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Former FBI director Louis Freeh is among the law enforcement officials from the Bush and Clinton administrations set to testify before the Sept. 11 commission this week. Many security analysts have said the FBI was focused solely on investigating past crimes instead of prevention. Hear NPR's Larry Abramson, NPR's Robert Siegel and Chitra Ragavan of U.S. News and World Report.

Negotiations to ease the crisis in Fallujah produce a ceasefire that provides amnesty for insurgents who disarm and refrain from future attacks, but U.S. forces remain poised to strike the Iraqi city if the pact fails. Officials from Fallujah, U.S. authorities and the Iraqi Governing Council met over the past three days in an effort to end the standoff. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

Bob Woodward's book, revealing that President Bush began to plan a war on Iraq earlier than previously disclosed, has Washington talking. NPR's Steve Inskeep discusses Plan of Attack with the longtime Washington Post journalist.

Critic at large John Powers considers the 100th birthday of Peter Pan and our cultural obsession with youth.

The ESPN television sports network withdraws a print ad that suggested that for children, learning to play the drums was a distant second to learning how to golf. The ad, which stated, "your kids could learn how to play drums, but then they would know how to play drums," was deemed offensive to drummers. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel, Mark Ford, president of the Percussive Arts Society, and ESPN vice president Chris LaPlaca.

A federal appeals court blocks former Ohio State standout Maurice Clarett's attempt to enter the upcoming NFL draft, in a case with far-reaching effects. Clarett, a 21-year-old sophomore, has challenged the NFL policy requiring prospective players to be at least three years removed from high school. Hear NPR's Tom Goldman.

The Supreme Court hears arguments in the case of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The detainees have requested a ruling on whether U.S. courts can review challenges to their incarceration. The Bush administration argues foreign prisoners picked up on the battlefield and held outside U.S. borders do not have the right to access the courts. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.

John Dominic Crossan is professor emeritus of biblical studies at DePaul University in Chicago. A native of Ireland, and ordained as a priest in the United States, he left the priesthood in 1969. Crossan is a founding member of the Jesus Seminar, a group of scholars who meet to determine the authenticity of Jesus' sayings in the Gospels. Crossan wrote the books Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography, The Historical Jesus and Who Killed Jesus? Exposing the Roots of Anti-Semitism in the Gospel Story of The Death of Jesus.

Tens of thousands of mourners march through the streets of Gaza for the funeral of slain Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, who was killed in an Israeli helicopter attack Monday. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says the killing was justified. Hamas officials vow revenge. Hear NPR's Peter Kenyon, NPR's Melissa Block and former U.S. ambassador to Israel Samuel Lewis.

Richard Clarke, the former senior counter terrorism coordinator who accuses the Bush administration of using the Sept. 11 attacks as a pretense for the Iraq war, will testify Wednesday before the 9/11 Commission. Clarke, who made the charges in his book, Against All Enemies, has criticized the administration's handling of the fight against terrorism. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.