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DUBAI DUETS Late Friday, Department of Justice lawyers in the Office of Legal Counsel were attempting to determine if former President Bill Clinton had registered as an "Agent of a Foreign Principal." Federal statute requires that anyone -- even a former President -- doing political or public affairs work on behalf of a foreign country, agency or official must register with the Department, and essentially update his status every six months. It was not clear the Clinton had done so. If his status is less clear, here is what we do know: If Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton did not know...

CIA Director Porter Goss' warning that al Qaeda might try to use "chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons" in his Feb 17 testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee overshadowed a more urgent intelligence warning. At the same hearing, Vice Admiral James Loy, deputy secretary of Homeland Security, testified that al Qaeda has changed tactics for inserting terrorists teams into the United States.According to Adm. Loy, al Qaeda plans to use Mexico's proffesional people smugglers - known as coyotes - to infiltrate terrorist across our southern border. Adm Loy's information is based on recent interrogations and has been confirmed by ongoing...

"Our enemies are not idle, and neither are we," said Homeland Security Deputy Secretary James Loy today, echoing the words of President Bush. Although the president used those words to challenge terrorists, they might also describe the flurry of activity at the Department of Homeland Security, which has worked to achieve better security in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, tragedy and introduced several new security initiatives. Loy, speaker at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Homeland Security Conference here, said DHS has made "great strides" over the past year and yielded a "pretty impressive" record of accomplishments....

<p>Amid the many news reports about box cutters being smuggled aboard a pair of commercial jets comes word out of Washington that the chief of the befuddled Transportation Security Administration is being -- yes -- promoted.</p> <p>As in the worst of federal bureaucracies, leaders with lackluster achievement are given more to do. With TSA chief James Loy, however, we doubt his performance rose to the level of lackluster.</p>

<p>WASHINGTON -- Travelers are likely to wait in longer security lines at some airports as the Transportation Security Administration, in a cost-saving move, is eliminating 6,000 airport screeners by the end of September.</p> <p>The cuts, which include 3,000 jobs by the end of May and an additional 3,000 by the end of September, will save the agency $280 million and help it meet congressional demands to limit staff, TSA Administrator James Loy said. He conceded the cuts would likely lead to longer waits at checkpoints, but said they wouldn't compromise security.</p>