Topic - national intelligence council

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  Lawmaker calls out China on Internet 'trade war'

  Rep. Mike Rogers is demanding that the U.S. and its allies "confront Beijing."

• Pentagon seeks probe of the cost of hacking

  The Pentagon is asking the nation's 16 spy agencies to investigate the cost of theft of commercial secrets by foreign computer hackers, a loss some analysts say could be costing the U.S. economy hundreds of billions of dollars a year.

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  Russia uses dirty tricks despite U.S. 'reset'

  In the past four years, Russia's intelligence services have stepped up a campaign of intimidation and dirty tricks against U.S. officials and diplomats in Russia and the countries that used to form the Soviet Union.

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  Clinton raised issue of a Russian link to bombing in Georgia

  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton questioned her Russian counterpart twice in recent months about reports of the Moscow government's involvement in the bombing attempt on the U.S. Embassy in Georgia in September.

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  Report alters Iran nukes outlook

  An annual intelligence report to Congress has dropped language stating that Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions are a future option.

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  Egyptian leader's health on radar of U.S.

  U.S. and Western intelligence agencies assess that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is terminally ill, and the Obama administration is closely watching the expected transition of power.

• Unshakable optimism

  Ronald Reagan used to tell the story of a boy so optimistic that when he woke up on Christmas morning and was confronted with a huge mound of manure, he gleefully began shoveling. "There's a pony in here someplace," he exclaimed.

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