Bin Laden Gets a Pass from Pakistan  —  Brian Ross and Gretchen Peters Report:  —  Osama bin Laden, America's most wanted man, will not face capture in Pakistan if he agrees to lead a "peaceful life," Pakistani officials tell ABC News.  —  The surprising announcement comes …

GOP secretly channeled millions to Lieberman  —  The White House funneled millions of dollars through major Republican Party contributors to Sen. Joseph Lieberman's primary campaign in a failed effort to ensure the support of the former Democrat for the Bush administration.

NOT OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS: NEW HOLD PLACED ON TRANSPARENCY IN SPENDING BILL?  —  Another Democratic senator appears to have placed a "secret hold" on legislation that would pry open the murky world of federal contracting to public scrutiny.  —  That's the word that Oklahoma Republican …

What Valerie Plame Really Did at the CIA  —  In the spring of 2002 Dick Cheney made one of his periodic trips to CIA headquarters.  Officers and analysts were summoned to brief him on Iraq.  Paramilitary specialists updated the Vice President on an extensive covert action program in motion …

ABC Docudrama Sparks 9/11 Spat  —  The docudrama that ABC will air next week commemorating the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks seems likely to revive some long-running disputes over whether the Clinton or Bush administration has more to answer for in neglecting indications of a pending al Qaeda attack on the United States.

Okay, I'm watching the Katie Couric show.  —  It's so annoying to feel forced into it!  She's standing up and wearing a weird white jacket buttoned conspicuously at the waist as if to argue with those who said she'd been photoshopped into semi-svelteness.  Now, she's sitting down …

Disney and The Dobsonites  —  Are Disney and ABC becoming willing tools of the right wing?  Or are they simply currying favor with James Dobson and the far right out corporate necessity?  Either way, something very strange is happening in Mouseland.  —  Earlier this year …

MEMOGATE REUNION!  —  Good news, phony document fans!  The team that gave you Memogate is back in action.  —  Former CBS News producer Mary Mapes has rejoined her old running partner Dan Rather at Mark Cuban's HDNet channel.  Rather, 74, is starting all over at hi-def cable network …

Press Gaggle by Tony Snow and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Frances Townsend  —  White House Conference Center Briefing Room  —  MR. SNOW: Good morning, everybody.  Good to have you here on such a lovely day.  Let me begin with the President's schedule.

Iranian president wants to purge profs  —  TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Tuesday for a purge of liberal and secular teachers from the country's universities, urging students to return to 1980s-style radicalism.  —  "Today, students should shout …

For Conservative Muslims, Goal of Isolation a Challenge  —  9/11 Put Strict Adherents on the Defensive  —  Twelve girls sat in rows at the front of the community room in Silver Spring's Muslim Community Center, calming their nerves with giggles and girl talk.  In their sweaty hands, they held prepared speeches.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  —  CONTACT:  —  (617) 725-4025  —  ROMNEY DENOUNCES KHATAMI VISIT TO HARVARD  —  Declines to provide escort, or offer state support for trip  —  Governor Mitt Romney today ordered all Massachusetts state government agencies to decline support, if asked …