James Clapper: “The reason we wanted to do it this way because we knew we were going to be talking to a lot of other people besides the…”

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

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.

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