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At Least 11 Killed in Shooting Near Afghan Border Where Anti-Terror Sweep Ongoing Feb, 28, 2004 By Ahsanullah Wazir / Associated Press Writer WANA, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani forces exchanged fire with gunmen in a minibus that failed to stop at a roadblock early Saturday, killing 11 people and injuring six, the army spokesman told The Associated Press. The shooting, in a tribal region that has been a focus of anti-terrorist operations, occurred hours after armed men and soldiers exchanged fire at a military compound in the area. Pakistani forces have been carrying out a sweep for terrorist suspects in...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 — The Republican and Democratic leaders of the Congressional investigation into the Sept. 11 attacks plan to issue a final report next week calling for the appointment of a new cabinet-level director of national intelligence who would outrank the director of central intelligence, government officials say. But the Congressional leaders have agreed not to assign blame to any individual government officials for the intelligence failures before Sept. 11, and instead will emphasize proposals for changes to make sure that such devastating attacks never happen again. The final report, summing up the joint panel's nearly yearlong inquiry into...

Key CIA Task Force Leader Moved May 17 — As the Bush administration defends its actions over information it had on possible terror attacks before Sept. 11, ABCNEWS has learned that the chief of the CIA's counterterrorism center has been moved out. The center, led by Cofer Black for the past three years, is the lead CIA team tasked with finding indicted terrorist Osama bin Laden. Sources tell ABCNEWS' Claire Shipman there will be more changes coming among the top figures in the CIA but President Bush still has faith in both George Tenet, the head of the CIA, and...