Jul 13 Watch World Court Orders Israel to Tear Down Barrier The International Court of Justice in The Hague issued a non-binding opinion Friday that the entire barrier Israel is erecting along its border with the Palestinian territories should be removed. Continue watching
Jul 12 Watch President Bush Under Pressure to Name New CIA Director In the wake of a scathing Senate report on the CIA's pre-Iraq war efforts, members of Congress have called for major reforms of the agency and for the president to quickly appoint a new director. Two former CIA officials assess… Continue watching
Jul 09 Panel Criticizes CIA for Incorrect Iraq Intelligence A bipartisan Senate report released Friday found that U.S. intelligence agencies fell victim to "group think" assumptions about Iraq that led to incorrect assessments of Saddam Hussein's weapons programs. Continue reading
Jul 09 Watch Senate Releases Report Critical of CIA Prewar Intelligence The Senate Intelligence Committee released a report Friday highly critical of the CIA and other intelligence agencies for failures in their analysis of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs prior to the U.S.-led invasion last spring. Continue watching
Jul 09 Watch Intelligence Failures: Background Report The Senate Intelligence Committee released a report chiding the CIA and other intelligence agencies for failures in their analysis of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs prior to the U.S.-led invasion last spring. Kwame Holman reviews the committee's report. Continue watching
Jul 09 Watch Flawed Judgment Jeffrey Brown gets additional perspectives on the committee's findings from David Kay, the former lead weapons inspector in Iraq for the United Nations and the United States; Larry Johnson, a former CIA analyst and State Department official; and Peter Brookes,… Continue watching
Jul 08 Former Enron Chairman Faces Criminal Indictment Former Enron Chairman and Chief Executive Kenneth Lay surrendered to the FBI in Houston Thursday morning and pleaded not guilty to 11 federal criminal counts stemming from the 2001 collapse of the once formidable energy trading company. Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch ‘Enemy Combatants’ to Begin Court Hearings The nearly 600 prisoners the Department of Defense has detained at Guantanamo Bay as "enemy combatants" may begin to challenge their designation in federal court for the first time next week. Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch Kenneth Lay’s Indictmnet Former Enron head Kenneth Lay surrendered to the FBI Thursday and pleaded not guilty to 11 federal criminal counts stemming from the 2001 collapse of the once giant energy trading company. Continue watching
Jul 07 Iraq Unveils New Security Laws to Combat Insurgents The interim Iraqi government released a series of security laws Wednesday aimed at clamping down on insurgents as militants continued to battle U.S. and Iraqi forces in Baghdad. Continue reading