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Jonah Goldberg, conservative columnist and editor of National Review Online, argues in his new book that liberals use catchphrases to avoid engaging in actual arguments over ideas.

Last week's deadly attack at a CIA base in Khost resulted from the failure of "counterintelligence," the work of keeping your enemy from penetrating your own defenses. During the Cold War, counterintelligence was largely a spy-versus-spy game. Now, the challenge is different but no less important.

John Ashcroft's term as attorney general under George W. Bush was redefined by Sept. 11. He explains and defends the techniques endorsed by his Justice Department, including warrantless wiretaps and changes to interrogation techniques.

While the economy has dominated the presidential race, a Republican debate this weekend put the focus on foreign affairs. The GOP presidential candidates tried to draw sharp contrasts with Obama, criticizing his handling of Iran, China and suspected terrorists.

Just two months after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Congress established the Transportation Security Administration, eventually hiring some 50,000 airport screeners. Ten years and $40 billion later, screening has become a routine and often frustrating part of air travel. And some critics say the system still has holes.

Carlos the Jackal was one of the world's most wanted terrorists in the 1970s and '80s. Though he's serving a life sentence in France, he is on trial again, this time facing charges linked to deadly bombings three decades ago.

Arab TV network Al-Jazeera broadcasts an audiotape it claims features the voice of Osama bin Laden. In the tape, the voice praises recent terrorist acts and threatens Western nations against any attack on Iraq. NPR's Kate Seelye reports.

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrived in San Diego to board the USS Carl Vinson in the bay Friday to watch North Carolina face Michigan State in the inaugural Carrier Classic college basketball game.

U.S. officials and analysts seek to confirm the authenticity -- and gauge the import -- of a recording that may feature Osama bin Laden's comments on recent events. Hear from NPR's Michele Kelemen, voice recognition expert Steve Cain, and Egyptian political scientist Mamoun Fandy.

Poppy is a key crop in the deadly Sangin District, and in a way, flowers fuel the fight: The Taliban earns hundreds of millions of dollars from the drug trade, which supplies 90 percent of the world's raw opium used for heroin. And during harvest season, fighting practically comes to a halt.