On the program, more about the National Security Agency and reports of a vast computer-based telephone call tracking operation.

NPR: Sen. Cornyn: NSA Phone Tracking a Useful Tool

However, Fast and Furious lost track of more than 1, 000 firearms it was tracking in the operation, and two of the lost weapons turned up at the scene of the 2010 killing of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry.

CNN: Boehner: Contempt vote on Holder will proceed

Earlier this year, BBC Newsline carried out a series of reports into a USPCA operation which been tracking one gang for some time.

BBC: Badger

The former boss of Coca-Cola's Mexican operation, whose 58th birthday fell on election day, talks of infusing government with total quality management and tracking it with performance indicators.

ECONOMIST: Happy birthday, Se?or Fox