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The article discusses the resignation of U.S. President Barack Obama's White House Counsel, Greg Craig. According to the author Craig was charged with some of the most controversial aspects of Obama's agenda including closing the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and determining whether to release photographs of detainee abuse by U.S. military personnel. The author notes that Obama initially supported Craig's efforts but he later began to overrule Craig, prompting his resignation.

The article discusses the shootings allegedly perpetrated by Major Nidal Malik Hasan at the Fort Hood, Texas, military base. The author describes the concern on the part of intelligence and military officials that Hasan may have been a radical Islamic terrorist working alone as opposed to simply a troubled member of the military worried about a pending deployment overseas.

The article discusses the final days that U.S. President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney spent together as Bush's administration ended. It notes that a rift between the two grew out of Cheney's persistent requests of Bush to pardon Cheney's former chief of staff I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby. It also provides commentary on aspects of the Bush administration's war on terrorism.

The article looks at U.S. insurance corporation, American International Group (AIG). The author notes that the company experienced large losses due to years of risky and unregulated deals, but still pays bonuses to individuals responsible for these failures with taxpayer money. The Troubled Asset Relief Program is also discussed.

This article discusses the federal bailout of the U.S. economy, and the role of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and its chairman Christopher Cox. Information is provided about the history of the SEC, which was created during the Great Depression to rebuild investor confidence, as well as criticism of Cox's performance during the economic recession. The authors discuss the prospect of changing SEC leadership to better deal with the financial crisis.

The article reports on the effect on the U.S. economy of U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's bailout plan for nine leading banks. This supply-side move to invest directly in big banks was preceded by a hold on lending which has impaired the demand-side of the U.S. economy and its ability to recover. The author discusses the demand for credit and the need for investors to increase savings and reevaluate their risk tolerance.

The article focuses on how 2008 U.S. presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama gained from his experiences in previous U.S. Senate races to consider a presidential campaign. The article explains that Obama learned how to be a politician from his race for Senator of Illinois in 2000 where he lost in his effort to unseat Senator Bobby Rush. Obama's other political learning experiences including how he learned to appeal to different constituencies and develop his speech style are discussed.

The article considers the possibility of a U.S.-Iran war. The U.S. is already stretched thin both militarily and financially. Iran has sponsored terrorist organizations and has increased its power in the Mideast. Iran has delayed and side-stepped around demands to stop enriching uranium. It is estimated that the nation is five years away from having a nuclear bomb, but may only be a year from being a nuclear power. If Iran continues, U.S. and its allies will have to step in.

This article addresses air travel security after British officials foiled what appears to have been a plot to blow up as many as 10 United States-bound passenger jets with liquid explosives hidden in carry-on luggage. The author considers the dilemma of determining how security officials should respond to terrorism plots: by taking reflexive action regardless of the probability of a repeated attempt or by taking stock of probable risk and the cost of safety.

The article discusses the death of Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi by U.S. forces. The leader of the terrorist group Al Qaeda in Iraq was killed by two 500 pound bombs on Wednesday June 7, 2006. The article discusses the impact that al-Zarqawi's death may have on the Iraq War and an eventual reduction in the number of U.S. troops in Iraq.

The article reports on U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad and his job. The ambassador has been entrusted with the task of helping form a coalition government to include all sectors of Iraqi politics including Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds. He states that when a pluralistic national-unity government is in place in Iraq, and ministries are run by competent ministers, the U.S. will be able to withdraw its troops. Khalilzad was chosen for the job because of his knowledge of the region, he had served as Ambassador to Afghanistan, and his first hand knowledge of the factions and people involved in the conflict.

Presents a look at what investigators have discovered about al-Qaeda's plans for its next big attack on the U.S. How arrests by U.S., Pakistani and British investigators has unearthed new clues about possible terrorist attack plans; Surveillance of buildings by al-Qaeda operatives inside the U.S., beginning in 2000; How the operatives kept their attack plans a secret from the U.S. government until July 2004; Why there remains cause for concern; Escalating fears that al-Qaeda may attempt another 9/11-size attack in the U.S.; Efforts of law-enforcement and intelligence agencies to find al-Qaeda sleeper cells worldwide; Worries that Osama bin Laden may have ordered another attack; Question of how many terrorists are still at large; Background on the arrest of Pakistani Musaad Aruchi, nephew of Khaldi Sheikh Mohammed; Decision of Homeland Security Chief Tom Ridge to publicize the names of the targeted buildings; Security measures.

The article discusses the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by United States soldiers. Haider Sabbar Abed al-Abbadi kept his shame to himself until the world saw him stripped naked, his head in a hood, a nude fellow prisoner kneeling before him simulating oral sex. "That is me," he claims to a "Time" reporter, as one of the lurid photographs of detained Iraqis suffering sexual humiliation at the hands of U.S. soldiers scrolls down a computer screen. Nothing could hide the raw cruelty of U.S. soldiers ridiculing the manhood of Iraqi captives. Of all places, these atrocities occurred at Abu Ghraib prison, once the infamous home of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's torture chambers. Most immediately, the scandal has imperiled the U.S. effort to pacify Iraq by turning even more ordinary Iraqis against the occupation and reinforcing the sense that control is slipping everywhere, less than two months before the U.S. is due to hand sovereignty back to the nation. Testifying before the Senate, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said the Pentagon has obtained more photographs and video footage that show U.S. troops engaged in even worse behavior. On March 20, 2004, the military announced that seven soldiers of the 372nd Military Police Company were being held in Iraq and charged with conspiracy, dereliction of duty, assault, maltreatment and indecent acts.

Discusses the events and experiences of journalists embedded with a platoon in the United States 1st Armored Division in Iraq. Details of the platoon, with the background of each soldier; Responsibilities and tasks of the platoon; Experiences that the journalists were a part of including an act of insurgency against the platoon which resulted in the injury of one of the reporters and several soldiers; Explanation of the nick name Tomb Raiders that has been given to the platoon; History of the platoon in the war so far in Iraq; Events surrounding the death of a platoon member, Benjamin Colgan.

Describes the difficulty associated with the reconstruction of Iraq after the war. Consideration of how 1,170 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq after the end of major combat operations; Increase in the incidence of guerrilla attacks; Assassination of two Iraqi leaders Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim and Akila al-Hashimi; Possibility that Iraq is hiding weapons of mass destruction; Approval ratings of U.S. President George W. Bush; Impact of the war on the oil industry in Iraq; Consequence of the decision of U.S. proconsul L. Paul Bremer to disband the Iraqi army; Miscalculation of cost estimates by the U.S. government. INSET: THE POLITICS BEHIND THE PRICE TAG.

Describes the entry of former general Wesley Clark into the U.S. Presidential campaign. Details of Clark's education and military career; His stint as a military analyst on CNN during the Iraq war; Perceptions that Bill and Hillary Clinton support Clark's candidacy; Mistakes made by Clark during the first few days of his campaign; Responses of voters to Clark's candidacy; Highlights of Clark's positions on campaign issues, and his development of those positions.

Focuses on the state of Saudi Arabia as of September 2003. Efforts of the government to track down members of the terrorist organization Al Qaeda; Concerns over the fact that many of the September 11 terrorists were Saudi residents; Military and police raids conducted in the region to arrest Al Qaeda suspects; Terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia in May 2003; How the U.S. supports the Saudi's efforts to control terrorist funds; Efforts to end the teaching of intolerance. INSET: The Bush-Saudi Axis.

The article focuses on the role of U.S. special forces in the war in Iraq. Special forces were usually ahead of the tip of the spear: as U.S. troops pushed toward Baghdad, Iraq, secret combat teams zipped into Iraq aboard specially outfitted MC-130 Combat Talon planes that used highways as landing strips, surprising the enemy at its rear. Long before the war with Iraq began, officials at the U.S. Special Operations Command in Tampa, Florida, combed service records for names of commandos who had seen action in 1991's Operation Provide Comfort, which gave food and shelter to Kurdish refugees after Saddam crushed their rebellion. Several U.S. military planners told 'TIME' magazine that Central Command regarded Faw, a facility near the Shatt al Arab waterway, as so important to the future of Iraq--and so likely to be subject to an act of sabotage by those loyal to the regime of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein--that many believed it should be seized before the decapitating attacks on Saddam and his inner circle began. Some 10,000 special-forces troops saw action in Iraq, the largest such deployment since World War II and three times the number who participated in Gulf War I. The gas and oil platforms mission (GOPLATS), as the military called it, began at dusk on March 20, 2003.

Profiles Uday and Qusay Hussein, sons of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Assassination attempt on Uday Hussein that left him permanently disabled; Details of how Uday arranged for and raped several Iraqi girls and women; Revelation of the exploits of the brothers following the fall of the Hussein regime; Comparison of the two brothers' temperaments; Speculation about their whereabouts following the war; Uday's role in the family as Saddam's first-born son; Uday's role as head of Iraq's Olympic Committee; Relationship between Qusay and Saddam; Qusay's leadership of the Republican Guard; Discussion of how Uday killed a woman on her wedding day; Uday's passion for automobiles; Torture that Uday organized of Iraqi prisoners and offenders.

Focuses on the Iraqi soldiers called the Republican Guard and what happened to them during the Iraq War. Methods used by 'Time' magazine to access information regarding the troops in certain battlefields where they were stationed prior to American military moving into Baghdad; Indications that many of the Republican guard survived, but deserted; Details of the deployment of Iraqi troops south of Baghdad; Reports from the military commanders in the field, suggesting the Republican Guard were outmanned and unprepared for American military force; Number of bombs directed at Republican Guard positions.

Focuses on the immediate future in a post-war Iraq. Discussion of the 13-point platform produced from a meeting of leaders of the different factions and groups living in Iraq; View of the author that all the ends for which the war launched must be achieved; Discussion of the need to find Saddam Hussein; How the Iraqi fearful of Hussein need to know that he is dead or captured; Impact of not finding weapons of mass destruction; View that the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush is desperate to find weapons of mass destruction; Cash reward offered for information leading the discovery of weapons; Discussion of Jay Garner, the man in charge of restoring order to Iraq with respect to democratic principles.

Focuses on the renewed efforts to capture Osama bin Laden after the arrest of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. How bin Laden escaped the siege at Tora Bora, Afghanistan; Discussion of the legend that bin Laden has created among people in Arab countries; Suggestion that the arrest of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed has created some leads as to the whereabouts of bin Laden. INSETS: Tracking Down Terror;Beyond bin Laden: Other al-Qaeda Bigwigs Still at Large.

Discusses precautions and preparations to take in the event of a terrorist attack on the United States. Dirty bombs, Chemical, and biological attacks which are expected to occur; Locations which may be unsafe; Precautions which should be taken; Water and food supplies that should be stored; Subway systems which are vulnerable. INSETS: WHAT TO LOOK FOR--AND WHAT TO DO;…AND ARE WE REALLY ANY SAFER THAN BEFORE?;Tale of the Tape;How to Talk to Your Kids

Focuses on the efforts of U.S. President George W. Bush to convince the American people, the Security Council, and the United Nations that a war with Iraq in order to remove Saddam Hussein from power is a necessary action to take. Problems U.S. soldiers stationed in the Middle East face in terms of increasing temperatures; Concerns Americans have regarding the chance an attack on Iraq could lead to terrorist attacks against the U.S.; Reaction to Colin Powell's speech before the United Nations. INSET: Buildup to War.

Discusses the rationale for engaging in war with Iraq. View that U.S. President George W. Bush is passionate about getting Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein out of power; How government officials were analyzing satellite photography searching for evidence of Iraqi weapons production; Discussion of Secretary of State Colin Powell's address to the United Nations and the evidence he will present as proof of Iraq's non-compliance with United Nations policy; Evidence to be presented by Powell including Hussein's link to al-Qeada and Iraq's continued biological weapons buildup.

Discusses the views of former presidential candidate Al Gore about the politicians and government in the United States. His feelings about President George W. Bush; Speculation from Gore about the U.S. economy; Possibility that Gore will run for the presidency in 2004; Results of a poll that measured Democratic support for Gore; How Gore is more laid back and spiritually active; Views from Gore about the U.S. war on terrorism.

Discusses the plight of the United States government to locate and capture al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. Consideration of an audiocassette with the alleged voice of Bin Laden; Interrogation of a senior operative of al-Qaeda, Ramzi Binalshibh; Belief that certain passages from the tape may indicate a call for terrorist action; Efforts of U.S. President George W. Bush to promote military action against Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein; Speculation about where Bin Laden may be hiding. INSETS: WHERE OSAMA MIGHT BE HIDING;TALE OF THE TAPE.

Discusses the strategy used by Karl Rove for a Republican victory in the 2002 U.S. mid-term elections. How the strategy impacted foreign policy as Rove persuaded President George W. Bush to abandon his free-trade principles and support tariffs on foreign steel to placate Midwestern voters; Idea that Republicans could benefit by association with the Bush war record; National campaign blitz of Bush, which turned the election into a referendum on the President; The symbiotic relationship between Rove and Bush. INSET: ROAD TO VICTORY.

Profiles John Allen Muhammad and Lee Malvo, who allegedly killed 10 people in the Washington D.C. area during the fall of 2002. Efforts made by Muhammad to portray his relationship with Malvo as that of father and son; Capture of the pair in a parking lot outside Washington state; Biographical information; Speculation as to the alleged shooters' motives.

Reports on efforts by police in the Washington D.C. area to catch a serial sniper. Description of the first shot fired by the sniper at a Michaels craft store in Aspen Hill, Maryland; Randomness of the crimes; Number of officials who work on the case, including from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms units; Use of software by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to create animated displays that reconstruct the crime scenes; Community reactions; Description of the crimes; Geographic profiling. INSETS: HUMAN TARGETS;SUSPECT VEHICLE.

Focuses on the battles going on between Republicans and Democrats in the United States House of Representatives in the fall of 2002, as mid-term elections approach. Actions by Senate majority leader Tom Daschle; The expectation that the Senate will begin considering a resolution that would authorize President George W. Bush to use force to disarm Saddam Hussein; Comments of a speech by Al Gore that criticized President Bush.

Reports on the surveillance and capture of al-Qaeda member Ramzi Binalshibh, a Yemeni accused of involvement in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Failure to obtain visas; Investigation by U.S. officials; His role in the hijacking; Importance of his capture; Interrogation of Omar al-Faruq; Concerns about alleged al-Qaeda sympathizers in Lackawanna, New York; Changing strategies of terrorists due to war in Afghanistan.

Reports that the United States government had debated about the potential terrorism threat of al-Qaeda early in 2001. Briefings conducted by President Bill Clinton's administration to assist incumbent President George W. Bush; Details on the terrorism briefing delivered by Richard Clarke; The formal plan that would take the offensive against al-Qaeda; Issue of whether the September 11, 2002 attacks could have been foiled.

Profiles Jose Padilla, an American who joined the Al-Qaeda terrorist group. Efforts of Padilla to build a radioactive bomb to detonate in the U.S.; View that the arrest of Padilla is a warning that terrorists may still attack the U.S.; Biographical information on Padilla, who was a member of a gang in Chicago, Illinois. INSET: DEFUSING THE TERROR, by Jeffrey Kluger.

Discusses the efforts of U.S. President George W. Bush to reform homeland security in light of the war on terrorism. Design of the security plan approved by Bush by White House chief of staff Andrew Card, budget director Mitchell Daniels and Homeland Security director Tom Ridge; Details of the five management techniques at the heart of Bush's security overhaul, including delegating responsibility and fighting the bureaucracy; Outlook.

Reports on changes being made to operations at the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Effective rule changes for the FBI, which were drafted in order to improve the quality and effectiveness of information-gathering and crime prevention; Details of additional powers of FBI agents; Difficulty of changing such a complex organization. INSET: What's New at the FBI, by David Bjerklie and Elaine Shannon.

Focuses on U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent Coleen Rowley who released a memo accusing the FBI of deliberately obstructing measures that could have helped disrupt the September 11 terrorist attacks. Her argument that bureaucratic incompetence delayed a search of accused terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui's computer and belongings; How the memo has raised the interest of Republicans and Democrats; Concerns of Rowley about retaliation. INSETS: Rowley's Diagnosis--and Mueller's Rx for the FBI;'We Could Have Gotten Lucky'.

Discusses four mistakes that prevented the U.S. from possibly thwarting the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, after revelations that President George W. Bush had been briefed in August 2001 by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that al-Qaeda, headed by Osama bin Laden, might hijack airliners. Memo sent by U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent Kenneth Williams that noted a pattern of Arab men signing up at flight schools; Detention of Zacarias Moussaoui, who was suspected of terrorist activity, in August 2001. INSET: WHAT THEY KNEW AND WHEN THEY DID.

Focuses on the financial collapse of Enron Corp. and the involvement of former chief financial officer Andrew Fastow in the company's questionable finances. Decision of Fastow to invoke the Fifth Amendment in testimony before the United States Congress; Reputation of Fastow at Enron, as well as his efforts to use special-purpose entities to transfer Enron's debt to outside companies; Relationship with former chief executive officer of Enron, Jeffrey Skilling; Biographical information on Fastow.

Examines the impact of the collapse of Enron Corporation on the United States President George W. Bush administration. Links between Enron and the Bush team; How Enron is reviving some of Bush's least favorite issues, such as campaign finance reform; Issue of the consulting contract Republican strategist Ralph Reed received from Enron; Refusal of Vice President Dick Cheney to hand over details of his energy task force's meetings; Response of Democrats; Focus of Bush's State of the Union speech. INSET: The Enron Players.

Focuses on Sherron Watkins, a former employee of Enron Corp. Her letters to company chairman Kenneth Lay which exposed top officials who had been attempting to hide huge debts; The chain of events that brought the company down; United States Congressional and criminal investigations being conducted on Enron and its auditor, Arthur Andersen; Revelations that many people were aware of the possibility that the energy company would collapse; Destruction of company documents. INSET: AGGRESSIVE ACCOUNTING.

Examines the Enron scandal. Destruction of audit material by accounting firm Arthur Andersen prior to the company's collapse; Criminal investigation by the United States Justice Department; Implication of the U.S. White House, which received a call from Enron chief executive officer Kenneth L. Lay; Question of whether a crime was committed; Class action lawsuits against Enron; Role of Andersen; Proposed plans to protect 401(k)s.

Focuses on the trade of nuclear contraband in light of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the allegations that Osama bin Laden has tried to obtain nuclear weapons. Details surrounding allegations of terrorist traders in Russia, Georgia, and Bulgaria; Strategies of smugglers to avoid customs officials; Discussion of so-called dirty bombs and their impact; Installation of radiation detectors by Turkey; Role of the United States in increasing security at nuclear-material storage sites.

Focuses on the legal initiatives set by the Bush Administration to fight terrorism since the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. Discussion of military tribunals, detention of non-citizens, eavesdropping on communications between attorney and client, and rights to privacy; Objections raised by civil libertarians, including the possible use of surveillance on ordinary Americans; Impact of the rules on issues such as access to government records; Role of public opinion.

Addresses the debate in the United States over disclosing possible terrorist threats. Reactions to terrorist-attack warnings; The challenge of assessing credible threats; Concerns of the intelligence community regarding public advisories; Nuclear terrorism and perceived vulnerability of U.S. nuclear power plants; Attitude of government officials; Police response; Efforts to build a homeland-defense system. INSET: Sharing Secrets.

Reports on the economic impact to United States industries of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Job cuts and layoffs in various industries, including travel and airlines; Other factors affecting the economy, including a reluctance among European investors to invest in the U.S.; Forecasts for consumer spending throughout 2001 and 2002; Political activity designed to aid the economy, including proposed bailout packages; Government defense budget spending.