Washington, Dec. 1 : Former Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair, who previously proposed scaling back the armed drone operation run in Pakistan by the Central Intelligence Agency, is now urging that program be publicly acknowledged and placed in the hands of the U. S. military.

"Covert action that goes on for years doesn’t generally stay covert," Blair said during a forum Monday at the Aspen Institute''s Washington office.

Washington, Feb. 5 : The Director of National Intelligence, Dennis Blair, has warned that the US could face a crippling cyber attack, as cyber threats grow in scope and sophistication.

He said the computerized critical infrastructure of the US is "severely threatened" by malicious cyber attacks now occurring on an "unprecedented scale with extraordinary sophistication."