A key priority of Hillary Clinton’s proposed intelligence surge will be to kill or capture Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, her campaign has told the Guardian. Overseas, the Clinton campaign discusses the intelligence surge in terms of accelerating a focus on the Middle East. The campaign said Clinton, who discussed the issue with her counter-terrorism advisers this week, has yet to reach any conclusions. The campaign did not identify the architects of the intelligence surge, but it pointed to prominent counter-terrorism advisers who have been contributing ideas. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Hillary Clinton begins a working session with national security advisers and experts at the New York Historical Society.

Source: The Guardian September 23, 2016 10:52 UTC