James Clapper: “Yes, Chairman McCain, they are. As I indicated in my statement, we stand actually more resolutely on the strength of…”

Well, Anderson, that's exactly right. And this is what this whole issue boils down to, is will to fight.

Well, no, it doesn't. And the fact that none of this makes sense, but most acutely, I think, nuclear-related information.

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.

Ties with Tehran offer some regional governments a means of staking an independent position on Iran, thereby mitigating its isolation while also attempting to extract Iranian financial aid and investment for economic and social projects.