The 60 Minutes segment on the Conficker Worm that aired Sunday night had all the ingredients of compelling television: a public safety hazard, clever thieves, and suitable villains in a group of Russian teens bent on stealing your identity and your bank account number.
One of the central themes of Barack Obama’s campaign for president was outrage over alleged Bush administration abuses in the fight against terrorism. But as president, Obama is finding himself in the awkward position of quietly endorsing some of his predecessor’s legal arguments when it comes to detainees and their treatment.
Shirwa Ahmed, a Somali-American from Minneapolis, earned the dubious distinction of being the first known U.S. citizen to become a suicide bomber. “It appears he was radicalized in his hometown in Minnesota,” FBI chief Robert Mueller said recently, adding that the FBI was on the lookout for a handful of other young, male Somali-Americans...
