James Clapper: “My dashboard warning light was clearly on. And I think that was the case with all of us in the intelligence committee.”

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.

Given the broad distribution, low cost, and accelerated pace of development of this dual-use technology, its deliberate or unintentional misuse might lead to far-reaching economic and national security implications.

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

I think the reason they were taken off the list was to provide an inducement or motivation for them to agree to some sort of ceasefire.