Ratcliffe Testifies Before Congress on National Security Threats, Havana Syndrome, and Iran Conflict

John Ratcliffe, serving as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, is testifying before Congress this week on pressing national security issues. According to BakerHostetler’s Federal Policy team in their Weekly Hill Update for March 2026 number two, the House Intelligence Committee holds its annual assessment of national security threats tomorrow with Ratcliffe, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, FBI Director Kash Patel, and other intelligence leaders. Politico’s National Security Daily reports that Ratcliffe joins Gabbard, Patel, National Security Agency Acting Director William Hartman, and Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lieutenant General James Adams for briefings to the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday and the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday. These sessions focus on the latest worldwide threat assessment report, with its unclassified version releasing Tuesday, amid the war in Iran entering its third week. The Washington Examiner urges Congress to question Ratcliffe and Gabbard on the intelligence community’s handling of anomalous health incidents, known as Havana Syndrome. The outlet highlights evidence pointing to Russian pulsed microwave weapons causing symptoms like dizziness and brain injuries in US diplomats and officers, despite most intelligence assessments calling foreign involvement very unlikely. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rick Crawford has called it a cover-up, demanding answers during the hearings. Alston and Bird’s Public Policy Look Ahead for the week of March sixteen, twenty twenty-six, confirms Ratcliffe’s participation in these annual worldwide threats assessment hearings before both intelligence committees. ABC News notes the heightened scrutiny due to the ongoing Iran conflict, as lawmakers eye supplemental funding for military operations. A CNBC TV eighteen live stream captures the House testimony amid the Iran war. These appearances come as US Central Command reports declining Iranian military capabilities after seventeen days of strikes targeting missiles, drones, and naval threats in the Strait of Hormuz. Thank you for tuning in, listeners. Please subscribe for more updates. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. For more http://www.quietplease.ai Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.