2012 Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community

Excerpt: “This statement provides extensive detail about numerous state and nonstate actors, cross cutting political, economic, and military developments and transnational trends, all of which constitute our nation’s strategic and tactical landscape. Although . . . counterterrorism, counterproliferation, cybersecurity, and counterintelligence are at the immediate forefront of our security concerns, it is virtually impossible to rank—in terms of long-term importance—the numerous, potential threats to US national security. The United States no longer faces—as in the Cold War—one dominant threat. Rather, it is the multiplicity and interconnectedness of potential threats—and the actors behind them—that constitute our biggest challenge.”