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The World Court ruled last week that Israel's West Bank barrier violates international law and should be removed. That ruling followed a June 30 Israeli Supreme Court decision that stated sections of the wall infringed on Palestinians' rights. Two experts…

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.

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,…

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.