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Texas officials sue US over border fence (AP)

People walk past closed down stores at Revolucion Avenue in the border city of Tijuana May 13, 2008. A decade ago, economists hailed Tijuana as a place where cheap Mexican labor and U.S. financing could meet, attracting Asian firms eager to set up manufacturing plants to export to the United States. Now, that vision is slipping away, a victim of drug violence that has been exploding this side of the U.S.-Mexico border for the past three years. Picture taken May 13, 2008. To match feature MEXICO-DRUGS/TIJUANA (Stringer/Reuters)AP - Texas mayors and business leaders filed a class-action lawsuit Friday alleging Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff hoodwinked landowners into waiving their property rights for construction of a fence along the Mexican border.





Intel agencies seek help recruiting new immigrants (AP)

Bridget Class of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, left, speaks with George Selim of the Department of Homeland Security, Friday, May 16, 2008, at the IC Heritage Summit in McLean, Va. In an attempt to recruit more native language speakers, the intelligence community is reaching out to the so-called Heritage Communities. (AP Photo/William B. Plowman)AP - The U.S. is its own worst enemy when it comes to the desperately important task of recruiting immigrants as spies, analysts and translators in the war on terror, new Americans are telling intelligence officials. The government's policies raise suspicions and fear in the immigrants' home countries and disturb potential recruits here who might o......




Analysis: Obama reacts fast to Bush on diplomacy (AP)

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. speaks at a town hall meeting in Watertown, S.D., Friday, May 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - In President Bush's hint that Barack Obama wants to appease terrorists, Democrats heard troubling echoes of 2004, when Republicans portrayed John Kerry as irresolute and weak on national security.





Obama attacks Bush over "appeasement" remarks (Reuters)

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks as former Democratic challenger John Edwards (L) listens at a rally with supporters in the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan May 14, 2008. (Jeff Haynes/Reuters)Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama accused President George W. Bush on Friday of "fear-mongering" for suggesting Democrats wanted to appease terrorists and vowed to meet leaders of hostile nations like Iran if elected.





FBI assists with detainee cases, differs with CIA (Reuters)

A guard tower of Camp Delta is seen at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba September 4, 2007. (Joe Skipper/Reuters)Reuters - The FBI is helping to get information from detainees and prepare terrorism cases against suspects at Guantanamo Bay, despite differences with the CIA over harsh interrogation techniques, the bureau's director said on Friday.





Obama criticizes McCain for 'naive' foreign policy (AP)

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at a town hall meeting in Watertown, S.D., Friday, May 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Barack Obama laid into John McCain on Friday for advancing a tough-guy foreign policy that he called "naive and irresponsible," serving notice that he's ready to launch a full-throttle challenge to the Republican presidential contender on international relations in the general election campaign.





Obama lashes McCain, Bush in foreign policy row (AFP)

US President George W. Bush (L) sits beside Israeli parliament speaker Dalia Yitzik in Jerusalem on May 15, 2008. Democrat Barack Obama accused Bush and Republican White House pick John McCain of hypocrisy and fear-mongering Friday, stoking an intense campaign row over national security.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AFP - Democrat Barack Obama accused President George W. Bush and Republican White House pick John McCain of hypocrisy and fear-mongering Friday, stoking an intense campaign row over national security.





French arrest 10 in connection with terror probe (AP) AP - Authorities in France, Germany and the Netherlands on Friday detained at least 10 people suspected of helping to fund al-Qaida-linked militants with roots in Uzbekistan, officials said.


Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at a town hall meeting in Watertown, S.D., Friday, May 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Obama assails McCain for 'naive, irresponsible' foreign policy, lays down challenge ... McCain courts NRA, 2nd Amendment devotees, makes a West Virginia gun shop visit ... Clinton launches ads in upcoming primary states, focuses on working-class issues in Oregon ... Democratic Party panel members show little interest in Clinton's call to seat ......




Taliban man convicted in U.S. for "narco-terrorism" (Reuters) Reuters - A member of an Afghan Taliban cell was convicted by a federal jury on Thursday on charges of narco-terrorism and narcotics distribution, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement.


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