Federal Judge Orders End to Warrantless Wiretapping  —  A federal judge in Detroit ruled today that the Bush administration's eavesdropping program is illegal and unconstitutional, and she ordered that it cease at once.  —  District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor found that President Bush exceeded …

Explosive Liquids Scare In W. Virginia  —  Air Terminal Evacuated, But 2 Bottles Thought To Be Explosives Were Cosmetics  —  (CBS/AP) A terminal at the Tri-State Airport was evacuated Thursday morning after two containers in a female passenger's bag tested positive for liquid explosives …

CLAIMS OF CENSORSHIP AND INTIMIDATION AT DARTMOUTH  —  This morning's edition of The Dartmouth carries a worrisome story by reporter Rebekah Rombom.  Here is a significant portion of it, but please click here to read the whole thing. … For reference, Nick's entire statement is posted on this website …

France Throws U.N Peacekeeping Plans Into Disarray  —  Chirac Rebuffs Pleas to Make Major Contribution to Mission  —  France has rebuffed U.N. pleas to make a major contribution to a peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, setting back international efforts to send a credible military force …

N. Korea Appears to Be Preparing for Nuclear Test  —  U.S. Officials Tell ABC News Evidence Show Signs an Underground Test is in the Works  —  There is new evidence that North Korea may be preparing for an underground test of a nuclear bomb, U.S. officials tell ABC News.

NRSC Takes Lieberman  —  It's no coincidence that a purposeful silence has replaced the well-publicized calls from Republicans last month for no-hope GOP Senate candidate Alan Schlesinger to make way for someone more credible.  —  The state and national party, it seems …

Republicans Losing The 'Security Moms'  —  Married women with children, the "security moms" whose concerns about terrorism made them an essential part of Republican victories in 2002 and 2004, are taking flight from GOP politicians this year in ways that appear likely to provide a major boost …

Inquiry Suggests Marines Excised Files on Killings  —  A high-level military investigation into the killings of 24 Iraqis in Haditha last November has uncovered instances in which American marines involved in the episode appear to have destroyed or withheld evidence, according to two Defense Department officials briefed on the case.

Kurds flee homes as Iran shells Iraq's northern frontier  —  Michael Howard in Qandil Mountain  —  Turkey and Iran have dispatched tanks, artillery and thousands of troops to their frontiers with Iraq during the past few weeks in what appears to be a coordinated effort to disrupt the activities of Kurdish rebel bases.

Iran to launch major military maneuvers  —  TEHERAN, Iran  —  Iran will launch a series of large-scale military maneuvers across the country and has not made plans for an end to the ongoing war games, the army said Thursday.  —  "The maneuvers are aimed at introducing Iran's new defensive doctrine …

Hatch says Demo win could help terrorists  —  Sen. Orrin Hatch, who continuously decries the bitter partisanship in Washington, implied this week that Democratic success in November's election could result in terrorist attacks on America.  —  Hatch was quoted in Tuesday's Tooele Transcript Bulletin …

White House using liquid explosive detector it refused to install at US airports to protect you and me  —  UPDATE: This is yet another Democratic opportunity, but will they take it?  Don't just hold a press conference, demand that George Bush call the Congress back into session to deal …

American Attitudes Hold Steady in Face of Foreign Crises  —  Strong Support for Israel - No Surge in Terror Concerns or Boost for Bush  —  Summary of Findings  —  The public is paying a great deal of attention to major overseas events - the reported terrorist plot against U.S. trans-Atlantic jet liners …