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This photo taken May 30, 2012 shows a view of the Watergate complex from the top floor of the Watergate Office Building in Washington. Forty years ago police in Washington arrested five men breaking in to the Democratic National Committee offices. The name of the complex they were breaking into became infamous: the Watergate. These days, though, unless you know where to look, there’s little marking the location of the 1972 crime that ultimately led to the resignation of President Nixon. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

40 years after Watergate, ‘what ifs’ are tantalizing

By Mark S. Smith - Associated Press

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

NAPOLITANO: Killing vs. squealing

By Andrew P. Napolitano

**FILE** This undated photo downloaded from the Arabic language Internet site www.muslm.net purports to show Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, in detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Associated Press/muslm.net)

Book: Military feared use of taped comments

By Pete Yost - Associated Press

** FILE ** This March 25, 2007, file image, made from video posted on a website frequented by Islamist militants and provided via the IntelCenter, shows al Qaeda militant Abu Yahia al-Libi. A CIA drone strike Monday, June 4, 2012, targeted al Qaeda's second in command in Pakistan, but it was unclear whether he was among those hit, U.S. officials said. The Associated Press has no way of independently verifying the content, location or date of this video. (AP Photo/IntelCenter, File)

Pakistan: Al Qaeda No. 2 at house hit by U.S. drone

By Ishtiaq Mahsud and Rasool Dawar - Associated Press

**FILE** Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi, who helped the U. S. track down Osama bin Laden, is seen here July 9, 2010, in the Pakistani tribal area of Jamrud in Khyber region. (Associated Press)

Pakistan doctor guilty of militancy, not CIA links

By Riaz Khan - Associated Press

Rep. King: CIA, Pentagon, too close to filmmakers

By LARRY MARGASAK - Associated Press

**FILE** Rep. Peter T. King, New York Republican (Associated Press)

Rep. King: CIA, Pentagon too close to filmmakers

By Larry Margasak - Associated Press

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III told a Senate committee Wednesday that leaks threaten law enforcement operations, put sources' lives at risk and make it harder to recruit them, and damage ties with foreign law-enforcement partners. (Associated Press)

FBI probes bomb plot leaks

The Washington Times

**FILE** FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III testifies on May 16, 2012, on Capitol Hill before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Associated Press)

FBI probes bomb plot leaks

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Mike Rogers, Michigan Republican (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Obama’s leaky underwear bomb

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Intercepted bomb details should remain secret

The Washington Times

**FILE** This April 1961 photo shows Fidel Castro (center) with members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces at his base of operations at the Australia Sugar Refinery in Jaguey, near Playa Giron, during the Bay of Pigs invasion. (Associated Press)

Judge rejects effort to open CIA volume on Cuba

By Pete Yost - Associated Press

Mukasey

Mukasey: White House leaking too much info on terror plots

By David Eldridge - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Sept. 7, 2011, file photo, John Brennan, assistant to the president for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, speaks in Washington. U.S. bomb experts are picking apart a sophisticated new al Qaeda improvised explosive device, Brennan said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Experts studying al Qaeda underwear bomb

By Adam Goldman - Associated Press

A traveler passes April 30, 2012, through a security check point at Portland International Airport, in Portland, Ore. (Associated Press)

U.S. sends airport security guide to other countries

By Eileen Sullivan and Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

**FILE** This undated photo released Oct. 31, 2010, by Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Interior purports to show Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri. (Associated Press/Saudi Arabia Ministry of Interior)

CIA thwarts al Qaeda plot using more-refined underwear bomb

By Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo - Associated Press

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

NAPOLITANO: Obama’s private war

By Andrew P. Napolitano

** FILE ** Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is shown in a video released by the Department of Defense on Saturday, May 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Department of Defense)

Seized data portray bin Laden as ‘delusional,’ book author says

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Castro’s Secrets’

By Joseph C. Goulden - Special to The Washington Times

Official: Expanded U.S. drone strikes approved for Yemen

By Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press