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Director says counterintelligence arrests rose about 53% in 16 months
Summary
The director told participants the FBI is up roughly 53% in counterintelligence/espionage arrests over a comparable prior period and that public indictments and trials are being used to educate the public about foreign espionage threats.
At the roundtable, the Director of the FBI said the bureau has increased counterintelligence and espionage enforcement, reporting "We are up 53% on counterintelligence espionage arrest" in the 16‑month period compared with the prior administration, and described a strategy of public indictments to inform the public about threats.
The director named principal adversaries—Russia, China, DPRK and Iran—and said the bureau has been publicizing indictments and trials where possible to help citizens understand how foreign actors target Americans. He framed the shift as both operational and educational: public filings and trials, he said, help explain methods and platforms used by adversaries.
The assertion was presented as an internal performance metric; the session did not include independent data verifying the 53% figure.
