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Gwen Kinkead

Amid C.I.A. Shake-Up, Questions About F.B.I.

Four months after the 9/11 commission’s report on intelligence failures leading up to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, a shakeup at the Central Intelligence Agency is underway. Resignations are piling up throughout the intelligence community-but not at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which had its own counterterrorism mishaps before Sept. 11, according to the Read More

Foot-and-Mouth: Coming To an Airport Near You?

As the country buckles down under repeated government warnings of terrorist attacks from Al Qaeda and elsewhere, travelers arriving in the U.S. this summer will notice some big changes. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection service is taking inkless fingerprints and digital photos of visitors from all but 27 countries at many airports, checking that Read More

Brooklyn Girl Journeys To Chernobyl’s Heart

If you are worried that Al Qaeda might use nuclear terrorism the next time it attacks, please, please do not see the new film Chernobyl Heart .

This short documentary, which won an Oscar this year, shows what happens years after a nuclear disaster: mutant children and unthinkable illnesses.

When Chernobyl Heart was aired Read More