The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) recently released a report on March 22, 2012, entitled Global Water Security.  The report documents concern over water shortages, poor water quality and how flooding will increase the risk of instability, state failure, exacerbate regional tensions and distract countries from working with the United States on important policy objectives, according to an assessment released by the US Intelligence Community (IC).

The report contains a "B...

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