Lawfare Archive: The National Intelligence Strategy with Michael Collins of the National Intelligence Council
7/5/202649 min
From September 1, 2023: The National Intelligence Strategy is out, and David Kris, a founder of Culper Partners, sat down to talk about it with Michael Collins, the acting head of the National Intelligence Council. They discussed many aspects of U.S. national security, defense, cyber, and intelligence strategy, including the increasing geopolitical significance of non-state entities, and even the meaning of the word intelligence itself. They also cover Mike's long and illustrious career inside the U.S. intelligence community and his thoughts about the future of U.S. intelligence.
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[instrumental music] I'm Sarah Willrich, intern at Lawfare, with an episode from the Lawfare Archive for July fifth, two thousand twenty-six. This past week, Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Polk began firing personnel at the office of the Director of National Intelligence, or ODNI. So far, six political appointees have been fired, and forty-five people on joint duty assignment were sent back to their home agencies from the ODNI. More firings are expected in the coming weeks. For today's archive,