Executive Summary

Almost a year into the Trump 2.0 administration, Washington’s firing of, and failure to pay, federal workers almost certainly have created counterintelligence vulnerabilities in U.S. intelligence and security sectors. At the same time, the administration’s internal leak investigations, efficiency initiatives, and assignments based on nepotism over expertise have likely introduced additional security vulnerabilities. Meanwhile, efforts to tailor intelligence briefings to presidential preferences and perceived politicisation of the intelligence process pose risks to the objectivity and integrity of national security intelligence.