I think an organization like al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) poses a much greater sort of tactical near-term operational threat to the Homeland than does the ideological center of core al Qaeda in the FATA in Pakistan.
Clapper assesses AQAP as a more immediate threat than core al Qaeda.
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No, I don't. The Chinese setup is that there is a Polit bureau member who is the overseer -- the senior overseer on behalf of the Polit bureau for the entirety of the Intelligence and Security apparatus of China.
Well, no, it doesn't. And the fact that none of this makes sense, but most acutely, I think, nuclear-related information.
Well, Anderson, that's exactly right. And this is what this whole issue boils down to, is will to fight.
A stark reminder that the terrorist threat to this country hasn't gone away. We cannot take our eyes off this ball.
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