| It seems that Democrats are coming close to | | | | understanding hypothetical weather-related |
| achieving the goal to categorize global warming | | | | situations. |
| transformation as a "national security" concern. | | | | This move surely qualifies as an effort to come |
| Democrats are making effort to include language | | | | back to a pre-9/11 state of mind. In reality, |
| in current year's Intelligence Authorization bill. It | | | | throughout the Clinton government, the CIA was |
| would allow intelligence agencies to devote a piece | | | | ordered to learn environmental issues. At that |
| of their resources to learn the "threat" to "national | | | | time, Al Gore actually asked the CIA about the |
| security" from climate change or global warming. | | | | climate events. |
| The intelligence group of people is ready to focus | | | | Although, the global warming issue is really caring, |
| on intimidation from human actors but not from | | | | and it needs attention, but still it is misguided. Our |
| the climate. The Democrats' scheme would gather | | | | national security agencies need to focus on |
| the interest of intelligence agencies. | | | | national security rather than weather. |
| It is now focused on a few issues like terrorism, | | | | If the Democrats succeed to pass this offer in |
| mass destruction weapons, and rogue states, etc. | | | | the intelligence bill, it will demonstrate that their |
| It will divert a part of that awareness towards | | | | approach towards national security is useless. |