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Intelligence leaders cite fentanyl, China and cyber as top threats in 2025 assessment
Summary
At the committee hearing, intelligence leaders summarized the 2025 unclassified annual threat assessment: synthetic opioids and organized criminal groups domestically ranked high, and China, Russia, Iran and North Korea pose strategic threats including cyber and military developments.
Director of National Intelligence Chelsea Gabbard and other intelligence leaders told the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence that the unclassified portion of the 2025 annual threat assessment identifies organized criminal groups, transnational narcotics networks and state adversaries as the principal risks to U.S. security.
The most immediate threats: Gabbard emphasized nonstate criminal groups and terrorists that put American lives and livelihoods at risk. The assessment cited that, “cartels were largely responsible for the deaths of more than 54,000 American citizens due to synthetic opioids” in the 12‑month reporting period ending October 2024. Gabbard also highlighted…
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