World Economic Crisis Is Top Security Threat: U.S.

National Intelligence Director-designate Dennis Blair arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on his nomination. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The global economic crisis has become the biggest near-term U.S. security concern, sowing instability in a quarter of the world's countries and threatening destructive trade wars, U.S. intelligence agencies reported on Thursday.

The director of national intelligence's annual threat assessment also said al Qaeda's leadership had been weakened over the last year. But security in Afghanistan had deteriorated and Pakistan had to gain control over its border areas before the situation could improve.

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My Comment: Its always about the money.

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