Intel Officials, Generals Sound Alarm on Tech Threat Posed by CCP

Chinese leader Xi Jinping attends the opening of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress in Beijing on March 5, 2023. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images

Former Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) William Evanina called China “an existential threat” at a hearing on March 9 of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence.

“It’s the most complex, pernicious, aggressive, strategic threat our nation has ever faced,” Evanina said.