Senators call for election security briefing as major races draw closer

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., left, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., arrive for President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy's meeting with U.S. senators in the Capitol on Thursday, September 21, 2023. Padilla and Warner sent a letter to the ODNI Sept. 15 calling for a briefing on election security for upcoming races. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

A pair of senators are concerned that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard may have instructed spy agencies to stop disclosing intelligence on foreign adversaries’ attempts to undermine the integrity of U.S. elections and sway election outcomes through influence operations.

Sens. Mark Warner of Virginia and Alex Padilla of California, the top Democrats on the high chamber’s intelligence and rules committees, asked Gabbard in a Monday letter to schedule a briefing with senators by Oct. 10 to provide an assessment of planned steps the intelligence community is taking ...