Aug 24 Contempt Orders Dropped After Time Reporter Agrees to Testify in CIA Leak Case Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper gave a deposition to special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald in the federal investigation into the alleged leaking of a clandestine CIA agent's name to the media, Time magazine announced Tuesday. Continue reading
Aug 23 Sudan Rejects Peacekeepers During Darfur Talks A Sudanese official attending peace talks with opposition rebel leaders in Abuja Monday rejected a proposal by members of the African Union to deploy troops to the Darfur region of Sudan to help protect civilians and disarm rebels. Continue reading
Aug 23 New Overtime Rules Go Into Effect A new federal law making sweeping changes to who receives overtime benefits went into effect Monday as debate over the new rules continued. Continue reading
Aug 23 Watch Recent Accusations by Fellow Swift Boat Veterans Impact John Kerry’s Campaign Kwame Holman examines the debate about John Kerry's actions during and after the Vietnam War, and the impact that they are having on the campaign. Gwen Ifill follows up in a discussion with David Gergen and Kathleen Hall Jamieson. Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch The Latest Proposal to Reform the Intelligence Community Margaret Warner discusses the latest proposal for reform of the national intelligence community with Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and House Intelligence Committee member Anna Eshoo, D-Calif. Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch Shields and Kristol Discuss Kerry’s War Record Jim Lehrer speaks with Mark Shields and William Kristol about this week's developments in the presidential campaign and the controversy created by television commercials questioning the medals Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., received for his service on Swift… Continue watching
Aug 19 Iraqi Government Gives Shiite Militia Final Warning Iraq's interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi issued a "final call" to Shiite militants in Najaf Thursday, telling them to disarm and leave the sacred Imam Ali Shrine or face a massive onslaught by Iraqi forces. Continue reading
Aug 19 Five Reporters Held in Contempt in Wen Ho Lee Case A federal judge held five reporters in contempt Wednesday for refusing to name confidential sources for their stories on Wen Ho Lee, the former Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory scientist who was the prime suspect in a Chinese espionage investigation. Continue reading
Aug 19 Watch Jonathan Miller on his Recent Visit to Darfur Arab militias called the Janjaweed have attacked villages in the Darfur region of western Sudan, killing an estimated 50,000 people and forcing over 1.2 million others to flee to refugee camps. Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News reports on his… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch Sen. John Kerry Defends Vietnam War Record Presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., strongly defended his Vietnam war record against allegations by a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth that accused Kerry of engineering the injuries which led to the medals he won for his wartime… Continue watching