James Clapper: “Looking back over by now more than a half century of intelligence, we've not experienced a time when we've been beset by…”

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

I think this reflects Russian insecurity. And it's almost like, Putin needs a rhetorical security blanket, of making threats, like this.

A stark reminder that the terrorist threat to this country hasn't gone away. We cannot take our eyes off this ball.

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.