National Security
July 27, 2006
House: More urgency needed in intelligence (AP)
AP - Sweeping reforms to the nation's intelligence system after the 9/11 attacks have done little to improve information-sharing or generate a greater sense of urgency among U.S. intelligence agencies, a House report concluded Thursday.
House: More urgency needed in intelligence (AP)
AP - Sweeping reforms to the nation's intelligence system after the 9/11 attacks have done little to improve information-sharing or generate a greater sense of urgency among U.S. intelligence agencies, a House report concluded Thursday.
House report criticizes US intelligence on threats (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. intelligence has a poor understanding of threats against the United States, nearly five years after the September 11 attacks prompted the U.S. war on terrorism, according to a report released on Thursday.
House report criticizes US intelligence on threats (Reuters)
Director Stone hopes Sept 11 movie helps to heal (Reuters)
Reuters - Oliver Stone, director of controversial films like "Platoon" and "JFK," hopes his movie about the September 11 attacks will prove therapeutic rather than incendiary.
July 26, 2006
Iraqi PM asks for more money, more troops (AP)
AP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki appealed to Congress Wednesday to press the war in Iraq with money and troops, portraying his country as crucial to the U.S. as a front line in the war on terror and comparing violence there to the Sept. 11 attacks.
Sign o' the Times: Prince and second wife split (AFP)
AFP - Funk rock legend Prince and his second wife, Manuela Testolini, have reportedly filed for divorce.
September 11 charities get share of WTC movie receipts (Reuters)
Iraqi PM calls for more money and troops (AP)
AP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki appealed to Congress Wednesday to press the war in Iraq with money and troops, portraying his country as crucial to the U.S. as a front line in the war on terror and comparing violence there to the Sept. 11 attacks.
Immigration protesters scuffle in New York (Reuters)
Reuters - Immigration activists clashed at the site of the World Trade Center on Wednesday when an anti-illegal immigration group called for secure borders to avoid a repeat of the September 11 attacks and counterprotesters yelled "racists go home."
July 25, 2006
Sept. 11 rebuilding agency to close (AP)
AP - The agency created to oversee rebuilding of the World Trade Center site and downtown Manhattan after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will go out of business this fall, its chairman said Tuesday.
July 23, 2006
Two London brothers stuck in hotel since anti-terror police freed them (AFP)
AFP - Two London brothers who were wrongly arrested in an anti-terror raid have been stuck in a hotel since the British police released them without charge last month, their lawyer has said.
'Fifth man' should have been in London bombings (AFP)
AFP - A friend of one of the suicide bombers who struck London a year ago claims that a fifth man was to have joined the deadly mission, but pulled out at the last minute.
'Fifth man' should have been in London bombings (AFP)
AFP - A friend of one of the suicide bombers who struck London a year ago claims that a fifth man was to have joined the deadly mission, but pulled out at the last minute.
July 22, 2006
One year on, kin remember Brazilian's police shooting in London (AFP)
AFP - Family and friends of a Brazilian wrongly presumed to be a suicide bomber returned to the south London underground station where police killed him one year earlier.
July 21, 2006
Last 9-11 detainee released from lockup (AP)
Madonna to give first-ever Russia concerts in September (AFP)
AFP - US pop queen Madonna will perform in Russia for the first time on September 11 and 12 as part of her Confessions world tour, a Russian organiser said.
Wis. lawmakers want univ. instructor fired (AP)
July 20, 2006
9/11 documentary director wants truth to prevail (Reuters)
Reuters - The director of a new documentary on September 11 fears that two upcoming Hollywood dramatizations of the World Trade Center attacks may eclipse her project.
9/11 documentary director wants truth to prevail (Reuters)
Reuters - The director of a new documentary on September 11 fears that two upcoming Hollywood dramatizations of the World Trade Center attacks may eclipse her project.
