ODNI taps officials to coordinate response to foreign election threats
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has tapped two individuals to coordinate work across U.S. spy agencies to monitor threats to the 2026 elections, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
The U.S. intelligence community has begun ramping up its efforts to shield the upcoming midterms from foreign manipulation, even as the nation’s spy chief probes debunked claims about fraud in the 2020 election.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has tapped two individuals to coordinate work across U.S. spy agencies to monitor threats to the 2026 elections, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
Dave Mastro, an official at the National Intelligence Council, and James Cangialosi, the deputy chief of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, will jointly perform the duties of the intelligence community’s election threats executive, these people said.
Source: https://therecord.media/odni-taps-officials-to-coordinate-response-to-election-threats
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