On March 16, 2014, Moscow state TV announced that Russia could turn our country into “radioactive ash.”

This should not be taken as an empty threat. Over the years, the KGB killed 94 million people within the Soviet empire alone. That same KGB – with new nameplates on the door – is now sitting in the Kremlin and possesses an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) bomb that could be launched by ISIS terrorists using an old Soviet Scud missile from a fishing boat off our East or West Coast. Our Congressional EMP Commis­sion has predicted that up to 90 percent of the U.S. population could perish from starvation, disease and societal breakdown within 12 months of an EMP attack.

A couple of months ago, Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Congress that Russia posed an existential threat to the United States. And just a few days ago, the Kremlin announced it had developed a new, unstoppable “Satan 2” stealth nuclear weapon capable of wiping out an entire nation the size of France in a couple of minutes.

Our leaders in the White House, the Pentagon and Congress are debating how we could most effectively use our diplomatic and military powers to defeat these new threats. No one, however, seems to be paying attention to the power of intelligence, a shamefully neglected weapon that once proved decisive in helping us win wars, both cold and hot.

If voters choose wrongly this November, America faces a “Looming Disaster.” That’s the title – and message – of the powerful new e-book about the upcoming U.S. presidential election by top Soviet-bloc defector Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa, author of the acclaimed book, “Disinformation.” WND, which published “Disinformation,” has arranged with Pacepa and co-author professor Ronald Rychlak to provide a FREE download of “Looming Disaster” to every WND reader requesting one.

Fortunately, this vacuum is now highlighted by Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn and Michael Ledeen, who introduce us to the contemporary world of intelligence with an illuminating book titled “The Field of …