U.S. Intelligence Officials To Be Grilled By Congress Tuesday Morning

Top U.S. Spies To Face Grilling On Taliban, Iran Talks -- Reuters

(Reuters) - The possible release of detained Taliban leaders is likely to join Iran's nuclear ambitions at the top of a busy agenda when the top seven American intelligence chiefs testify before the Congress this week.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper -- as well as the heads of the CIA, FBI, Defense Intelligence Agency, National Counterterrorism Center and State and Homeland Security department intelligence units -- will be grilled on "worldwide threats" at a pair of open hearings.

The hearings -- before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday and its House of Representatives counterpart on Thursday -- are an annual ritual. But they offer a rare opportunity for legislators publicly to raise sensitive national security topics that are usually discussed only in secret briefings.

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Update: Questions for the intelligence community -- Walter Pincus, Washington Post

My Comment: I am looking forward to updating this story tomorrow when their meeting before the Senate Intelligence Committee is over.