US Intelligence Community Pumping Up The Fear
BY: Leonid Savin On 9 April, the US intelligence community released its annual assessment of threats to America. It was also provided to the congressional intelligence committees and the committees on the Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The report is in keeping with previous national security and defence strategies: the main threats are still China, Russia, Iran and North Korea, then there is a list of transnational problems, followed by problems related to global terrorism, conflict, and instability. Since the same department has only just put forward its predictions up until 2040, it is probably safe to…