NEW: US intel sensed #Russia|n President Vladimir #Putin's growing "sense of destiny & appetite for risk" in the run-up to his invasion of #Ukraine, @CIA Director William Burns tells @BillingtonCyber
Credits good intel with helping to bolster Western soli
Credits good intel with helping to bolster Western soli
NEW: "I would not underestimate the capability or capacity of the #Ukrainians" per @CIA's Burns
Putin betting he can wear down the West - which Burns says "is as wrong about that bet as he was profoundly wrong in his assumptions" prior to this past February
Putin betting he can wear down the West - which Burns says "is as wrong about that bet as he was profoundly wrong in his assumptions" prior to this past February
.@CIA's Burns warns the best way to lose good intelligence "is to be reckless how you handle it", talking about carefully declassifying some secrets to push back vs #Russia prior to invasion of #Ukraine
US adversaries are using #artificialintelligence, #machinelearning to mine data on the US, sometimes digging back through years of data, per @CIA's Burns
Also notes US under constant surveillance
Also notes US under constant surveillance
"It's not like terrorism is going to go away" per @CIA's Burns "We can't afford to neglect that challenge"
"We've made considerable progress" since 9/11. noting capabilities demonstrated by strike vs #alQaida's Ayman al-Zawahiri in #Kabul
"We've made considerable progress" since 9/11. noting capabilities demonstrated by strike vs #alQaida's Ayman al-Zawahiri in #Kabul
Wider trend lines w/#climatechange, #foodinsecurity also impacting decisions US will have to make, per @CIA's Burns
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