.@SecBlinken said the Biden-Harris administration was "exploring options" to share more resources - including vaccines - to combat COVID-19 in other countries, and that he was appointing a new official to oversee the global effort.
Blinken said the administration has had as its "main focus" getting vaccines to Americans, but "soon the US will need to step up our work and rise to the occasion worldwide."
"This pandemic won’t end at home until it ends worldwide," he said.

Blinken said the U.S. had received requests from other countries -- some with "growing desperation" -- for help. "We hear you, and I promise we're moving as fast as possible," he said.
In an implicit swipe at China, Blinken said the U.S. would be guided by "core values" while offering its support. "We won't trade shots in arms for political favors; this is about saving lives."
Blinken announced that Gayle Smith - former President and CEO of the One Campaign & USAID Administrator - will serve as Coordinator for Global COVID Response and Health Security.

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7 Apr
Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber & Emerging Tech Anne Neuberger said at @CFR_org that the Biden administration will launch an effort to secure control systems across the country "because of the significant consequences if they fail, or if they're degraded"
Neuberger: "We picked control systems because those are the systems that control water systems, power systems, chemical systems across the US, and we're seeking to have visibility on those networks to detect anomalous cyber behavior and block anomalous cyber behavior." (cont'd)
Neuberger: "Today we cannot trust those systems, because we don't have visibility into those systems, and we need the visibility of those systems because of the significant consequences if they fail, or if they're degraded."
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17 Mar
Declassified US intel assessment of 2020 election shows Russia's foreign influence playbook a) was only marginally changed; b) was adopted selectively by other adversaries & challengers; c) will continue being used unless the cost/benefit calculus changes

dni.gov/files/ODNI/doc…
A few things:

The classified version of this assessment was completed and given to USG stakeholders on January 7, 2021; it draws from information made available to the IC during the Trump administration
It includes guidance on election "influence" versus "interference," two terms that had been used interchangeably and to at times confusing effect:
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29 Aug 20
ODNI has informed the House & Senate Intel committees it will cease providing in-person briefings on election security and that future updates will be offered in writing, per two officials familiar with the matter. Comes at the direction of DNI Ratcliffe.

Confirming @jaketapper
An ODNI official says the move to providing “primarily” written briefings is “in the interest of clarity and protecting sensitive intelligence from unauthorized disclosures,” which ODNI said occurred “following recent briefings to Congress.”
“DNI Ratcliffe is committed to ensuring Congress is fully and currently informed and that classified information is protected,” the official said.
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18 Aug 20
The Senate Intel Committee has released the long-awaited, final volume of its investigation into Russia’s 2016 election interference, marking the conclusion of what was held up as the last/only bipartisan congressional investigation into the matter:

intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/…
Statement from Acting Chairman Marco Rubio: “We can say, without any hesitation, that the Fommittee found absolutely no evidence that then-candidate Trump or his campaign colluded with the Russian government to meddle in the 2016 election”
Vice Chairman Warner’s statement notes “a breathtaking level of contacts between Trump officials and Russian government operatives that is a very real counterintelligence threat to our elections.”
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7 Aug 20
NEW ODNI election threat update takes the notable step of disclosing the candidate preferences of China, Russia & Iran.

“Many foreign actors have a preference for who wins the election, which they express through..overt and private statements; covert influence efforts are rarer”
+ CHINA: "We assess that China prefers that President Trump...does not win reelection."

+ RUSSIA: "We assess that Russia is using a range of measures to primarily denigrate... Biden... Some Kremlin-linked actors are also seeking to boost President Trump’s candidacy"
+ IRAN: "We assess that Iran seeks to undermine U.S. democratic institutions, President Trump, and to divide the country..."

These assessments "represent the most current, accurate, and objective election threat information the IC has to offer in an unclassified setting"
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20 Jul 20
Democratic congressional leaders have sent a joint letter to FBI Director Chris Wray requesting a “defensive counterintelligence briefing” for all members of Congress prior to August recess, in a sign concerns about foriegn interference are mounting ahead of November.
“We are gravely concerned, in particular, that Congress appears to be the target of a concerted foreign interference campaign, which seeks to launder and amplify disinformation in order to influence congressional activity, public debate, and the presidential election in November”
The letter includes a header that says, “Unclassified when separated from attachment,” suggesting the request is based at least in part on classified intelligence. (All 4 lawmakers are part of the Gang of 8, the select group that is briefed on highly classified intel matters)
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