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by Jamie Seidel
19th Apr 2021 5:10 AM
China and Russia are determined to topple the US, a new intelligence agency report warns. And they may be prepared to form a new Eastern Bloc to do so.
Chinese aircraft carriers prowl the South China Sea. Russian tanks are massing on the Ukrainian border. Poisoned Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny is wasting away in prison. Chinese women protesting sexual harassment have suddenly been silenced.
They're just the latest headlines in a growing storm of unsettling news.
Together, they set the scene for the release of a 27-page declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on Wednesday. On Thursday, the nation's top intelligence officials had to front Capitol Hill.