Osama bin Laden

The White House has pledged the CIA will stop using vaccination programs as a cover from spying. Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow Laurie Garrett’s says the pledge is long overdue and that distrust of health workers is already widespread in many countries. The White House has pledged the CIA will stop using vaccination programs as a cover from spying. Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow Laurie Garrett’s says the pledge is long overdue and that distrust of health workers is already widespread in many countries.

The attempted bombing of Times Square by a naturalized U.S. citizen of Pakistani origin has uncomfortable echoes for Britain. The UK has been dealing with many attempted acts of ‘home-grown terrorism’ since the London underground bombings in 2005.

Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA identify Osama bin Laden is still in jail, and he’s apparently about to be hit with a new set of charges after an attempt to charge him with treason didn’t stick.

Osama bin Laden lived in Pakistan for almost a decade without being found, and a recent report places blame on both the Pakistani government and the U.S. military and intelligence organizations for overlooking his presence. The report has put pressure on ties between the United States and Pakistan.

A relative of Osama bin Laden appeared in a New York court last week in connection with the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. While the trial is being criticized for being held on American soil, one reporter says the shift could be helpful to the Obama administration.