Under fire for intelligence  failures at home and abroad, President Bush tried on Monday to  convince American voters he has made them safer since the Sept.  11, 2001, attacks and told them "we were right to go into  Iraq." Faced with polls that show many believe the terror threat  against them has increased due to the Iraq war, Bush argued  that wars against Iraq, Afghanistan and al Qaeda have made them  safer, as has diplomacy that led Libya to surrender its weapons  of mass destruction programs. [more]

• The U.S. Army War College has called the Iraq war "unnecessary" and a "detour" that has diverted attention and resources from the threat posed by Al Qaeda. [more]
• At least 20 of the FBI's 22 most wanted terrorists are still at large .[more]