Hsinchun Chen goes where terrorists gather. He monitors what they say and, particularly, how they say it. He tracks who they are talking to, and whether they are spreading propaganda or providing training. “They’re hiding,” Chen said. “You need to dig them out.”

Hsinchun Chen goes where terrorists gather. He monitors what they say and, particularly, how they say it. He tracks who they are talking to, and whether they are spreading propaganda or providing training. “They’re hiding,” Chen said. “You need to dig them out.”

WASHINGTON - President Bush urged creation of a national intelligence director Monday to coordinate the war on terrorism but without the sweeping powers for hiring, firing and spending at the CIA, FBI and other agencies recommended by the Sept. 11 commission.

March 15, 2005

As Arizona prison escapee John McCluskey and his accomplice, Casslyn Welch, remain on the loose, law enforcement agencies throughout the nation are delving into dozens of databases in search of clues that can lead to their capture.

August 3, 2004

WASHINGTON - President Bush's CIA director-nominee, Gen. Michael Hayden, to face what undoubtedly will be the toughest public questioning of his 37-year government career at a Senate confirmation hearing.

August 10, 2004

WASHINGTON - President Bush chose Porter Goss, a Republican congressman and onetime spy, on Tuesday to lead the CIA as the troubled agency struggles to repair its tarnished reputation, confront new terror threats and face the uncertainty of a massive intelligence reorganization.

May 11, 2004

WASHINGTON - CIA director George Tenet predicted Wednesday it will take "another five years of work to have the kind of clandestine service our country needs" to combat al-Qaida and other terrorist threats.

Another Republican has joined the race for Congressional District 9.

Another Republican has joined the race for Congressional District 9.

WASHINGTON - CIA Director Porter Goss resigned unexpectedly Friday, nudged from the helm of a spy agency still reeling from intelligence failures before America's worst terrorist attack and faulty information that formed the U.S. rationale for invading Iraq.

WASHINGTON - Rebellious House Republican leaders blocked and appeared to kill a bill Saturday that would have enacted the major recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission in a defeat for President Bush.

ENTEBBE, Uganda - President Bush said Friday that intelligence services cleared his State of the Union speech, which included a now-discredited allegation that Iraq was seeking to buy nuclear material from Africa.

A Valley-wide database sharing system for police agencies moved one step closer to becoming reality Tuesday after 70 law enforcement officers met with Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley to kick-start the process.

November 18, 2004

A Department of Public Safetyled gang task force is laying the last bits of groundwork for its newest mission of enforcing immigration laws.

If Congress or the administration dawdles over recommendations of the 9/11 commission, the worst could happen, some reportedly think. There could be a terrorist attack and it would look as if the dawdlers were responsible.

WASHINGTON - Thrown on the defensive by prisoner abuse scandals in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, the Pentagon has issued a broad new directive mandating that detainees be treated humanely and has banned the use of dogs to intimidate or harass suspects.

May 10, 2005

‘The Bourne Legacy” is a work of fiction, but the scientific, political and corporate partnerships it depicts are very real.

August 25, 2004