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...Zurich-based Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, an organization that helps Swiss companies in the U.S. and U.S. companies in Switzerland expand their businesses. "It's the cleanest system in the world, with strict laws on money laundering, terrorist finances, corruption and other illicit activities." (Read "The Scandal of Secret Swiss Bank Accounts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. vs. UBS: A Fight Over Secret Swiss Bank Accounts | 7/15/2009 | See Source »

...siege from bellicose Democrats, but Panetta's vaunted skills seem to have done little to soften the blow. Some at agency headquarters in Langley, Va., now say he hasn't done enough to defend the CIA - and may have actually given its enemies some ammunition. (See the top 10 Secret Service code names...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should Panetta Have Disclosed the CIA Secret Program? | 7/15/2009 | See Source »

...officials asked not to be named. The second official also questioned the argument that the program was not important enough for Panetta's immediate attention. "The speed of Panetta's actions when he was informed tells me that the program was pretty important," he says. (See the top 10 Secret Service code names...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CIA's Secret Program: Why Wasn't Panetta Told? | 7/14/2009 | See Source »

Panetta's lack of intelligence experience may well have been a factor, since he did not know to look for potential grenades like the secret program. "One of the concerns when he was appointed was that he would be the weak link inside the agency," says Amy Zegart, a national-security expert and professor of public policy at UCLA. But Zegart points out that Panetta isn't alone in his ignorance. "There are two big 'so whats' to the latest news," she says. "One is: What's going on in the Executive Branch that the CIA director doesn't even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CIA's Secret Program: Why Wasn't Panetta Told? | 7/14/2009 | See Source »

...Last year, the alleged head of Taylor's "Death Squad," Joseph (Zigzag) Marzah, told the court that cannibalism was practiced "to set an example for people to be afraid" and that nothing was done without Taylor's approval. Marzah also revealed that he and Taylor belonged to the same secret religious society and had together eaten human hearts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Lies and Rumors': Liberia's Charles Taylor on the Stand | 7/14/2009 | See Source »

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