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Thursday

National

Intelligence Clearinghouse Wins Praise

The Terrorist Threat Integration Center, or TTIC, was established a year ago amid much criticism. The organization is designed to centralize intelligence from the CIA, FBI and Office of Homeland Security. Critics feared an erosion of civil liberties, and said the clearinghouse would duplicate work. Now the TTIC is winning praise from a range of officials. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.

Intelligence Clearinghouse Wins Praise

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Tuesday

World

House Doubles Reward for Bin Laden

The House of Representatives votes to double the reward offered for information leading to Osama bin Laden's capture. Lawmakers say they hope raising the bounty from $25 million to $50 million will renew interest in the reward. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.

House Doubles Reward for Bin Laden

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Friday

National

Missed Chances to Stop 9-11

In January 2000, the CIA lost track of three suspected al Qaeda terrorists, two of whom ended up as Sept. 11 hijackers, according to the panel investigating those attacks. Findings from the commission point to numerous instances where to the CIA and FBI failed to cooperate and communicate critical information prior to Sept. 11. Hear NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.

Missed Chances to Stop 9-11

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Thursday

Wednesday

National

Sept. 11 Panel Urges Changes

Members of the commission investigating U.S. counter-terrorism efforts grill CIA director George Tenet and FBI director Robert Mueller about their agencies' efforts to prevent more attacks like those of Sept. 11, 2001. Wednesday's hearings also touched on the creation of a single agency containing domestic and international units. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.

Sept. 11 Panel Urges Changes

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Tuesday

National

9-11 Panel to Scrutinize FBI

The Sept. 11 panel hears testimony from current and former FBI directors, as the agency's actions prior to the 2001 attacks come under growing criticism. Former FBI Director Louis Freeh has said he lacked proper funding for anti-terror efforts. Previous witnesses have suggested FBI policies prevented inter-agency sharing of key information. Hear NPR's Bob Edwards and NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.

9-11 Panel to Scrutinize FBI

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Sunday

National

Bush: No Specifics on Al Qaeda

A day after the White House released a briefing document on the al Qaeda threat that President George Bush received a month before the Sept. 11 attacks, Bush says the brief lacked "actionable intelligence." Security experts say the paper leads them to question the Bush administration's judgment of the information. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.

Bush: No Specifics on Al Qaeda

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Saturday

Thursday

Talk of the Nation

Condoleezza Rice Testifies Before Sept. 11 Commission

How seriously did the Bush Administration take the threat of terror before Sept. 11, and what did they do about it? This morning, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice appeared under oath to face public questioning from the Sept. 11 Commission. Join NPR's Neal Conan and his guests for reaction, analysis and a summary of her testimony. Guests: Mary Louise Kelly *NPR's intelligence correspondent David Welna *NPR's congressional correspondent Harry "Skip" Brandon *Former deputy assistant director in charge of counterterrorism and national security at the FBI *Retired in 1993 after 23 years with the FBI *Founding partner of Smith Brandon International, a defense and security consulting firm in Washington, D.C. Peter Bergen *Author of Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden *Fellow at the New America Foundation, a public policy institute, Washington, D.C. Robert Dallek *Presidential historian *Has written biographies of Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson and John F. Kennedy *Working on a new book about Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, a dual biography

Condoleezza Rice Testifies Before Sept. 11 Commission

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Wednesday

All Things Considered

Profile of Condoleezza Rice

On the eve of National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice's testimony before the special commission investigating the 9/11 attacks, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly takes a look at her background, and her expected strategy Thursday. She is expected to face two hours of pointed questions.

Profile of Condoleezza Rice

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Friday

All Things Considered

The 'Snowball Effect' and Intel on Iraq's WMDs

The "echo effect," the "snowball effect" and false assumptions -- these were some of the reasons why intelligence agencies around the world were, to use former chief weapons inspector David Kay's phrase, "all wrong" about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. European intelligence is often derivative of U.S. intelligence, and vice versa, creating trans-Atlantic echoes that seem to corroborate each other. Israeli assessments got analyzed by U.S. intelligence, which tended to bolster the assessment as they were passed on to other governments, creating the snowball effect. And governments around the world assumed that because they could not prove that Iraq destroyed its weapons of mass destruction, Iraq must still have them. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.

The 'Snowball Effect' and Intel on Iraq's WMDs

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Tuesday

National

Congress Gets New WMD Report

Charles Duelfer, who replaced David Kay as the CIA's chief weapons inspector in Iraq, reports his team has found "dual-use facilities and ongoing research" that could produce biological or chemical agents, but no weapons stockpiles. In reporting to Congress, Duelfer described the difficulty of getting Iraqi scientists to discuss their work. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.

Congress Gets New WMD Report

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Monday

Talk of the Nation

Richard Clarke and Condoleezza Rice

The controversy continues around the Sept. 11 hearings on Capitol Hill. From Richard Clarke's book release and testimony, the Administration's efforts to discredit him and his work, to Condoleezza Rice's decision not to testify publicly. It's Clarke versus Rice in the court of public opinion. Guests: Mary Louise Kelly *NPR reporter Susannah Meadows *General editor at Newsweek *Analyzed the recent Newsweek poll that measured the effect of Richard Clarke's testimony Ben Post *Managing editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal Chris Reed *Op-ed columns editor at The Orange County Register in Santa Ana, Calif. John Diaz *Editorial page editor at the San Francisco Chronicle

Richard Clarke and Condoleezza Rice

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