WASHINGTON _ A steady stream of Western recruits to al-Qaida camps on the Pakistani border bolsters the group's ability to strike the U.S., the nation's top intelligence official said Tuesday.

By Taylor, Jeff Why the FBI failed to stop 9/11 FOR YEARS FEDERAL authorities have argued that antiquated laws kept the cops from stopping 9/11.

By KATHERINE SHRADER WASHINGTON - Spy chief Mike McConnell has junked a multibillion-dollar spy satellite that engineers hoped would some day pass undetected above other nations.

WASHINGTON _ Claiming that federal investigators are missing key information on terrorists because of an outdated spying law, the top U.S. intelligence official called on lawmakers on Tuesday to revamp the foreign surveillance act and make it easier to eavesdrop on non-citizens in the U.S.