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Cyber Top Issue For Next President, DNI Clapper Says

By Marc Selinger

Thursday, July 28th, 2016

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Cyber Top Issue For Next President, DNI Clapper Says

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper said July 28 that the top three issues he would brief the next president-elect on are cyber threats, the Islamic State and Russia.The cyber aspect would include capabilities of both nation states and non-nation states, Clapper said in response to a question at the Aspen Security Forum in Aspen, Colo. “If you’re going to limit me to three, those are probably the three I’d pick,” he said.Cybersecurity and anti-terrorism efforts are both a…

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Congress

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