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Karzai Aide, Accused of Corruption, Is Being Paid by the CIA

(Aug. 26) -- It hasn't been the best week for the CIA. On Wednesday, WikiLeaks released a classified "Red Cell" report authored by the agency that depicts the United States as an exporter of international terrorism. Before that, citing anonymous sources, The Wall Street Journal alleged that Afghan President Hamid Karzai's...

Party Crasher Resigns From Virginia Tourism Job

RICHMOND, Va. (Dec. 10) -- A Virginia man who crashed a White House state dinner without an invitation has resigned under criticism from the Virginia Tourism Authority board. Tareq Salahi resigned in an e-mail sent to Gov. Tim Kaine and Alisa Bailey, president of the Virginia Tourism Corp. Salahi and his wife, Michaele,...

White House Party Crashers to Be Subpoenaed

(WASHINGTON (Dec. 9) -- Congress authorized subpoenas Wednesday for the White House gate-crashers to testify about how the couple got into a state dinner without an invitation. Lawmakers on the House Homeland Security Committee voted Wednesday to compel the attention-hungry couple to answer questions about the Nov. 24...

The Secret Service Has Been Embarrassed Before

WASHINGTON – The Salahis were hardly the first to embarrass the Secret Service by crashing presidential security. And it will probably happen again. One man did it twice. The Rev. Rich C. Weber shook hands with President Clinton at his second inauguration, then was back four years later in 2001, welcoming President...