From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

The latest intelligence in America's War on Terror.

Hello again, I'm Orin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

The Bush administration today declassified, part of a national intelligence estimate,

saying al-Qaeda has increased its ability to attack the United States.

From his safe haven on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, Osama bin Laden is marshalling new resources.

Iraq has become a training ground for insurgents and a possible

source of operatives to be sent to the U.S. On to the point, is Pakistan's president doing all that

he can? How close is al-Qaeda in Pakistan to al-Qaeda in Iraq? Is the war in Iraq protecting

America or making it more vulnerable than it was before.

On reporter's notebook later on, The Dead Zone at the mouth of the Mississippi, first the news.

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Hello again, Mormonalny, back with To the Point. The Bush White House has declassified, part of the latest intelligence in the war on terror. On To the Point, we'll talk about the report and some of the

questions it raises about the war in Iraq and America's vulnerability. On reporter's notebook,

The Zone, where life cannot survive, is greater than ever at the mouth of

the Mississippi.

What does that have to do with ethanol?

First, this news update, the partly declassified national intelligence estimate, or NIE,

was presented to reporters by Fran Townsend.

She is the president's assistant for homeland security.

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