders of largely clandestine organizations to publicly elaborate their areas of concern. It also allows lawmakers to ask questions about how policymakers have characterized their agencies' assessments
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