In his new book, <em>The Devil We Know</em>, former CIA operative Robert Baer argues that Iran is an up-and-coming &mdash; and often misunderstood &mdash; superpower, with strong influences throughout the Middle East.

The new guidelines reduce standards for beginning "assessments" (precursors to investigations), conducting surveillance and gathering evidence, meaning the threshold to beginning investigations across the board will be lowered. More troubling still, the g

An FEC auditor is battling to have a formal investigation launched into the Obama campaign for its accepting more than $200 million in potentially illegal foreign donations. The auditor has leaked his case to the press anonymously.

Al-Qaida or affiliated groups probably will attack the United States in the months after the election to welcome the new president, says Frederick Stremmel, a former top FBI counterterrorism analyst.

A former top CIA official pleaded guilty today to one count of defrauding the U.S. government for using his influence to steer intelligence contracts to a friend and former college roommate.