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Pakistan-backed militant groups to continue attacks in India and Afghanistan, warns US National Intelligence
•Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and heads of other top American intelligence agencies appeared before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on their worldwide threat assessment.
Donald Trump signs executive order for sanctions against foreign entities who attempt to meddle in US polls
•US president Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order that initiates actions, including sanctions, against foreign entities that meddle or even attempt to interfere in American elections
'Torture' doesn't work,' says Gina Haspel: Donald Trump's CIA nominee led US interrogation programme after 9/11 attacks
•US President Donald Trump's nominee to be the next CIA director said the spy agency learned "tough lessons" from its use of harsh detention and interrogation tactics on terror suspects after 9/11 and that if confirmed, she would not permit the CIA to restart such a programme.
Pakistan developing new types of nuclear weapons but North Korea still most volatile threat, warns US
•Pakistan is developing new types of nuclear weapons, including short-range tactical ones, that bring more risks to the region, America's intelligence chief warned.
China carrying out 'patient, long-term strategy' to replace US as top global power, say American lawmakers
•China is carrying out a well-orchestrated strategy to replace the United States as a global power, a top American lawmakers and spymaster said
India and China's relations to remain tense despite negotiations, says US intelligence chief Dan Coats
•America’s intelligence chief on Tuesday said that he expects tensions between India and China will continue despite the negotiated settlement to their three-month border standoff in August.
Donald Trump blasts 'phony' obstruction of justice media report
•US president Donald Trump took to Twitter to denounce reports that the Russia investigation is widening to examine whether he tried to obstruct justice.
Donald Trump asked two intelligence chiefs to deny Russia collusion in presidential election : Media report
•President Donald Trump asked two top US intelligence officials in March to help push back against the FBI investigation into his campaign's possible links with Russia, The Washington Post reported on Monday.
NSA collected 151 million records of Americans' phone calls in 2016 despite Congress clipping its wings
•The US National Security Agency collected more than 151 million records of Americans' phone calls last year, even after Congress limited its ability to collect bulk phone records, according to an annual report
Trump's nominee for top US spymaster "shocked" at Isro's 104 satellite launch
Tech2 News Staff •Trump's top spymaster nominee has said he was "shocked" to know about Isro's launch, asserting that America cannot afford to be seen lagging behind.