Clint Eastwood plays Frank Horrigan, a tired-looking middle-aged Secret Service agent who gets wind of a plot to kill the President and marshals his flagging powers in an attempt to stop the assassin (John Malkovich).

NEWYORKER: In the Line of Fire

Two months before the 11 September attacks, an FBI agent in Arizona warned that several Middle Eastern men had enrolled in pilot training programmes - but senior FBI officials paid little attention to his memo.

BBC: US 'needs intelligence tsar'

The Magpies, who were recently taken over by a Middle-Eastern consortium, and Eriksson's agent Athole Still are refusing to confirm his involvement.

BBC: Eriksson holds Notts County talks

Michael Boley was released and middle linebacker Chase Blackburn signed with Carolina as a free agent.

WSJ: Determined Giants on the defensive as draft nears

Tackle Chris Canty and linebacker Michael Boley were released and safety Kenny Phillips and middle linebacker Chase Blackburn signed with other teams as free agent.

WSJ: Giants take 2 D linemen in 2nd, 3rd rounds

One line of inquiry this week will likely be the so-called Phoenix memo, a missive written July 2001 by a field agent in Arizona who urged a broad review of Middle Eastern men taking flight lessons in the United States and raised the prospect that Osama bin Laden was involved.

CNN: Attorneys general, CIA and FBI chiefs to testify