United States Intelligence Services

Israel may possess only half as many nuclear weapons as previously believed, according to a prominent group of American scientists who on Friday made public a high-resolution satellite image of Israel's top-secret nuclear reactor facility. Long a subject of speculation and controversy, Israel's nuclear military capabilities are among the most closely held secrets in the Middle East.

Israel may possess only half as many nuclear weapons as previously believed, according to a prominent group of American scientists who on Friday made public a high-resolution satellite image of Israel's top-secret nuclear reactor facility. Long a subject of speculation and controversy, Israel's nuclear military capabilities are among the most closely held secrets in the Middle East.

Challenging the United States to make good on its pledge to hunt down terrorists, Venezuela on Thursday formally requested the extradition of a radical Cuban exile who is reportedly hiding in Florida and is wanted here in connection with an airline bombing that killed 73 people. Accused bomber Luis Posada Carriles' April 13 petition for U.S. asylum has roiled Washington's already strained relations with Venezuela and sparked anger in Cuba, the target of the attacks blamed on him.

Facing often testy interrogation by lawmakers from both parties, Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales on Monday staunchly defended the National Security Agency's warrantless spying program as a legally justified "early warning system" designed to protect America in a technological age.