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WASHINGTON – The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is blocking access to classified material from Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham and his staff following the lawmaker’s admission he accepted $2.4 million in bribes. Cunningham, R-Calif., announced his resignation from Congress Monday after entering a guilty plea to charges of corruption …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – The trial of Saddam Hussein and seven co-defendants was adjourned Wednesday until Dec. 21 after two witnesses testified in a truncated session which the ousted president did not attend. After two prosecution witnesses described beatings and torture by the regime, Chief Judge Rizgar Mohammed Amin adjourned the …

WASHINGTON – U.S. counterterrorism agencies have not detected a significant Al Qaeda operational capability in the United States since the 2003 arrest of a truck driver who was in the early stages of plotting to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge. Nevertheless, Al Qaeda’s capabilities aren’t clear and the group remains dangerous, …