FBI Secret Probes: 3,501 Targets in the U.S

May 17, 2006 -- FBI Secret Probes: 3,501 Targets in the U.S.
The Department of Justice says it secretly sought phone records and other documents of 3,501 people last year under a provision of the Patriot Act that does not require judicial oversight. (ABC News)

U.S. Secretly Backing Warlords in Somalia
U.S. secretly supporting secular warlords who are fighting Islamic groups for control of capital. (Washington Post)

Verizon Denies Turning over Local Phone Data
Verizon, the country's second-largest phone company, said yesterday that it had not provided local phone records to the National Security Agency as part of efforts to compile a database of calling records to track terrorist activities. (NY Times)

Pentagon Releases 9/11 Security Video
Pentagon Releases Security Camera Images of Plane Hitting Building on Sept. 11, 2001. (AP)

New Tape Stirs Up 9/11 Conspiracy Theories
The minute the Pentagon released images of the Sept. 11 attack on its building, the message boards at ABCNEWS.com lit up with conspiracy theories. (ABC News)

C.I.A. Making Rapid Strides for Regrowth
For all its dysfunction and recent failures, the Central Intelligence Agency that Gen. Michael V. Hayden stands to inherit is far along a path toward rebuilding its network of foreign stations and replenishing ranks that were eviscerated during the years after the cold war. (NY Times)