In the ten days that have passed since Alexander Litvinenko, an ex-KGB agent, died of radiation poisoning in London, we have learned a lot about his death--haven't we?

The recent death of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko brings new questions about Russian president Vladmir Putin and hisgovernment.

We seem afraid to confront thepossibility that Vladimir Putin's regime in Russia is killing off its political opponents.

As America now debates methods that will allegedly help defeat radical Islam, it's worth remembering that the West won the Cold War by being, and remaining, a more open society.

Althougha full-blown purge weaken the government, that "weakening"is one of the benefits of the purge.

In the case of Sen. Drubin's comparison of Guantanamo Bayto the murderers of three evil despotic regimes, expressing outrage is not enough. Sen. Durbin must be censured now.

Why Spy? is a useful primer in many ways, but certainly not the new road map we so desperately need to rebuild our intelligence agencies.

Aslan Maskhadov, theman elected president of Chechnya under international supervision,is dead. Assassinated.