Intelligence chief warns of security threat

By Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington
Published: February 13 2009 01:08 | Last updated: February 13 2009 01:08
The top US intelligence official on Thursday warned that the global economic crisis posed the greatest near-term threat to US national security as the risk of “regime-threatening instability” grows around the world.

Retired Admiral Dennis Blair, the director of national intelligence, said the risk of greater instability globally would grow as the economic and financial crisis continued.

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