House Intelligence Hearing Includes Counterspace, Commercial Space Discussions, February 2014

A hearing before the House Intelligence Committee on February 4, 2014 on worldwide threats included discussions about counterspace threats to U.S. space assets as well as a pitch to support the U.S. commercial space sector.   Ranking member Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) was the committee member who raised these issues in his opening statement and in a dialogue with Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.  A SpacePolicyOnline.com summary of the space-related portions of the hearing was published on February 5.