Ex-Agent Says CIA Ignored Iran Facts
A former CIA operative who says he tried to warn the agency about faulty intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs now contends that CIA officials also ignored evidence that Iran had suspended work on a nuclear bomb.

Lieberman: U.S. May Be Attacked In 2009
In describing the reasons he believes the Republicans’ presumptive nominee for president would be better prepared than the Democrats’ to lead the nation next January, Sen. Joe Lieberman said that history shows the United States would likely face a terrorist attack in 2009. “Our enemies will test the new president early,” Lieberman, I-Conn, told CBS News.

Bush signs bill allowing Mandela visits
WASHINGTON - President Bush signed a bill Tuesday allowing Nelson Mandela to visit the United States without the secretary of state having to certify that he is not a terrorist.

Bush calls for more penalties against Zimbabwe
WASHINGTON - President Bush said Saturday the U.S. was working on ways to further punish Zimbabwe’s longtime leader and his allies, saying Robert Mugabe leads an “illegitimate government” that retained power only through a fraudulent election.

US committed to Poland on missile talks
WASHINGTON - The United States said Tuesday that it continues to believe it can strike a deal to set up a missile defense base in Poland, despite negotiations bogging down in a dispute over military aid for Poland.

Pentagon will buy satellites to do more spying
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon will buy and operate one or two commercial imagery satellites and plans to design and build another with more sophisticated spying capabilities, according to government and private industry officials.

Wounded Iraqi Forces Say They’ve Been Abandoned
Iraqi veterans described their government’s treatment of them as at best indifferent and at worst vindictive.

Pentagon fights EPA on hazardous waste cleanups
The Defense Department is refusing to comply with orders or sign contracts to clean up 11 hazardous waste sites, and has asked the White House and Justice Department to intervene on its behalf.

6 states to design own plans for fixing schools
WASHINGTON - Six states are getting the OK to write their own prescriptions for ailing schools under the Bush administration’s signature education law.

Post office announces reorganization
WASHINGTON - The Postal Service on Monday announced a reorganization that officials expect to streamline agency operations.

Auditors: Nuclear plants not following fire rules
WASHINGTON - Operators of nuclear power plants have yet to comply with some of the government’s fire safety rules three decades after they were issued, a congressional report said Monday.

Reopening black farmers’ suits could cost billions
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers budgeted just $100 million for damages when they reopened the government’s discrimination settlement with black farmers. They probably should have handed over a blank check.

GOP lawmakers want ethanol requirements reduced
WASHINGTON - More than four dozen House Republicans asked the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday to reduce required ethanol production this year, saying renewable fuel standards enacted by Congress will boost already high corn prices in the wake of Midwest floods.

Former Iraqi prisoners sue U.S. military contractors for torture
Four Iraqi men are suing U.S. military contractors who they say tortured them while they were detained in Abu Ghraib prison, according to lawsuits being filed at U.S. federal courts on Monday. The lawsuits allege the contractors committed violations of U.S. law, including torture, war crimes and civil conspiracy.