Sentence examples for pointed intelligence from inspiring English sources

We wonder if he even knows how close to the edge he is living — maybe fewer public lectures and more pointed intelligence briefings that show the alienation of Afghan citizens and the strength of the Taliban might help wake him up.

The reason for the unusually pointed call to withdraw intelligence agents is U.S. and French concern that a pullout of the 15,000 or so remaining Syrian troops -- down from a high of 42,000 -- will not eliminate Syria's enormous influence in Lebanon.

He has brushed off the pointed conclusions of U.S. intelligence agencies that the Russian government engaged in extensive operations to influence the outcome of the U.S. election in his favor.

But then the Turkish government shared an audio recording with the United States and other Western countries, which intelligence officials said pointed to a more direct role by Prince Mohammed.

The response in Pakistan to the UN report was muted on Friday, with television commentators sticking mostly to general points about security lapses, instead of delving into the most pointed criticism of Pakistan's powerful intelligence agencies.

Despite occasionally pointed questions from members of the intelligence panel, Mr. Clapper is expected to be swiftly confirmed by the Senate.

Another amendment calls for a team of outside experts to review a pointed list of the agency's intelligence assessments on the Soviet Union.

The officials requested anonymity in describing their current thinking and declined to discuss specifics of the intelligence that they said pointed to Kashmiri militants.

Point to its pointed teeth.

Twenty-three minutes later, Ms. Nuland sent White House and intelligence officials an even more pointed e-mail, objecting that the talking points could be "abused" by lawmakers "to beat the State Department for not paying attention to agency warnings so why do we want to feed that either?

Still, the campaign's deep and continuing ties to the Egyptian intelligence services raise the most pointed questions yet about the fairness and credibility of the vote, set to begin May 23.