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Avril Haines

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Avril Danica Haines is an American attorney and government official currently serving as the Director of National Intelligence, a position she has held since January 21, 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Haines has previously served as the Deputy National Security Advisor and Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism. Her work has focused on issues of national security, intelligence, and counterterrorism policy. Haines has emphasized the importance of transparency in government, notably addressing concerns about overclassification of information.

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May 25, 2024

Russia remains the most active foreign threat to our elections.

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May 7, 2024

the intelligence community is continuing its investigations into what happened in these situations.

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May 7, 2024

I am heartened by the Biden administration's statement last month that they will continue to conduct comprehensive examinations of the effects and the potential causes.

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Mar 7, 2023

China has not fully cooperated, and we do think that's a key critical gap.

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Jan 1, 2023

overclassification undermines the basic trust that public has in its government.

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Jan 1, 2023

overclassification undermines the basic trust that public has in its government.

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Dec 31, 2022

overclassification undermines the basic trust that public has in its government.

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May 10, 2022

We assess President Putin is preparing for a prolonged conflict in Ukraine during which he still intends to achieve goals beyond the Donbas.

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May 9, 2022

The uncertain nature of the battle which is developing into a war of attrition, combined with the reality that Putin faces a mismatch between his ambitions and Russia's current conventional military capabilities, likely means the next few…

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Mar 10, 2022

If they pursue the maximalist approach we judge it will be especially challenging for the Russians to hold and control Ukrainian territory and install a sustainable pro-Russian regime to Kyiv in the face of what we assess is likely to be a…

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Mar 9, 2022

We've seen it in freefall. I believe it's lost about 40 percent of its value.

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Mar 9, 2022

It is our analysts' assessment that the transfer of these airplanes could be perceived as a significant escalation by the Russians.

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Mar 8, 2022

The invasion has in fact proceeded consistent with the plan we assessed the Russian military would follow. Only they`re facing significantly more resistance from the Ukrainians than they expected encountering serious military shortcomings.

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Mar 8, 2022

Putin is unlikely to be determined by such setbacks and may escalate essentially doubling down to achieve Ukrainian disarmament neutrality to prevent it from further integrating with U.S. and NATO if it does not reach some diplomatic…

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Mar 8, 2022

Our analysts assess that Putin is unlikely to be deterred by such setbacks and instead may escalate essentially doubling down to achieve Ukrainian disarmament neutrality to prevent it from further integrating with the U.S. and NATO.

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Mar 8, 2022

We assess Putin feels aggrieved the West does not give him proper deference and perceives this as a war he cannot afford to lose.

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Mar 7, 2022

Russia's failure to rapidly seize Kyiv and overwhelm Ukrainian forces has deprived Moscow of the quick military victory that probably had originally expected.

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Mar 7, 2022

It's our analysts assess that Putin is unlikely to be deterred by such setbacks and instead may escalate. We assess Putin feels aggrieved the West does not give him proper deference and perceives this as a war he cannot afford to lose.

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Apr 13, 2021

I think we need to establish a framework that is clear and that has privacy and civil liberties at its heart.

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Apr 13, 2021

The threat we face from China is unparalleled. It's not the same as North Korea, as big a deal as that is.

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Apr 13, 2021

I agree with you that there's a concern about foreign adversaries getting commercially-acquired information as well.

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Apr 13, 2021

I think, really support the law that is currently being considered, which is basically something that would create, as I understand it, an obligation on companies to provide information when there are attacks.

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Mar 18, 2021

Domestic terrorism is a big threat for the United States.

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Jan 18, 2021

the concern about efforts from foreign adversaries to ultimately exacerbate divisions that exist in the United States

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Jan 18, 2021

We are expected to produce apolitical, unvarnished intelligence to the President-elect.

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