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Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair testified about current and projected national security threats to the United States. In his testimony he said that global economic turmoil and the instability it could ignite had outpaced terrorism as the most urgent threat facing the United States. He also spoke about the threat posed by the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as nuclear development programs in North Korea and Iran. National Security Threats ID: 284009-1 Format: Senate Committee Select Intelligence Event Date: 02/12/2009 Length: 2 hours ####################### ----- From: [email protected] "Bad news from America's top spy," by Chris Hedges, 02/16/2009 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090216_bad_news_from_americas_top_spy/ Excerpts: Hints of our brave new world seeped out Thursday when Washington's new director of national intelligence, retired Adm. Dennis Blair, testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee. He warned that the deepening economic crisis posed perhaps our gravest threat to stability and national security. It could trigger, he said, a return to the "violent extremism" of the 1920s and 1930s. and: The specter of social unrest was raised at the U.S. Army War College in November in a monograph [click on Policypointers' pdf link to see the report] titled "Known Unknowns: Unconventional 'Strategic Shocks' in Defense Strategy Development." The military must be prepared, the document warned, for a "violent, strategic dislocation inside the United States," which could be provoked by "unforeseen economic collapse," "purposeful domestic resistance," "pervasive public health emergencies" or "loss of functioning political and legal order." The "widespread civil violence," the document said, "would force the defense establishment to reorient priorities in extremis to defend basic domestic order and human security." == http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=basic_search&query=Dennis+Blair Obama Intelligence Personnel Announcement Event Date: 01/09/2009 Last Airing: 01/09/2009 Program Id: 283247-1 People: Leon E. Panetta, Barack Obama, Dennis C. Blair President-Elect Barack Obama named Leon Panetta as his nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency and retired Admiral Dennis Blair as his nominee to head the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Director of National Intelligence Nomination Hearing Event Date: 01/22/2009 Last Airing: 01/22/2009 Program Id: 283546-1 People: John D. Rockefeller, Orrin Hatch, Bill Nelson, Carl Levin, Russell Feingold, Daniel K. Inouye, Christopher Bond, Dianne Feinstein, Ronald Lee Wyden, Olympia J. Snowe, Saxby Chambliss, Sheldon Whitehouse, Dennis C. Blair Admiral Dennis Blair (Ret.) testified about his nomination to be director of national intelligence. Among the topics he addressed were U.S. counter-terrorism schedule and legal standards for interrogation and... National Security Threats Event Date: 02/12/2009 Last Airing: 02/12/2009 Program Id: 284009-1 People: John D. Rockefeller, Russell Feingold, Christopher Bond, Barbara A. Mikulski, Dianne Feinstein, Ronald Lee Wyden, Evan Bayh, Sheldon Whitehouse, Dennis C. Blair Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair testified about current and projected national security threats to the United States. In his testimony he said that global economic turmoil and the instability it... Military Modernization Event Date: 04/11/2001 Last Airing: 04/12/2001 Program Id: 163699-1 People: Dennis Blair Admiral Blair talked about modernizing the military, including technology upgrades, strategic planning, and budget funding. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ShadowGovernment" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ShadowGovernment -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
