Oct 25 Watch 3:39 News Wrap: National Intelligence director doubts North Korea will relinquish nuclear weapons By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, National Intelligence Director James Clapper voiced doubt that North Korea will ever give up its nuclear weapons. The State Department quickly disputed that notion and insisted the U.S. policy is both unchanged and realistic. Also,… Continue watching
May 18 Intel official says hackers have been spying on presidential candidates By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The United States sees evidence of hackers, possibly working for foreign governments, snooping on the presidential candidates, the nation’s intelligence chief said Wednesday. Continue reading
Feb 09 Obama seeks cybersecurity boost to replace 'ancient' tech By Tami Abdollah, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The federal government is relying on archaic, leaky and broken computers systems to protect reams of critical data from cyberattacks, President Barack Obama warned Tuesday as he announced a new, centralized effort to boost cybersecurity. Continue reading
Feb 09 North Korea restarts plutonium reactor, intelligence chief says By Deb Riechmann and Richard Lardner, Associated Press WASHINGTON — North Korea has expanded a uranium enrichment facility and restarted a plutonium reactor that could start recovering spent fuel in weeks or months, the U.S. intelligence chief said Tuesday in delivering the annual assessment by intelligence agencies of… Continue reading
Nov 17 North Korea wanted a 'breakthrough' concession in exchange for prisoners, Clapper says By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press North Korea "feels itself to be under siege," he said. "There is a certain institutional paranoia and that was certainly reflected in a lot of things that he said." Clapper heard complaints about the U.S. interfering with North Korea's internal… Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch What led to North Korea's release of American detainees Bae and Miller? By PBS News Hour Last weekend, North Korea released two American detainees, Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd Miller. The deal that led to their release was negotiated by James Clapper, the U.S. National Intelligence Director. Adam Entous from The Wall Street Journal joins Hari… Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch News Wrap: U.S. Government Funding Secured Through March In other news Wednesday, the federal government's operations are now funded at least through March 4 after President Obama signed a temporary spending bill that freezes most agency budgets at current levels. Continue watching