Nov 29th, 2008 · The president has offered India the assistance of U.S. law enforcement and intelligence officials as the country begins its investigation into a bloody three-day seige that killed nearly 200 people.
Nov 27th, 2008 · The scale and sophistication of the attacks in Mumbai, India, have taken many intelligence analysts by surprise. The only claim of responsibility so far is from a previously unknown group calling itself the Deccan Mujahideen. But analysts believe it took a well-established and organized group with plenty of resources and training to mount this type of attack.
Nov 27th, 2008 · A group of suspected Muslim militants has claimed responsibility for the attacks in Mumbai, India. Reva Ballah is director of Geopolitical Analysis, at Stratfor, a private geopolitical intelligence company in Austin, Texas. She tells Steve Inskeep about the significance of the attacks.
Nov 26th, 2008 · A top candidate to serve as CIA director in the Obama Administration has asked that his name be withdrawn from consideration. John Brennan, a 25 year veteran of the agency, has been serving for months as Barack Obama's top adviser on intelligence issues.
Nov 21st, 2008 · Top U.S. intelligence analysts have released a report on what they think the world could look like in 2025, if current trends continue. They predict that the U.S. probably won't be the dominant world power. Countries will be fighting over food, water, energy and other scarce resources. But there's some good news: Terrorism may wane.
Nov 8th, 2008 · President-elect Obama got down to business in Chicago this week. He chose Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel as White House chief of staff, got his first classified intelligence briefings and faced reporters for the first time since the election.
Oct 14th, 2008 · Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the National Security Agency stepped up its efforts to collect intelligence domestically by filtering millions of conversations and e-mail messages. In his new book, The Shadow Factor, journalist James Bamford reveals that the ultra-secret agency has half a million people on its watch lists.
Oct 14th, 2008 · In 1950, a mathematician asked, if a computer could think, how could we tell? His answer: it could hold a conversation. In this spirit, the annual Loebner Artificial Intelligence Prize goes to the most human-like computer. This year, to a program called Elbot. When asked, how's it going? Elbot responded: I feel terrible today. This morning I poured milk over my breakfast instead of oil, and it rusted before I could eat it.