{"product_id":"2940033063901","title":"2012 U.S. Intelligence Community Worldwide Threat Assessment: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Terrorism, al-Qaida, Jihad, Homegrown Terror, WMD, North Korea, Cyber Threat, Taliban, Afghanistan, Arab Spring","description":"\u003cp\u003eDirector of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. presented the 2012 annual U.S. intelligence community worldwide threat assessment in Congressional testimony on January 31st. In the published report, Clapper provides a thorough review of the status of possible threats from a wide variety of nations and terror groups. He made headlines by commenting that the 2011 plot to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador to the United States \"shows that some Iranian officials — probably including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei — have changed their calculus and are now more willing to conduct an attack in the United States in response to real or perceived US actions that threaten the regime.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThreats discussed in the assessment include: Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear (CBRN) threats * al-Qaida * Homegrown Violent Extremists (HVEs) * Leadership of the Global Jihad * al-Shabaab * The Threat from Iran * Nuclear Proliferation and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) * North Korea * Cyber Threats from China and Russia * Hackers * Counterintelligence * Mass Atrocities * Afghanistan * Resilient Insurgency * Pakistan * India and its Relations with Pakistan * People's Liberation Army Modernization * Taiwan * Regional Implications of the Arab Spring * Libya * Yemen * Lebanon * Syria * Arab Spring and the Global Jihadist Movement * Iraq * Sudan and South Sudan * Somalia * Nigeria * Central Africa * Russia and Eurasia * Russian Military * Balkans * Turkey and the Kurdish Issue * Latin America and the Caribbean * Cuba * Venezuela * Significant State and Nonstate Intelligence Threats * Transnational Organized Crime * Space and Counterspace * Water security * Health Threats and Natural Disasters\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Progressive Management","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154512462064,"sku":"2940033063901","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940033063901_p0.jpg?v=1763952860","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940033063901","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}