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...presidency in 2001. But if Baker is now laying the groundwork for another bailout of the man he once referred to as Junior, he can also thank Bush for bringing him back to center stage at a time of genuine national crisis. Baker has held three Cabinet posts, overseen a fourth agency and run five presidential campaigns. Untying the Gordian knot that is Iraq would cement his reputation as one of the nation's premier wise men of the past 30 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Searching for an Iraq Exit Strategy | 11/12/2006 | See Source »

...interrupt me, son," Hussein hollered at the witness, claiming the floor for one of his diatribes amid an angry exchange between the two.? The following day three women recounted further stories of horrors overseen by Hussein's men.? By all accounts it was gripping testimony - except of course to Hussein.? When the judge announced that proceedings would continue the next day, Hussein said he was exhausted and told the judge to "go to hell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verdict Closes a Grim Trial Full of Theatrics | 11/5/2006 | See Source »

...from London to Saudi Arabia on a fake passport. Six months later, the U.S. filed an extradition request after a Federal grand jury indicted Doha as a co-conspirator in the LAX plot, based on evidence and an affidavit signed by would-be bomber Ahmed Ressam that Doha had overseen the attempted attack. "[Doha] actually moved Ressam from Afghanistan back to Canada" to plan and execute the Millennium bombing, explains a senior U.S. intelligence official. But after initially sharing his knowledge of terror networks, Ressam ceased cooperating with prosecutors sometime in 2003 - and even after two years of coaxing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Terror Suspect Who May Go Free | 10/30/2006 | See Source »

...first year on the job, the Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has overseen a rapid expansion of the agency and intensified cooperation with its overseas counterparts. He spoke with TIME's Rory Callinan about the role of intelligence in the war on terrorism, cooperation with Australia's largest neighbors, and the risk of homegrown terrorism in a country that has so far been spared an attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Paul O'Sullivan | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

...France a massive support system overseen by the state is cushioning the impact somewhat. Even so, sales and incomes have been dropping since 2002, and many producers are under pressure. The result is a growing stratification: good winemakers are investing heavily to get better; bad winemakers are facing the prospect of being squeezed out; and the rest, the vast majority caught in the middle, are scrambling to get better--or get out. "The crisis is having a salutary effect," says Christian Delpeuch, managing director of Ginestet, one of the biggest trading houses in Bordeaux and former head of the region...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Spill | 10/16/2006 | See Source »

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