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The Latest Intelligence in America's War on Terror
The Bush White House has declassified part of the latest intelligence in the war on terror. On Reporter's Notebook, the zone where fish cannot survive is greater than ever at the mouth of the Mississippi.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenThe Bush White House has declassified part of the latest intelligence in the war on terror.We hear about the NIE report and some of the questions it raises about the war in Iraq and America's vulnerability.On Reporter's Notebook, the zone where fish cannot survive is greater than ever at the mouth of the Mississippi.
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3 storiesNational Intelligence Estimate on Continued al Qaeda Threat
The Bush Administration today declassified part of a National Intelligence Estimate saying al Qaeda has increased its ability to attack the United States. The partly declassified NIE, was presented to reporters by Fran Townsend, the President's assistant for homeland security. Brian Bender is national security reporter for the Boston…
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President Bush has linked the attacks of September 11 to the war in Iraq--even though Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda did not exist in Iraq before the American occupation. Today, the Bush Administration declassified part of a National Intelligence Estimate saying al Qaeda has increased its ability not just in Iraq, but as a training ground for…
Read the story35 minCorn-Fed Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico
At the mouth of the Mississippi River, scientist say there's a dead zone where marine life is deprived of oxygen. Researchers, who have been measuring the are in the Gulf of Mexico for two decades, say the dead zone is now 8500 square miles, bigger than ever and larger than the state of Massachusetts.
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