North Korea may resume nuclear, ICBM testing: US intelligence chief
Posted : 2021-04-15 09:30
Updated : 2021-04-15 09:30
Avril Haines, director of the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence testifies during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing about worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 14. AP
The top U.S. intelligence official on Wednesday maintained that North Korea may resume its nuclear and long-range missile testing as part of efforts to drive wedges between the United States and its allies.
Avril Haines, director of national intelligence (DNI), testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee. For its part, North Korea may take aggressive and potentially destabilizing actions to reshape its security environment and will seek to drive wedges between the United States and its allies, she said at the Senate hearing.
Instead, Gen. Paul Nakasone and other intelligence community leaders want better public-private partnerships to address “blind spots” in the cyber realm.
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines briefed members of the Senate Committee.
Washington:
China is increasingly becoming a near-peer competitor of the US, posing challenges in multiple domains, while pushing to revise global norms in ways that favour the authoritarian Chinese system, a top American intelligence officer has told lawmakers.
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines on Wednesday briefed members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on the worldwide threat assessment of the US. China increasingly is a near-peer competitor, challenging the United States in multiple areas while pushing to revise global norms in ways that favour the authoritarian Chinese system, she said.
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American spy officials said Wednesday that the intelligence community is still unsure how the coronavirus first spread to human populations, though they are confident that the Chinese government has not been transparent about the matter.
“The intelligence community does not know exactly where, when or how COVID-19 virus was transmitted initially,” Avril Haines, the director for national intelligence, told the Senate Intelligence Committee during a hearing on global national security threats.
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Erosion of democracy very real problem in many parts of the world, says CIA chief
Erosion of democracy very real problem in many parts of the world, says CIA chief
CIA Director William Burns has said the erosion of democracy is a very real problem in many parts of the world.
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CIA Director William Burns (Photo: Reuters)
The erosion of democracy is a very real problem in many parts of the world, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William Burns has told US lawmakers, explaining that this trend could be reversed if the people s faith in this form of governance is restored.