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9/11: Who Was Really In Charge?
Did Bush know Cheney had given orders to down airliners on September 11? The commission staff wonders—and remains at odds with both men over alleged Saddam-Al Qaeda ties. • FULL STORY

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MORE NATIONAL NEWS

• Politics: Agent Provocateur
Behind Michael Moore's new Bush-bashing bonanza

• Under the Hot Lights
Moore's movie will make waves. But it's a fine line between fact and fanaticism. Deconstructing 'Fahrenheit 9/11'

• 'My Life': Bill Clinton’s Self Portrait
His book is vintage Clinton—by turns interesting and infuriating, inspiring and self-pitying. Unpacking the hotly anticipated memoir 'My Life'

• Justice: Not-So-Hallowed Halls
Groton battles abuse charges that threaten its prestige

WEB EXCLUSIVE NATIONAL NEWS

POSTED WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2004

• Terror Watch: The Most Dangerous Terrorist
Who is Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi? And why are so many governments scared to death of him?

• Wolffe: The Battle for America’s Soul
On the campaign trail, Bush and Kerry have staked out two very different positions about God and government

• Fineman: Clinton's Gift to Hillary
Senator becomes saintly in ex-president's book

POSTED TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 2004

• Dickey: Digging Through Dusty Saddam Files
Is there credible evidence tying Hussein to 9/11? Absolutely not. Were there good reasons to worry about his links to radical Islamists. Yes, indeed.

POSTED FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2004

• Clift: Bush Is on Borrowed Time With Iraq
Bush treats Iraq like a public-relations problem that can be addressed with the right spin. But that tactic won’t work indefinitely

POSTED THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2004

• Dickey: Our Terror Stats Can't Be Trusted
For most Americans, the 9/11 attacks came out of the blue. But the commission's report shows that the threat was right in front of their eyes for almost a decade

POSTED WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 2004

• Terror Watch: A Legal Defeat for Bush?
Justice Department lawyers, said to be pessimistic about winning upcoming Supreme Court cases on enemy combatants and Guantanamo prisoners, are now scrambling to bring a case against alleged 'dirty bomber' Jose Padilla

• Dickey: Is Bush Buying Time at the U.N.?
Bush finally seems to have come to his senses about co-operating with the United Nations. But will the lucidity last?

CAMPAIGN 2004

•	Coverage from our correspondents with the candidates, exclusive polling, GENEXT columns, click of the day and more

POSTED TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2004

• Exclusive: Read Defense Dept. Torture Memo
A Defense Dept. memo provides a legal roadmap for prisoner interrogation

• Wolffe: Living Up to the Reagan Eulogies
Both Kerry and Bush are suffering the discomfort of comparison with a late president whose political edges have been softened by time

• Fineman: How Reagan's Passing Helps Bush
It's easier now to invoke aura of an icon—and it's very safe

• War Stories: Military Moonlighting
A former Navy SEAL explains why he chose to work for a private security contractor in Iraq

POSTED MONDAY, JUNE 7, 2004

• Kuntzman: Why Ladies' Night is All Right
New Jersey's recent decision that letting women pay less at the bar is a form of sex discrimination has this columnist shaking his head--and hoping the decision won't be repeated in other states

• Nagorski: Why American Voters Are Different
Those outside the U.S. tend to misunderstand just how much American voters support leaders and problem solvers. Ronald Reagan’s presidency was one example of this phenomenon

PAST NATIONAL NEWS COVERAGE

• As the Shadows Fell
The story of Ronald Reagan's last decade is at once grim and tender. The Personal History of how Nancy coped with his Alzheimer's

• 'God Has a Plan,' My Dad Always Said
In his death, my mother will find new life. A daughter's call to arms

• In Memoriam: 'Strong, Strong Beliefs'
Recollections of the public and private Ronald Reagan. A NEWSWEEK exclusive

HIGHLIGHTS

Table of Contents

•	Dickey: Digging Through Dusty Saddam Files
•	Inside the Politics of the 9/11 Commission
•	Michael Moore Deconstructs 9/11
•	Fareed Zakaria: Is Saudi Arabia Doomed?

SPECIAL SECTION: THE WAR IN IRAQ

•	Complete Web and magazine coverage, plus multimedia and interactives

PERSPECTIVES

"You [interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi] are the symbol of evil and the infidel nation; you are the source of all traitors. We will carry on our jihad against the Western infidel and the Arab apostate until Islamic rule is back on Earth."
—a recording purportedly made by al-Qaida-linked militant Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, published online Wednesday.

WORLD TRADE CENTER

•	Ground Zero Transit Station
•	Video: New transit hub
•	Will Memorial Be Too Noisy?
•	Video: 'Reflecting Absence'

SPECIAL SECTION: ISSUES 2004

Power: Who's Got It Now

•	America's Imperial Anemia
•	Iraq Effect: D.C. Upside Down
•	Nepotism: Another American Tradition
•	The Internet: A Net of Control?

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