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Top Security Officials to Sen Intel today: *NK isn't gonna dismantle it's nukes. *ISIS is still a threat. *Iran Nuke Deal is working. **Absolutely NOTHING about the Southern Border being a threat to this country. #TuesdayThoughts
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2-"WASHINGTON (AP) — Directly contradicting President Donald Trump, U.S. intelligence agencies told Congress on Tuesday that North Korea is unlikely to dismantle its nuclear arsenal, that the Islamic State group remains a threat and that the Iran nuclear deal is working.
3-"The chiefs made no mention of a crisis at the U.S.-Mexican border for which Trump has considered declaring a national emergency. Their analysis stands in sharp contrast to Trump’s almost singular focus on security gaps at the border as the biggest threat facing the US
4-"Top security officials including FBI Director Christopher Wray, CIA Director Gina Haspel and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats presented an update to the Senate intelligence committee on Tuesday on their annual assessment of global threats. They warned of an
5-"increasingly diverse range of security dangers around the globe, from North Korean nuclear weapons to Chinese cyberespionage to Russian campaigns to undermine Western democracies. Coats said intelligence information does not support the idea that North Korean leader
6-"Kim Jong Un will eliminate his nuclear weapons and the capacity for building more — a notion that is the basis of the U.S. negotiating strategy. “We currently assess that North Korea will seek to retain its WMD (weapons of mass destruction) capabilities and is unlikely to
7-"completely give up its nuclear weapons and production capability because its leaders ultimately view nuclear weapons as critical to regime survival,” Coats told the committee. Coats did note that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has expressed support for ridding the Korean
8-"Peninsula of nuclear weapons and over the past year has not test-fired a nuclear-capable missile or conducted a nuclear test. The “Worldwide Threat Assessment” report on which Coats based his testimony said U.S. intelligence continues to “observe activity inconsistent with”
9-"full nuclear disarmament by the North. “In addition, North Korea has for years underscored its commitment to nuclear arms, including through an order in 2018 to mass-produce weapons and an earlier law — and constitutional change — affirming the country’s nuclear status,” it
10-"said. The report said Kim’s support at his June 2018 Singapore summit with Trump for “complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula” is a formulation linked to an end to American military deployments and exercises involving nuclear weapons.."article continues ~Politico,
2-"Top U.S. security officials warned Congress on Tuesday of an increasingly diverse range of security dangers around the globe, from North Korean nuclear weapons to Chinese cyberespionage to Russian campaigns to undermine Western democracies. Here are the key takeaways from
3-"their 2019 report on worldwide threats to U.S. national security: — Threats will expand and become more diverse in the coming year, driven in part by China and Russia in a race for technological and military superiority. —China and Russia are “more aligned than at any point
4-"since the mid-1950s,” and their relationship is likely to strengthen as some of their interests converge. — Some U.S. allies and partners are seeking greater independence from Washington in response to their perceptions of changing U.S. security and trade policies.
5-"— North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear arsenal. — China, Russia, Iran and North Korea use cyber operations to “threaten both minds and machines” to steal information, influence U.S. citizens or disrupt critical infrastructure. — Iran is not violating the 2015 nuclear
6-"deal it signed with the U.S. and other Western countries. Its adherence to the deal has extended the amount of time Iran would need to produce enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon from a few months to about one year. — Russia is positioning cyberattack “assets” to
7-" allow it to disrupt or damage U.S. civilian and military infrastructure during a crisis." ~AP News, 1/29/19 4:15pm
