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Thursday, May 5, 2005
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Bush praises Pakistan on terror arrest / Bill Sammon President Bush yesterday hailed the arrest of al Qaeda's third-ranking leader by Pakistani authorities as a major blow in the war against terrorism that will make the United States safer. (Nation/Politics)

Capture seen as path to bin Laden / Rowan Scarborough and Bill Gertz
The arrest of al Qaeda's No. 3 man, Abu Farraj al-Libbi, in Pakistan promises to provide new information on Osama bin Laden's life on the run and deprives the terror network of its chief operating officer, according to counterterrorism and defense officia (Nation/Politics)

Gang follows illegal aliens / Jon Ward
The violent MS-13 -- or Mara Salvatrucha -- street gang is following the migratory routes of illegal aliens across the country, FBI officials say, calling the Salvadoran gang the new American mafia. (Metropolitan)

Analyst accused of leaking defense data / Jerry Seper
A veteran Pentagon analyst was arrested yesterday by the FBI on charges of illegally disclosing classified information -- nearly two years after he first was identified as having passed national security documents involving Iran to a pro-Israeli lobbying (Nation/Politics)