The SECURE Act Empowers US Counterintelligence To Go On The Offense

The SECURE Act, the counterintelligence provision of the Intelligence Authorization Act championed by Rep. Rick Crawford, would meaningfully restructure a fragmented U.S. counterintelligence community by creating an empowered director able to direct rather than merely coordinate the individual services. The bill's redefinition of counterintelligence — from something that only "protects" to something that also deters, disrupts and exploits — pushes the community toward the offensive posture it has long lacked, and Congress should pass it.

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