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People in America are often shocked to discover the extent to which the authorities in Britain have been taken in by the Islamists of the Muslim Brotherhood, to such an extent the UK government and police use them as advisers on combating Islamic extremism. Americans would be even more shocked to discover that exactly the same thing is going on in their own backyard. Pajamas TV features two interviews with former US security people, one described merely as having been given some kind of intel-gathering assignment by the ‘joint chiefs’ and the other described as a ‘former FBI special agent’....

Note: The following text is a quote: Former State Department Official and Wife Arrested for Serving as Illegal Agents of Cuba for Nearly 30 Years Couple Allegedly Conspired to Provide Classified Information to Cuban Government A former State Department official and his wife have been arrested on charges of serving as illegal agents of the Cuban government for nearly 30 years and conspiring to provide classified U.S. information to the Cuban government. The arrests were announced today by David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for National Security; Channing D. Phillips, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia; Joseph Persichini, Jr.,...

http://www.dni.gov/testimonies/20090225_testimony.pdf Annual Threat Assessment of the Intelligence Community for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Dennis C. Blair Director of National Intelligence 25February 2009 HPSCI ATA FEB 2009–IC STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD 1 February2009 HOUSE PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTTEE ON INTELLIGENCE FEBRUARY 2009 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ANNUAL THREAT ASSESSMENT UNCLASSIFIED STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD Chairman Reyes, Ranking Member Hoekstra, Members of the Committee, thank you for the invitation to offer my assessment of threats to US national security. As in previous years, the judgments I offer the Committee in these documents and remarks and in myresponses to your questions are based...

Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=53104 U.S. Interests Face Challenges in Europe, Intelligence Chief Says By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2009 – (This is the third in a series on the intelligence community’s annual threat assessment.) Russia’s perceived strengths and its policies, tensions in Eurasia, Caucasus and Central Asia, and instability in the Balkans all pose challenges to U.S. interests in Europe, the director of national intelligence said Feb. 12. Dennis C. Blair, a retired Navy admiral, told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that Russia continues to rebuild its military and, as...

Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=53103 Intelligence Community Sees Asia Rising By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2009 – (This is the second in a three-part series on the intelligence community’s annual threat assessment.) U.S. intelligence planners predict the 21st century will be the time for the rise of Asia, the director of national intelligence said Feb. 12. Dennis C. Blair told the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that “China and India are restoring positions they held in the 18th century when China produced approximately 30 percent and India 15 percent of the...

Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=53100 Economic Crisis Overlays all Threats Facing U.S., Intel Chief Says By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2009 – (Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series on the intelligence community’s annual threat assessment.) The global economic crisis colors all other threats confronting the United States, the new director of national intelligence told the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Feb. 12. Dennis C. Blair said the crisis raises the level of uncertainty in the world and places new areas of the globe in danger. Analysts...