Nov 16 Congress Sends Aviation Security Bill to President After weeks of delay, the Congress today approved a compromise aviation security bill and sent it to the president for his signature. Continue reading
Nov 16 Jailed Writer to Take Case to Supreme Court By Admin Texas writer Vanessa Leggett, jailed for refusing to turn over her research on a local murder to a grand jury, will take her case to the U.S. Supreme Court, her lawyer said today. Continue reading
Nov 14 Watch Terror Tribunals Gwen Ifill examines the debate over trying terrorists in military rather than civilian courts with George Terwilliger, former deputy attorney general for the first Bush administration, and Laura Murphy, director of the Washington office of the American Civil Liberties Union. Continue watching
Nov 12 Watch Newsmaker: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf Robert MacNeil talks to Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf about the war in Afghanistan and his country's role in the anti-terror coalition. Continue watching
Nov 09 Split Committee Sends Stimulus Bill to Senate Floor The Senate Finance Committee narrowly voted to approve a Democratic proposal to stimulate an economy most experts believe has slipped into recession. Continue reading
Nov 09 FBI Releases Profile of Anthrax Letters The following is the full text of the FBI document released Friday that profiles the "linguistic and behavioral assessments of the person responsible for mailing anthrax-laden letters on September 18 and October 9, 2001."… Continue reading
Nov 08 Postal System Asks for Help With Financial Losses The postmaster general asked a Senate panel today to provide $5 billion to help the reeling U.S. Postal Service recover from terrorist attacks and to make the mail safe from bioterrorism threats. Continue reading
Nov 08 Watch Enduring Conflict in the Middle East After a Spencer Michels background report, Margaret Warner discusses peacemaking efforts in the Middle East with Nabil Sha'ath, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation for the Palestinian National Authority; and Ephraim Sneh, Israel's Minister of Transportation. Continue watching
Nov 07 Northern Ireland Assembly Elects Leaders Despite heckling and shoving by hard-line politicians, the leaders of Northern Ireland's fledgling government returned to power Tuesday hoping to save the assembly from the brink of collapse. Continue reading
Nov 07 Treasury Pursues New Al-Qaida Financial Links The following is a list of recent organizations and individuals with suspected terrorist links to have their assets frozen by the White House. Continue reading