Senate, in Break From Past, Holds Closed Hearing on Intelligence Threats

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Tuesday held a closed-door, classified hearing with top intelligence officials to review various threats around the world, a break from tradition as the hearing usually represents the only time each year that lawmakers can publicly question the leaders of the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency. The gathering is typically called the "world-wide threats" hearing, and it has been open to the public for at least the past 15 years.

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