Security and the Falling Dollar : Judy Shelton - Wall Street Journal

from WSJ - It's not every day a former Navy vice admiral steeped in the culture of the defense intelligence community talks like a central banker In his report to Congress last week(2nd week of Feb 08) , Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell went beyond the conventional world of spycraft. Mr. McConnell specifically acknowledged "concerns about the financial capabilities of Russia, China, and OPEC countries and the potential use of their market access to exert financial leverage to achieve political ends." He noted, in particular, the impact a weak dollar can have on national security:

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