N. Korea Missile Report Released by Mistake, Clapper Says

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The Defense Intelligence Agency’s declaration that North Korea may be able to arm its long-range missiles with nuclear warheads was supposed to remain secret, the top U.S. intelligence official said today.

“The statement in question was one sentence in a seven-page classified report and was mistakenly miscategorized as unclassified,” Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told the Senate Armed Services Committee.