"Violent Extremism is Evolving," Says National Intelligence Head

Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair says during an Annual Threat Assessment hearing on Wednesday that it's harder to detect smaller terrorist groups. (:25)
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Blair Lists Terrorists Believed To Be Working With al-Qaeda

Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair lists terrorists that are believed to be affiliated with Al-Qaida during an Annual Threat Assessment hearing on Wednesday. (:47)
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General Hayden says that information gathering by the CIA is appropriate

During the Annual Threat Assessment of the Director of National Intelligence for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency General Hayden says that information gathering techniques used by the CIA are lawful, appropriate, and adequate to the needs of the CIA program. He then says that their manual is different than the Army Field Manual. He then uses as an example the information gathered from Saddam Hussein using the CIA's techniques. Vice Chairman Senator Kit Bond (R-MO) interrupts by saying that the information was obtained right before he [Hussein] was about to be hanged. "Talk about an enhanced interrogation technique," Bond says. (:55)
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General Hayden defines torture as something depending on the adjectives in front of the word "pain"

During the Annual Threat Assessment of the Director of National Intelligence for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senator Russell Feingold (D-WI) asks both Director of National Intelligence J. Michael McConnell and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency General Michael Hayden what defines torture, and says that pain is pain "it doesn't depend on the circumstances." McConnell says he was talking about "excruciating pain." General Hayden said that the requirement for something to be defined as torture depends on the adjectives that are in front of the word "pain," and that it also depends on level, duration, and lasting effects of the pain. (1:03)
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General Hayden says that CIA is not outsourcing to get information

During the Annual Threat Assessment of the Director of National Intelligence for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency General Michael Hayden says that both government and independent contractors are used to get information, and that they are a governmental activity under governmental control. "We are not outsourcing this." (:25)
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