I find the coverage of terrorism and politics in the Christian Science Monitor more astute than that of better know newspapers.
The problem of the intelligence community.
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"But other intelligence experts note that one of the greatest conundrums of the intelligence business is that it can't brag about successes, and it has to own every failure. US officials have closed down several major fundraising operations believed to have terrorist ties. They've also worked successfully with intelligence agencies overseas in attacking Al Qaeda at its core. 'We've had some major successes [overseas with Al Qaeda.] We've slain the dragon, but now we're dealing with room full of snakes,' says Frank Cilluffo of George Washington University and a former security adviser to President Bush. 'What you've seen now is the franchising of Al Qaeda. They're in England, Jordan, Spain, and there've been a number of arrests recently that bode well.'"
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