James Clapper: “Iran's intelligence operations against the United States, including cyber capabilities, have dramatically increased in…”

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

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

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.

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.