U.S. details wiretap delays in Iraq kidnap case
615975
U.S. authorities racing to find three kidnapped American soldiers in Iraq last May labored for nearly 10 hours to get legal authority for wiretaps to help in the hunt, an intelligence official told Congress on Thursday.
252557
THE threat of execution hung over a Briton and two American hostages last night as their Islamic militant captors&#39; 48-hour deadline for the US-led coalition to free all Iraqi female detainees was due to expire.
67329
The Pentagon asks for an estimated time for the U.S. occupation in Iraq
151309
The kidnappers of three U.N. workers in  Afghanistan said the government agreed terms for their release  on Wednesday, but there was no confirmation and a top U.S.  official said a deal would encourage hostage taking.
506707
More than 120,000 hours of wiretapped conversations between terrorist suspects and sympathisers since the September 11 attacks have not been translated because of the FBI&#39;s lack of linguists, according to an official report.
439984
A deadline set by militants who have  threatened to behead two Americans and a Briton seized in Iraq  was due to expire Monday, and more than two dozen other  hostages were also facing death unless rebel demands were met.
384669
Several dozen terrorism suspects believed to have been held at secret CIA prisons are still missing without trace, and the United States should reveal what has happened to them, a leading rights group said on Tuesday.
455754
Two Iraqi female scientists detained by US authorities will not be released immediately, the US embassy said Wednesday. The two women &quot;are in the legal and physical custody
251443
White House officials said the C.I.A. could now proceed with an interrogation program that has been in limbo since last year.
209068
INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey, Oct. 6 -- An unexpected travel delay has forced the United States and its diplomatic partners to postpone until early next week a decision about what punitive actions to take against Iran over its nuclear program, a senior State Department official announced Friday.
468886
TOKYO - The Japanese government was trying to confirm Friday if a body believed to be of an Asian person reportedly found in northern Iraq is that of a Japanese traveler held hostage in Iraq after the kidnappers&#39; 48-hour deadline for beheading him
390107
A US citizen is among four people reported to have been kidnapped at gunpoint from their office in Baghdad. &quot;They stormed the villa with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades,&quot; a police source told the Reuters agency.
234422
President Bush said Thursday he'll delay his trip to Africa if necessary to get the House to finish a bill governing U.S. eavesdropping on the phone calls and e-mails of suspected terrorists.
452395
The United States and Iraq were at odds   on Saturday over the transfer of operational control of Iraq's   military to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government, forcing   a delay of a handover ceremony.
117092
Japanese leaders struggled on Thursday to make contact with Islamic militants in Iraq who took a Japanese traveler hostage as the 48-hour deadline approached for the young man's threatened beheading. Tokyo stood firm in its refusal to meet the kidnappers' demand to withdraw troops from Iraq.
427843
Within the intelligence community and on Capitol Hill, officials say they believe the delay stems at least partly from continuing uncertainty over what real power and authority the new director will have.
300198
The Associated Press says one of its own has been detained for five months by the U.S. military without a hearing or charges being filed. The Iraqi AP photographer -- one of the 14,000 suspects in limbo in U.S. military prisons -- is part of a team that won a Pulitzer last year for breaking news photos.