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Lethal drugs the focus of Annual Threat Assessment from US Intelligence

Image of FBI Director Kash Patel, National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard and Central Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe.
L-r: FBI Director Kash Patel, National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard, Central Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Julie DiMauro

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China’s role in fentanyl supply chain remains a critical concern for the national intelligence community – but no mention of climate change.

The US intelligence community’s annual threat assessment led with the threat from drug cartels for apparently the first time in the report’s nearly 20-year history, according to Senate Intelligence Chairman Tom Cotton and news sources.

The threat assessment was released ahead of testimony before the

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