Spy panel shakeup will add focus on cyber, CIA
Source: The Hill
The House Intelligence Committee is shaking up its structure to put a new focus on cybersecurity and the CIA, among other areas.
After an organizing meeting on Wednesday, new leaders of the spy panel announced four new subcommittees that they say will keep better tabs on new threats and ways that the nation’s spies are responding.
The new subcommittees unveiled by Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) and ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) will focus on the CIA; Defense Department Intelligence and Overhead Architecture; Emerging Threats and, finally, Cybersecurity and the National Security Agency (NSA).
“At a time when our nation faces growing threats ranging from terrorist bombings to cyberattacks, these chairmen will serve vital roles in helping to maintain and improve our nation’s intelligence capabilities,” Nunes said in a statement.
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