Apr 22 Watch Zacarias Moussaoui Pleads Guilty with Helping Plan the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks Zacarias Moussaoui pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring with the 9/11 attackers, saying he was trained to fly a plane into the White House in a later attack. Continue watching
Apr 14 Three Indicted in U.N. Oil-For-Food Scandal By PBS News Hour A Houston oilman and two traders from Texas and England paid millions of dollars in secret kickbacks to Saddam Hussein, cheating the United Nations' oil-for-food program out of humanitarian aid funds, authorities said Thursday. Continue reading
Apr 14 Watch Senate Democrats Delay John Bolton Confirmation Vote Until Next Week The Senate Foreign Relations Committee delayed the confirmation vote of U.N. Ambassador designate John Bolton until next week. Senators Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and George Allen, R-Va., discuss the confirmation hearings and the opposition to Bolton's nomination. Continue watching
Apr 13 Former Fugitive Pleads Guilty to String of Deadly Bombings By PBS News Hour Former fugitive Eric Rudolph pleaded guilty Wednesday to carrying out the bombing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and three other attacks across the South that killed two people and injured more than 120 others. Continue reading
Apr 13 U.N. Approves Global Nuclear Terrorism Treaty By PBS News Hour Members of the U.N. General Assembly approved a global treaty Wednesday aimed at preventing the illicit trafficking or possession of radioactive materials and atomic devices by terrorists. Continue reading
Apr 13 Watch Serial Bomber Suspect Eric Rudolph Pleads Guilty to Four Attacks As part of a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, Eric Rudolph, the man responsible for carrying out bombings against abortion clinics, a gay nightclub and Atlanta's Centennial Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics, pleaded guilty Tuesday. Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch President Bush's Nominees Face Tough Congressional Questions John Bolton, President Bush's nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and John Negroponte, the nominee for director of national intelligence, have faced intense questioning in Congress. Media correspondent Terence Smith looks both hearings. Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch Three Men Indicted on Allegations of Terror Plot The U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday that three men have been indicted in connection to an alleged plot to attack financial institutions in New York, northern New Jersey and Washington, D.C. Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch John Bolton Appears Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee U.N. ambassador designate John Bolton appeared before a Senate committee Monday, facing tough questions from Democrats and Republicans over his past criticisms of the United Nations. Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch U.N. Ambassador Nominee John Bolton Faces Senate Confirmation Hearings U.N. Ambassador designate John Bolton faced a tough confirmation hearing Monday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Former U.S. ambassadors to the U.N. discuss the hearing and debate the pros and cons of Bolton's nomination. Continue watching