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The Senate Intelligence Committee takes sharp aim at the CIA, concluding it overstated the threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and ignored evidence to the contrary.

Administration officials say President Bush is backing the 9-11 Commission's recommendations for the creation of a national intelligence director. But the position will not be established inside the White House, as the commission proposed. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Don Gonyea.

Larry Johnson, a former counter-terrorism official at the CIA and State Department, calls the Bush administration "irresponsible" for raising the terror threat level. Johnson says intelligence suggests attacks on U.S. financial institutions have been considered -- not that they are in the works. He speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

The U.S. Army releases a report on the investigation of alleged abuses at U.S.-run prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan. While the Army says it found evidence of isolated incidents of abuse, the report concludes that the problem was not system wide. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

The 15th International AIDS Conference comes to a close in Thailand. A U.S. plan to spend $15 billion on emergency measures is criticized over details, and divisions are evident at the gathering despite calls for unity. NPR's Richard Knox reports.

Protesters took to the streets of downtown Boston Sunday, as delegates arrived from around the country for the start of the Democratic National Convention. The day's largest demonstration was staged by opponents of the war in Iraq, who gained access to the streets of Boston by court order. NPR's David Welna reports.

Senate Republicans bring to the floor a divisive proposal for a constitutional amendment limiting marriage to the union of a man and a woman. Democrats call the move to force a vote on the issue a GOP attempt to make political hay going into the fall election. Hear NPR's David Welna.

The Marine who was missing for weeks in Iraq before joining embassy personnel in Lebanon says he was captured and held for 19 days. Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, speaking in Quantico, Va., insisted that he did not desert his post. The Navy is investigating the incident. Hear NPR's Craig Windham.

President George Bush and Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry take their campaigns to Davenport, Iowa, Wednesday. Kerry discussed jobs and the economy with the morning business group meeting he was attending. The president spoke of the war on terror at an outdoor rally with his supporters. Hear NPR's Melissa Block.

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that both American citizens and foreigners seized as terrorism suspects can challenge their detention in U.S. courts. The ruling is seen as a curb on the broad wartime powers claimed by the Bush administration. Legal experts expect the administration to create a system of military hearings where detainees can challenge their confinement. Hear NPR's Nina Totenberg.