US spy chief rejects criticism

The chief of US intelligence has rejected criticism over how spy agencies responded to a deadly attack on diplomats in Libya and said there was no clear warning before the onslaught.
Pushing back against allegations from Republican lawmakers, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper suggested Tuesday it was naive to believe the government could have quickly arrived at a definitive explanation of last month's attack on the US consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.
The veteran intelligence official, appearing at a security conference in Orlando, Florida, voiced frustration with the criticism directed at his spy service.