them. we will address that through comments of the heads of the operating agencies. i might also say by way of introduction that many federal government actions to protect the elections in the united states such as those implemented by the intelligence community or the law enforcement agency are necessarily sensitive. and highly classified. we do not wish to make the efforts of thed a vertaries easier efforts of the adversaries any easier. we have offered to do before and continue to offer briefing to members of congress in secure facilities. what i d like to do is turn the briefing over to the people whose agencies have the responsibility. we start off with the director of national intelligence daniel coats followed by the secretary of homeland security kirstjen nielsen. she will be followed by the director of the federal bureau
administered by state and local governments. we ll be addressing that through the comments, the heads of the operating agencies. also to say by way of introduction that many federal government actions to protect elections in the united states such as those implemented by the intelligence community or law enforcement agencies are sensitive and highly classified. we do not witch to make efforts of our adversaries any easier through injudicious public disclosure. we have offered to do before and continue to offer briefings to members of congress in security facilities. i d like to turn this over to people whose agencies have the responsibility. we ll start off with director of national intelligence dan coats. followed by kirstjen nielsen. she ll be followed by the