The heads of the main US intelligence agencies warned on Tuesday that globalisation, which has been the driving force behind the expansion of the world economy, has become a serious threat to US security. In a bleak assessment of the threats facing the US, the Senate intelligence committee was told that nuclear proliferation, failing economies, rising anti-Americanism and terrorist recruiting pose grave dangers. “Under the right conditions, globalisation can be a very positive force, providing the political, economic and social context for sustained progress,” said Vice-Admiral Lowell Jacoby, director of the Pentagon’s Defence Intelligence Agency. Full Story