Hearing before the Senate Committee on

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs



“Threats to the Homeland”



Mr. Russell Travers



Acting Director, National Counterterrorism Center

Office of the Director of National Intelligence



November 5, 2019

Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Peters, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to be with you today. I will begin with a brief overview of the terrorism threat before discussing related threats to the homeland in more detail. I will close my opening remarks with a discussion of global trends impacting counterterrorism efforts, along with comments on the way forward, from NCTC’s perspective.

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