As this news breaks, important to ask: where’s the DNI threat assessment? An unclassified version is released each year to inform the American people about threats to our nation, including public health threats. Except this year. WHY NOT? What’s in it? https://twitter.com/kendilaniannbc/status/1246260448296607747

Some background on the bottled-up report in thread below. This is the first year since the DNI’s first threat assessment in 2006 that there has been no public report. Someone doesn’t want the public to see it. WHY? Presumption: because its authors—IC professionals—tell the truth. https://twitter.com/brett_mcgurk/status/1236531961130188800

Tonight’s news only reinforces the warning from Joe McGuire, fired last month as DNI for no credible reason, and his fellow IC colleagues, that this WH is actively eroding OUR nation’s first line of defense: its intelligence community and professionals. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/former-intelligence-chiefs-trumps-removals-of-experts-are-deeply-destructive-to-our-nations-safety/2020/03/20/b16e7e06-6ac3-11ea-abef-020f086a3fab_story.html

Here’s ADM McCraven, the man who led the operation to kill Osama Bin Laden, making the same point. The current disaster that has befallen our country is but one indicator of what’s happening below the surface in our government. The warnings are all there. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/william-mcraven-if-good-men-like-joe-maguire-cant-speak-the-truth-we-should-be-deeply-afraid/2020/02/21/2068874c-5503-11ea-b119-4faabac6674f_story.html