House Committee on Intelligence
House Panel Opens Public Hearing on Unexplained Aerial Sightings
WASHINGTON — Pentagon officials testifying at a House subcommittee hearing on Tuesday showed a previously classified video of an unidentified aerial phenomena, a fleeting color video of a reflective spherical object speeding past a military fighter jet. The split-second image, shot through the window of an FA-18 fighter jet, shows a spherical object in the […]
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House Panel to Hold Public Hearing on Unexplained Aerial Sightings
A House subcommittee is scheduled to hold next week the first open congressional hearing on unidentified aerial vehicles in more than half a century, with testimony from two top defense intelligence officials. The hearing comes after the release last June of a report requested by Congress on “unidentified aerial phenomena.” The nine-page “Preliminary Assessment” from […]
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Why the U.S. Was Wrong About Ukraine and the Afghan War
How badly the intelligence agencies got it wrong is subject to debate. Ahead of the invasion, Ukraine experts “clearly and repeatedly” told policymakers in the White House and Congress that Ukraine’s government and people “probably would resist a Russian invasion,” a U.S. official said. But intelligence reports are usually hedged. And under questioning from Senator […]
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Spy Agencies Cite Russia’s Setbacks but Say Putin Is ‘Unlikely to Be Deterred’
WASHINGTON — Top U.S. intelligence officials said on Tuesday that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had been surprised and unsettled by the problems that have hampered his military in Ukraine, issues that will make it more difficult for Russian forces to control the country. But Mr. Putin is determined to succeed in Ukraine, and […]
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U.S. Names Official to Counter Foreign Election Interference
WASHINGTON — The director of national intelligence, Avril D. Haines, has appointed a new officer to oversee threats to elections, filling a critical role in the nation’s efforts to counter foreign election interference, her office said on Friday. The new officer, Jeffrey Wichman, who has worked at the C.I.A. for more than three decades, will […]
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