US Space Force Joins Intelligence Community as Its 18th Member: DNI Ratcliffe

US Space Force Joins Intelligence Community as Its 18th Member: DNI Ratcliffe
Nominee John L. Ratcliffe sits during a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office building on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 5, 2020. Gabriella Demczuk-Pool/Getty Images
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Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe announced Friday that the U.S. Space Force (USSF) officially joined the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) as its 18th member.

No other organization has joined the IC since 2006.