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  • Passport probe ratchets up call to fight fraud

    By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

    The Obama administration is asking Congress for new powers to fight identity fraud after undercover government investigators obtained U.S. passports using forged documents for the second time in less than two years. Published 8:07 p.m. July 29, 2010 - Comments

  • An Afghan National Police officer helps his fellow officer on to a U.S. Air Force rescue helicopter after he was shot during combat with the Taliban, in the Arghandab Valley, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Thursday July 29, 2010. Rescue teams are one part of the U.S. Air Force's 451st Air Expeditionary Wing in southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

    July is deadliest month of Afghan war for U.S.

    By Robert H. Reid - Associated Press

    Three U.S. troops died in blasts in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 63 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war. Published 8:12 a.m. July 30, 2010 - Comments

  • ** FILE ** In this April 15, 2010, file photo, FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Justice Department is investigating whether hundreds of FBI agents cheated on a test of new rules allowing the bureau to conduct surveillance and open cases without evidence that a crime has been committed. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

    FBI access to e-mail and Web records raises fears

    By Pete Yost - Associated Press

    Invasion of privacy in the Internet age. Expanding the reach of law enforcement to snoop on e-mail traffic or on Web surfing. Those are among the criticisms being aimed at the FBI as it tries to update a key surveillance law. Published 8:59 a.m. July 30, 2010 - Comments

  • This frame grab image taken from a video shot from a U.S. army Apache helicopter gun-sight, posted at Wikileaks.org and confirmed as authentic by a senior U.S. military official, shows a group of men in the streets of the New Baghdad district of eastern Baghdad just prior to being fired upon by the helicopter July 12, 2007. In a series of online chats Bradley Manning told of leaking classified diplomatic reports, along with this secret video, to the whistleblower website Wikileaks.org. (AP Photo/Wikileaks.org)

    Soldier accused of leaking secrets flown to U.S.

    By Associated Press

    The Army intelligence specialist charged with leaking U.S. military secrets to the WikiLeaks website has been moved from Kuwait to a military jail in Virginia. Published 9:11 a.m. July 30, 2010 - Comments

  • ASSOCIATED PRESS President Obama signed an executive order upon taking office that sought to undo one of George W. Bush's most controversial policies. He ordered the closure of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The step was hailed by civil liberties groups, but implementation has proved elusive as Congress has thwarted Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. from following through on the effort.

    ACLU slams Obama's security policies

    By Kara Rowland - The Washington Times

    Obama was excoriated for continuing the Bush administration's strictest national security policies, including indefinite detention, military commissions and a "targeted kill" program that authorizes the government to take out suspected terrorists anywhere. Published 8:56 p.m. July 29, 2010 - Comments

  • **FILE** The Pentagon (The Washington Times)

    Defense review calls for Navy buildup

    By Eli Lake - The Washington Times

    A bipartisan, congressionally mandated defense panel on Thursday challenged the Pentagon to broaden its focus beyond counterinsurgency in Afghanistan and Iraq and expand the Navy to deal with threats from rising powers in Asia. Published 7:28 p.m. July 29, 2010 - Comments

  • This March 29, 2010, file photo shows Ship Salvage Unit members of the South Korean Navy preparing to set out on a search mission to find missing sailors from the sunken South Korean navy ship near South Korea's Baengnyeong Island. The 1,200-ton Cheonan, on a routine patrol with other vessels, went down near the tense maritime border with North Korea following a mysterious explosion. On July 9, 2010, investigators from South Korea, the U.S., Britain, Australia, Canada and Sweden concluded that it was struck by a torpedo of North Korean origin. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

    New details point to sinking by N. Korean torpedo

    By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

    An international investigative team released new details this week to bolster earlier conclusions that the South Korean warship Cheonan was sunk by a high-tech North Korean torpedo that exploded beneath the ship. Published 7:28 p.m. July 29, 2010 - Comments

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  • Sri Lanka denied seat on U.N. rights council

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    NEW YORK - Sri Lanka yesterday lost its bid for re-election to the United Nations' Human Rights Council - a likely recognition by the international community of rampant and ongoing human rights abuses in the country. Published 4:00 p.m. May 22, 2008 - Comments

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  • Counterterror staff falls to 62%

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    More than one out of every three positions in an elite FBI division that tracks al Qaeda terrorists is vacant, according to an internal bureau document. Efforts are under way at the FBI to canvass for "volunteers" to fill what the agency said is a "critical" need in its counterterrorism efforts. Published 4:00 p.m. May 22, 2008 - Comments

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