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Iraq war's impact on intelligence An attack on Iraq could detract from spying on Al Qaeda, some analysts warn By Scott Peterson | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor The capture of Ramzi Binalshibh – a top Al Qaeda logistics and financial operator – is a textbook example of how Washington wants intelligence agencies worldwide to cooperate with the US. Speaking from Camp David over the weekend, President George Bush hailed the joint Pakistan-US operation in Karachi last week as proof of a "relentless" US effort to "one by one ... hunt the killers down." (New Al Qaeda arrests...

<p>OKLAHOMA CITY — The tough-talking former prosecutor who will oversee U.S. Catholic bishops' compliance with a new policy on sexual abuse says he will seek neither criminal prosecution nor Vatican action against bishops who cover up sexual abuse of minors by priests. Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, a Catholic, says the new national review board he heads will rely on public outrage to force change in the church. He won't seek help from prosecutors or Rome "because I don't think it will have to happen," Keating said in an interview with USA TODAY.</p>