When The Washington Post ran the first national story about FBI profiling in 1984, no one outside of law enforcement recognized the term.

Since I wrote that story, “profiling” has taken on a pejorative meaning: To “profile” is to single out someone for law enforcement attention because of race or ethnicity.

In "The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism,” Suskind alleges that President Bush ordered the CIA to forge a letter to demonstrate a link between Iraq and al-Qaida in the run-up to the Iraq war — an assertion that the Bush White House and a string of former CIA officials have called absurd.

But the tale Suskind tells about the Pakistani man is even more absurd.

The 2008 presidential race — some might call it a marathon — has taken its toll on the Secret Service’s budget, the director of the agency tells Newsmax in an exclusive interview.

In fact, the elite federal law enforcement agency, whose duties include protecting the president, the vice president, their families, other dignitaries and leading presidential candidates, has seen its financial resources stretched as the intense political campaign continues.