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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. spy agency leaders said on Wednesday that China is an “unparalleled” priority, citing Beijing’s regional aggression and cyber capabilities as they testified at a public congressional “Worldwide Threats” hearing for the first time in more than two years.
“Given that China is an unparalleled priority for the intelligence community, I will start with highlighting certain aspects of the threat from Beijing,” Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told the Senate Intelligence Committee.
She described China as increasingly “a near-peer competitor challenging the United States in multiple arenas.”
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray said his agency opens a new investigation linked to China every 10 hours.
By Patricia Zengerle, Mark Hosenball and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. spy agency leaders warned on Wednesday of the "unparalleled thr.
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WASHINGTON: US spy agency leaders warned on Wednesday (Apr 14) of the unparalleled threat posed by China, citing Beijing s regional aggression, cyber capabilities and economic clout as they testified at a public congressional Worldwide Threats hearing for the first time in more than two years. China increasingly is a near-peer competitor challenging the United States in multiple arenas, while pushing to revise global norms in ways that favour the authoritarian Chinese system, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told the Senate Intelligence Committee.
WASHINGTON, April 14 Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said today that US intelligence agencies do not know exactly when or how Covid-19 was initially transmitted. “The intelligence community does not know exactly where, when or how the Covid-19 virus was transmitted.
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Director Avril Haines of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) testifies during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing about worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, April 14, 2021. (Reuters) Asharq Al-Awsat
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said on Wednesday that US intelligence agencies do not know exactly when or how COVID-19 was initially transmitted.
“The intelligence community does not know exactly where, when or how the COVID-19 virus was transmitted initially,” Haines told a Senate hearing. She noted two theories, that it emerged from human contact with infected animals or the result of a laboratory accident.