And yet Ottawa has brought him down to just average

urban city would be difficult," Charles Allen, the Homeland Security Department's undersecretary for intelligence, said in an advance copy of his Senate testimony obtained by Reuters.MUMBAI ATTACKSThe Mumbai attackers had broad international contacts, Britain's spy chief, MI5 Director General Jonathan Evans, said in newspaper interviews published on Wednesday."We have looked at individuals' communications, where they have been and so on and found they have got connections with most countries including the UK, but not of national security significance," London's Daily Telegraph quoted him as saying.Wainstein declined to discuss whether there was any sign the attackers communicated with people in the United States.The attacks in Mumbai may spark more such raids by militants now that defenses are improving against suicide car-bomb attacks, Dell Dailey, the U.S. State Department's counterterrorism coordinator, said on Tuesday."This might open the door of awareness," he told reporters, as Evans made similar comments in London. "The spectacularness of an on-foot attack will unfortunately ring true to other terrorist organizations," Dailey said.Wainstein said early lessons from Mumbai underscored a need for facilities such as hotels to be told of intelligence on potential threats and to take them seriously. He said the public also must be made aware of such threats.Allen said in his testimony that the chaos sown by the Mumbai attacks increased the difficulty of containing them He said that since the September 11 attacks, U.S. security officials across all levels of government had regularly exercised attack responses, which can help reduce the attackers' impact.(Editing by Peter Cooney) U.S.. The Sabres did it again.

Despite coming into Monday night on a four-game winning streak, they did it again. Despite having beaten teams ranging from the East-leading Washington Capitals to the Montreal Canadiens, they did it again. Despite scoring 12 goals on the win streak, they did it again.The Buffalo Sabres were beaten by the Ottawa Senators. Again.This marks the second loss this season for the Sabres against the team from Ottawa. The Senators are the only team that has a perfect record against Buffalo this season. Every other team that the Sabres have played more than once, they have won at least one of those games.So what is it about Ottawa that mystifies this Sabres team How have they managed to outscore the Sabres this season 7-3 It's not like Ottawa is the spectacular offensive machine they were in 2007, when they beat the Sabres in that crushing Conference Final series. And even if they were, Ryan Miller (and give credit to the defense, too) shut down the top-scoring Washington Capitals team just last week.

Miller has been downright brilliant this year against great offenses. And yet Ottawa has brought him down to just average.Whatever it is, coach Lindy Ruff had better figure it out when April and May roll around. The Sabres lost to the Senators in 2008-09 as well, and it hurt them in the playoff race.. (Adds advance Allen testimony) Bonds By Randall Mikkelsen WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - U.S.