John D. Negroponte: “Merely treating the Convention as customary law is not good enough.”

There is strong consensus that it is in our national interests to do so.

In the absence of such international recognition and legal certainty, U.S. companies are unlikely to secure the necessary financing and insurance to exploit energy resources on the extended shelf.

I believe that the president deserves from his director of national intelligence and from the intelligence community the unvarnished truth.

In the absence of such international recognition and legal certainty, U.S. companies are unlikely to secure the necessary financing and insurance to exploit energy resources on the extended shelf.