Thread by @jseldin

Siege of #USCapitol caused feelings of "Shock...a little bit of embarrassment" the top US Counterintelligence official, William Evanina, tells #postlive

"This is the closest I got to that feeling of emptiness inside" that he felt on 9/11

#USCapitol and foreign adversaries - "We are watching them watching us" NCSC Director Evanina tells #postlive, warning adversaries they will not be able to take advantage of the situation

"This is clearly homegrown & it is extremism" per NCSC Dir Evanina

"The mindset to storm the #USCapitol because of a belief is something I never thought I would see...a paradigm shift "

#SolarWindsHack - "I believe it was the #Russia|ns" per NCSC's Evanina, adding there is a need to focus on, "what were they seeking?"

"I see this as an intelligence gathering operation" NCSC Dir Evanina tells #postlive

Says the investigation is "aggressive," saying it is possible the number of victims could "continue to grow" because of the supply chain vulnerabilities

"We've had too any wake-up calls" w/#cyber, says NCSC Dir William Evanina, saying there is a need to improve the public-private relationship

#China changing tactics, techniques - "I don't think the Chinese are going to slow down w/how they collect" US tech, per NCSC Dir Evanina

#postlive

#Election2020 interference from #Russia #China #Iran:

"All 3 countries were very nefarious" per NCSC Dir Evanina, saying #Russia appeared to many to be the primary threat

"But China played its hand as well" he adds, saying #Iran "was the primary catalyst for taking action"

More on #Iran: NCSC Dir Evanina compares #Tehran to "a caged animal" in terms of potential danger posed to the US

"Our new administration is going to have to have a pause, a timeout" to take on the problem of politicalization & partisanship in the US intelligence community, NCSC Dir William Evanina tells #postlive