Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community

The IC's worldwide threat assessment provides a public window into national security risks

The Intelligence Community's Worldwide Threat Assessment is released by the Director of National Intelligence annually at public hearings of the IC oversight committees in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Often referred to simply as the "ATA," the Annual Threat Assessment provides an unclassified summary the Intelligence Community’s evaluation of current threats to U.S. national security, including cyber and technological threats, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, crime, environmental and natural resources issues, and economic issues.

2025 Annual Threat Assessment
2024 Annual Threat Assessment
2023 Annual Threat Assessment
2022 Annual Threat Assessment
2021 Annual Threat Assessment
2019 Annual Threat Assessment
2018 Annual Threat Assessment
2017 Annual Threat Assessment
2016 Annual Threat Assessment
2015 Annual Threat Assessment
2014 Annual Threat Assessment
2013 Annual Threat Assessment
2012 Annual Threat Assessment Opening Statement from DNI James R. Clapper
2011 Annual Threat Assessment Opening Statement from DNI James R. Clapper
2010 Annual Threat Assessment
2009 Annual Threat Assessment Opening Statement from DNI Dennis C. Blair
2008 Annual Threat Assessment Opening Statement from DNI Michael McConnell
2007 Annual Threat Assessment Opening Statement from DNI Michael McConnell
2006 Annual Threat Assessment Opening Statement from DNI John D. Negroponte