The situation in Afghanistan is the worst it has been since the U.S.-led invasion of 2001 and the country is in danger of a "downward spiral" into violence and chaos, according to an intelligence report draft. ...more

October 10, 2008

Al-Qaida has exploited recent political turmoil in Pakistan to strengthen its foothold along the country's border with Afghanistan, a top U.S. counterterrorism official said Tuesday in an assessment that also warned of a heightened risk of attack during the upcoming U.S. election season. ...more

August 13, 2008

Rudy Giuliani marched his way into America's heart when he walked that dusty boulevard to the twin towers after the attacks of 9/11. He became a national hero that day, a leader in a time of crisis. ...more

January 11, 2008

Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani was in Washington on Tuesday to raise money and to see me. In a nondescript office building two blocks from the White House, Giuliani answered a wide range of questions on domestic and foreign policy. ...more

December 6, 2007

The starkly different view of Iran's nuclear program that emerged from U.S. spy agencies this week was the product of a surge in clandestine intelligence-gathering in Iran as well as radical changes in the way the intelligence community analyzes information. ...more

December 5, 2007

A new assessment by American intelligence agencies released Monday concludes that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and that the program remains frozen, contradicting a judgment two years ago that Tehran was working relentlessly toward building a nuclear bomb. ...more

December 4, 2007

Why is Pakistan important to the United States? Osama bin Laden may be hiding there. Intelligence experts say a resurgent al-Qaida and Taliban run training camps in tribal territories along the Afghan border. Their strategists operate openly in Pakistani cities. Also, the country possesses what the West most fears terrorists might obtain: nuclear weapons. ...more

November 4, 2007