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The director of national intelligence said the al Qaeda-linked Al Nusrah Front is establishing a foothold in Syria. The Obama administration wants China to acknowledge the problem of Chinese cyberattacks, crack down on Chinese hackers, and agree to help set up global cybercrime standards. The Pentagon said it is creating a number of "offensive" teams to counter the increasing threat of cyberattacks. The US expelled two Venezuelan envoys in retaliation for Venezuela's expulsion of two US Air Force Embassy attaches.