Intel Officials Warned COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Could Spur Violence: Declassified Report

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified the document.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in Washington on April 10, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

A U.S. intelligence document declassified on May 23 shows the government warned that COVID-19 vaccine mandates could lead to violence.

The FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and National Counterterrorism Center said in the Dec. 31, 2021, joint assessment that vaccine mandates for children and workers—which had begun being imposed by the federal government—as well as “perceptions of unfair healthcare treatment for the unvaccinated” could trigger violence from domestic violent extremists (DVEs) or foreign actors.