SPB News for Monday.

Carter Will Not Endorse Until The Convention — ABC News' Mary Bruce Reports: Former President Jimmy Carter confirmed in an exclusive “This Week” interview with George Stephanopoulos that he will not be endorsing any time soon. “The only thing I know is that, I have not made an endorsement …

Bush speaks on the possibility of another 9/11 US President George Bush has said he believes another 9/11 attack on the United Sates should be considered a strong possibility and warned that such an attack could originate from Pakistan. In an interview with America’s ABC TV, Mr Bush said: "If another September 11 style attack is being planned, it probably is being plotted in Pakistan, and not Afghanistan."

Secret Iraqi Deal Shows Problems in Arms Orders Five years after the American invasion, the 170,000-strong Iraqi military remains under-equipped, spottily supplied and largely reliant on the United States for such basics as communications equipment, weapons and ammunition, raising fresh questions about the Iraqi military’s ability to stand on its own. Closer monitoring of weapons deals has been a delicate subject since a series of tainted arms purchases totaling $1.3 billion in Iraqi government funds in 2004 and 2005. Iraqi officials paid for second-rate or nonexistent weapons and equipment in cash, using middlemen to ferry duffle bags stuffed with bricks of $100 bills.

Iran-UN nuclear talks postponed A meeting between Iran's chief nuclear negotiator and the head of the UN's nuclear watchdog agency has been postponed, Iranian media have said. The official news agency Irna gave no reason for the postponement of the meeting between Gholamreza Aghazadeh and the UN's Mohamed ElBaradei.

Former U.S. president defends Hamas meetings Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said he feels "quite at ease" about meeting Hamas militants over the objections of Washington because the Palestinian group is essential to a future peace with Israel.

US Spends $160M for Closed-Door Trials In Afghanistan Afghan detainees held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are being transferred home to face closed-door trials in which they are often denied access to defense attorneys and the U.S. evidence being used against them, according to Afghan officials, lawyers and international rights groups. Since October 2006, the United States has transferred approximately 50 prisoners out of Guantanamo to the custody of the Afghan government. Once home, many of the Afghans have been left in a legal limbo not unlike the one they confronted while in U.S. custody. Since the invasion, the United States has pledged at least $160 million for kangaroo courts in Afghanistan, according to the State Department.

Salmonella In Your Cereal? Cereal Link to Food Poisoning Is Probed At least 23 people in 14 states have been sickened by the same strain of salmonella found in two breakfast cereals [unsweetened Puffed Rice and Puffed Wheat] recalled by Malt-O-Meal, the federal Food and Drug Administration said Saturday.