National Intelligence

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Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper on Monday announced two steps to squelch leaks of classified information after disclosures about national security. (Associated Press)

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III (left) and Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper testify on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing to assess current and future national security threats. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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FBI Director Robert Mueller (left) and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper (right) are greeted by Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Georgia Republican and vice chairman of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, in the Hart Senate Office Building in D.C., before a hearing on worldwide threats. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Director of National Intelligence James Clapper is to report on Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing this week. (Associated Press)

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'BIG YELLOW FLAG': Director of National Intelligence James Clapper slammed "officials who, for whatever reason, get their jollies from blabbing to the media." (Associated Press)

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'BIG YELLOW FLAG': Director of National Intelligence James Clapper slammed "officials who, for whatever reason, get their jollies from blabbing to the media." (Associated Press)

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Director of National Intelligence nominee James R. Clapper Jr., a retired Air Force lieutenant general, testifies at his hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on July 20, 2010. (Associated Press)

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In this Wednesday, April 21, 2010, file photo Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence James Clapper listens to remarks by Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair at a ceremony marking the ODNI's fifth birthday at its headquarters in McLean, Va. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, ended weeks of delay Tuesday, July 13, 2010, and set a confirmation hearing for President Obama's nomination of Gen. Clapper to be the next director of national intelligence.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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From left, National Counterterrorism Center Director Michael Leiter, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Intelligence Reform. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)