Officials: Economic Crisis Increases Security Risks For US

Intelligence officials are warning that the deepening global financial crisis could weaken fragile governments in the world's most dangerous areas and undermine the ability of the United States and its allies to respond to a new wave of security threats.

U.S. government officials and private analysts say the economic turmoil has heightened the short-term risk of a terrorist attack, as radical groups probe for weakening border protections and new gaps in defenses. A protracted financial crisis could threaten the survival of friendly regimes from Pakistan to the Middle East while forcing Western nations to cut spending on defense, intelligence and foreign aid, the sources said.

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Comments

[ObjectiveRealist]

I don't understand, could you please re-phrase in an autumn color for me? How terrorized do you want me to be today, Uncle Sam?

Do your job with the budget you have, or you're fired.

[JoeBlough]

If we stopped wasting money in Iraq and spent that money on National Security here, this won't be a problem. Until then, it's just the government trying to scare us somemore.

[MilwaukeeMike]

No kidding. How does someone get to be one of these analysts to state the obvious? Sounds like a great job. Having no manufacturing base, have $Trillions of dollars in the hands of adversaries, starting unilateral wars, having a negative net worth, and being mired in a police action disguised as a war also have bad implcations for national security--of course, these are only my opinions and not those of analysts.