REPORTS...: February 2010 Archives

The Director of National Intelligence, America's top intelligence official, has told lawmakers that Al Qaeda and its affiliates have made it a high priority to attempt a large-scale attack on American soil within the next six months. READ MORE

Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair recently testified before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee to offer the Intelligence Community's assessment of threats to United States national security. Click here to read the Annual Threat Assessment/Statement for the Record for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Click here to read the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence version.

A report, by the Harvard Kennedy School - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, portrays al-Qaeda's leaders as determined and patient, willing to wait for years to acquire the kind of weapons that could inflict widespread casualties.  READ MORE


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