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Democrats May Investigate Secret Program

House Democrats said yesterday that they expect to launch a formal investigation into a secret CIA program that was not disclosed to Congress for almost eight years, a probe that could entangle senior Bush administration officials who oversaw intelligence issues.

By Paul Kane and Joby Warrick

Inspectors General Report Faults Secrecy of Surveillance Program

"Extraordinary and inappropriate" secrecy about a warrantless eavesdropping program undermined its effectiveness as a terrorism-fighting tool, government watchdogs have concluded in the first examination of one of the most contentious episodes of the Bush administration.

By Carrie Johnson and Ellen Nakashima

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President Obama and other world leaders have gathered in L'Aquila, Italy to consider methods of greenhouse gas reduction.

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