Collection 02

China’s Acquisition and Exploitation of American Voter Data

Intelligence products and interagency correspondence concerning PRC access to, collection of, and analysis of U.S. voter and related personal data.

03

China: Cyber Activities Probably Prelude to Election Espionage

A July 1, 2020 CIA World Intelligence Review assesses Chinese cyber collection against a U.S. presidential campaign and other election-related entities, while judging that China did not then intend covertly to sway the election.

2 pages Image source text 2020-07-01
05

Emails on NSA Reporting and the China Section of the 45-Day Election ICA

A substantially redacted 20 November 2020 email chain records internal concerns about how pending NSA reporting and a President’s Daily Brief item would connect China-related intelligence to the election section of the 45-day Intelligence Community Assessment.

8 pages Mixed source text 2020-11-20
08

Interagency Coordination on a Four-Country Election Security Graphic

A heavily redacted interagency email chain records the August–September 2020 coordination of an election-security graphic and differing analytic views about how to characterize China’s policy influence, candidate preference, and possible election interference.

24 pages Image source text 2020-09-03
10

Foreign Threats to 2020 U.S. Federal Elections

A downgraded and heavily redacted National Intelligence Council assessment of foreign influence and election-infrastructure threats involving Russia, China, Iran, and other actors before the 2020 U.S. federal elections.

8 pages Embedded source text 2020-08-19
11

CIA Note: Sensitive PRC Reporting from 2018–2020

A CIA Note reproduces selected sensitive reporting disseminated from 2018 through 2020 about alleged PRC political and economic influence approaches toward the United States, while warning that it is not a comprehensive summary.

3 pages Image source text