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Attorney General John Ashcroft began a nationwide tour Tuesday promoting the USA Patriot Act. Margaret Warner leads a discussion with former Assistant Attorney General Viet Dinh and Laura Murphy of the American Civil Liberties Union, on the Patriot Act and…

As Libya accepts responsibility for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, the United Nations debates lifting sanctions against the country. Experts assess how an end to sweeping economic sanctions could affect Libya.

A suspected arms dealer appeared in a federal court Wednesday after his arrest for attempting to arrange the sale of a powerful shoulder-fired missile. Experts discuss the sting operation, and the threat posed to commercial airliners.

A British arms dealer faced arraignment after an 18-month international sting operation cracked a plot to aid terrorists. Betty Ann Bowser reports on the investigation and Tuesday's arrests.

Liberia's President Charles Taylor surrendered power to his vice president, Moses Blah, on Monday, beginning his exile in Nigeria and raising hopes that international peacekeepers will be able to stabilize the wartorn African nation. Experts discuss Taylor's resignation and what…

In the wake of a powerful car bomb blast at a luxury hotel in Jakarta Tuesday, an Indonesian court sentenced a man to death Thursday for his role in planning a deadly pair of bombings last October on the resort…