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Bin Laden's Olympic dreams

By Jeff Stein — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

Al-Qaida conducted "meticulous" surveillance of Salt Lake City, intelligence official says.

Searching for Saddam's replacement

By Jeff Stein — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

Washington reaches out to ex-Iraqi generals.

Diminished intelligence

By Jeff Stein — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

Ex-spies say the CIA isn't up to the task of out-smarting Osama bin Laden -- despite billions of new spending in the wake of his embassy bombings.

Send in the clowns

By Jeff Stein — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

How Ringling Bros. minions tormented a freelance writer for eight years.

The Greatest Vendetta on Earth

By Jeff Stein — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

Why would the head of Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey hire a former top CIA honcho to torment a hapless freelance writer for eight years?

Treachery over the Andes

By Jeff Stein — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

The downing of a U.S. missionary plane over Peru raises questions about whether we can trust our drug-war allies -- and the families of soldiers who died in Colombia say the answer is no.

Back-stabbing, CIA-style

By Jeff Stein — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

The John Deutch scandal shows that the spooks spend more time trying to ruin each other than they do chasing down security breaches.

The man Clinton could have been

By Jeff Stein — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

Sen. Tom Daschle, the Democrats' point man on impeachment, is a tough negotiator who could save Clinton from himself.

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

Don't let junkie turn misspent youth into profit; Brazil's "raceless" society; what's the truth about Waco?

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

Is Britney Spears just "lovestruck"? Plus: Gates' personality quirks conceal real issues in Redmond; selling science with sex appeal.

Delta team at Waco?

By Jeff Stein — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

A former CIA official says Army commandos played a role in the deadly standoff.

Espionage without evidence

By Jeff Stein — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

Is it racism, or realism, to look at Chinese-Americans when trying to figure out who's spying for China?

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

Roger Ebert agrees: Critics get a raw deal. Plus: Debating disabled scholarship; don't let AT&T control our Internet!

Uncle Sam wants you -- in the dark

By Jeff Stein — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

The Navy is trying to sink an exposi of the phony "gay" scandal behind the explosion on the USS Iowa.

"Christian Identity is for pantywaists"

By Jeff Stein — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

Right-wingers debate Buford Furrow's goals and his organizational ties.

Who's crying now?

By Jeff Stein — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

Linda Tripp, whose secret tapes of a tearful Monica Lewinsky almost brought down a president, now faces the long arm of the law herself for recording those fateful tapes illegally.

Free-for-all at Free Republic

By Jeff Stein — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

Lucianne Goldberg, Matt Drudge and other friends abandon the Clinton-bashing Web site over its attacks on George W. Bush.

Spies and lies

By Jeff Stein — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

Scientist Wen Ho Lee passed a polygraph test, but the feds want to depend more on them to detect espionage.

Why the Chinese embassy was bombed

By Jeff Stein — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

A senior intelligence official says the CIA team in charge of choosing targets has no recent Belgrade experience.

Bungling in Buffalo

By Jeff Stein — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

Fugitive James Kopp is finally charged in the killing of an abortion doctor after the FBI harasses the wrong men.

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

The anti-abortion movement lives; trepanation advocates have little to lose.

Foul ball

By Jeff Stein — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

The State Department interferes with the second Cuba-Orioles game.

Has violence killed the anti-abortion movement?

By Jeff Stein — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

Operation Rescue's Buffalo fizzle showed that big clinic protests are a thing of the past, but they may have already done their damage.

Did Eric Rudolph try to surrender?

By Jeff Stein — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

A national anti-abortion activist says he was asked to help the fugitive bombing suspect turn himself in to authorities last year -- but "nothing came of it."

Shadow dancing in Buffalo

By Jeff Stein — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:02:00 PST

A drag show kicks off a week of abortion protests, as gays and pro-life Christians square off in a culture-war showdown.