By Mark Mazzetti, New York Times A report released Tuesday by the Central Intelligence Agency includes new details of the agency’s missteps before the Sept. 11 attacks, outlining what the report says were failures to grasp the role being played by the terror mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and to assess fully the threats streaming into…
Max Follmer, Huffington Post Cecil E. Roberts, the president of the United Mine Workers union, urged congressional leaders Tuesday to appoint an independent commission of experts to investigate the Utah mine collapse, saying federal regulators should not be tasked with investigating themselves. The call for an independent probe came on the same day that the…
The director of the National Security Agency under Ronald Reagan, Gen. William Odom feels the only way to get the troops out of Iraq is to threaten President Bush with impeachment. Gen. Wesley Clark weighs in. Part 1: Part 2:
ROBERT PEAR, New York Times The Bush administration, continuing its fight to stop states from expanding the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program, has adopted new standards that would make it much more difficult for New York, California and others to extend coverage to children in middle-income families. Administration officials outlined the new standards in a…
