American and Israeli intelligence organizations, in cooperation with local security services, have scored notable recent successes against Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based terror organization, according to a new report.

It looks like Maureen McCarthy is dead in the water, at least for the moment.

McCarthy, the DHS bioweapons official who caused a minor sensation earlier this month when she brought a mystery fish and white powder to her downtown office, is "on leave for awhile," according to a woman answering the phone in her office today.

Asked when she might return, the woman in her office, who did not identify herself, said, "We really don't know."

Maureen McCarthy certainly knows the difference between a prank and an anthrax attack, but she's getting a terrific ribbing about leaving a package of a dead fish and white powder in her car parked under a ventilation shaft in a Homeland Security Department garage.