[kriro]

"In an interview, Mr. Burrows noted that the audiences in China were far more accepting of the American intelligence assessments — both those predicting China’s economic ascendancy and those warning of political dangers if there was no reform of governance in Beijing — than were audiences in Russia."

Really, they project China as #1 and Russia on a major downwards trend. Astonishing that this would be the reaction.

The whole cyber-attack warning reminds me of all the Ma Bell projections of phone outages during the phreaking era :P