Dec 31 Elizabeth Farnsworth: For Some World Crises, a Chance to Turn the Corner NewsHour special correspondent Elizabeth Farnsworth sent the Rundown this reflection on some of the international stories she has covered and where they stand today. This month brought news I wouldn't have believed possible in 1984, when I first reported… Continue reading
Dec 31 CIA Post Chief Among Casualties in Afghanistan Blast By Larisa Epatko CIA Director Leon Panetta said Thursday that seven employees were killed and six others wounded when a suicide bomber detonated a vest of explosives at Forward Operating Base Chapman in eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. Continue reading
Dec 31 Cleric Investigated for Ties to Plane Bombing Plot A U.S.-born cleric, now based in Yemen, is being investigated by U.S. counterterrorism officials for possible links to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old Nigerian accused of trying to bring down an airliner on Christmas Day. Anwar al-Awlaki, who has… Continue reading
Dec 31 Year of Reporting Trips Revolves Around Afghanistan By Margaret Warner In a year that took me from the NewsHour studio to trouble spots abroad, the most searing impressions come from two trips to Afghanistan. The first trip was for three-plus weeks in February and March, to take stock of the… Continue reading
Dec 31 Obama Picks Adviser to Review Watch List System He Helped Create The White House has issued a waiver for John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, to bypass its own ethics rules and participate in the review of the nation's terrorism watch list system, which he… Continue reading
Dec 31 Thursday's Headlines: CIA Confirms 7 Employees Killed in Afghan Attack Updated 2:20pm ET The CIA confirmed Thursday that the bombing in Afghanistan killed seven of its employees and wounded six others. In Washington, CIA director Leon Panetta said the seven killed in Wednesday's attack "were far from home and… Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch Intelligence Panel Considers Needs in Security Overhaul The discussion over failed security measures that led to the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound flight continues with three veterans of the intelligence community. Jeffrey Brown moderates the debate. Continue watching
Dec 30 As Many as 8 Americans Killed in Afghanistan Bombing Updated 3:48pm ET As many as eight Americans have been killed by a suicide bomber in eastern Afghanistan, the Associated Press and other media organizations reported Thursday, citing U.S. and NATO officials. None of the victims were soldiers, according… Continue reading
Dec 30 Author Kati Marton Describes Her Family's Ordeal By Larisa Epatko When author Kati Marton started digging into the files that the Hungarian secret police kept on her parents, who worked as journalists in Cold War Budapest, she discovered the extent to which the people around them in the 1940s and… Continue reading
Dec 30 Wednesday's Headlines: U.S. Had Prior Intelligence on 'Nigerian' Plot The United States had a variety of information that could have prevented a would-be bomber from boarding a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Detroit on Christmas Day, but failed to share it properly among its intelligence agencies, according to multiple… Continue reading