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WASHINGTON, Feb 5 – The United States should be worried that Russia, China and OPEC oil-producing countries could use their growing financial clout to advance political goals, the top U.S. spy chief told Congress on Tuesday.
U.S. National Director of Intelligence Michael McConnell voiced the concern to Congress in an annual assessment of potential threats, in which economic matters joined terrorism, nuclear proliferation and computer-network vulnerabilities as top security issues.
McConnell told the Senate Intelligence Committee in prepared testimony that the global threat of terrorism remained, but that al Qaeda had suffered setbacks and its international reputation was diminishing.
Among other top worries, Iran still had the potential to develop nuclear weapons despite stopping work on nuclear warhead design, he said.
But Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal remain under military control, even amid the political turmoil there.
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