US Intel Agencies Need to Focus Intensely on ‘Diversity, Equity, Inclusion,’ Intelligence Chief Says

Avril Haines, head of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), testifies during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing about worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 14, 2021. Graeme Jennings/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

During a March 9 hearing of the House Intelligence Committee, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines expressed the need for intel agencies to focus more intensely on “diversity, equity, and inclusion.”

The hearing was called by Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) to discuss global threats.