US intel heads list North Korea, not border, as threat to US

Jan 30, 20190

Sarah Silbiger – New York Times count

From left: FBI Director Christopher Wray, CIA Director Gina Haspel and National Intelligence Director Dan Coats testify at a hearing with the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Jan. 29, 2019. North Korea is "unlikely to give up" its nuclear stockpiles and Iran is not trying to develop nuclear weapons, a new intelligence assessment says, directly challenging the president's assertions.

WASHINGTON - Directly contradicting President Donald Trump, U.S. intelligence agencies told Congress on Tuesday that North Korea is unlikely to dismantle its nuclear arsenal, that the Islamic State group remains a threat and that the Iran nuclear deal is working. The chiefs made no mention of a crisis at the U.S.-Mexican border for which Trump has considered declaring a national emergency.

Their analysis stands in sharp contrast to Trump's almost singular focus on security gaps at the border as the biggest threat facing the United States.

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