A cloture vote today will determine whether legislation moves foreward in the Senate to protect cross dressers from discrimination in employment. ENDA or the Employment Non Discrimination Act, among other things, will require employers to treat cross dressers as if there were normal. There are however problems with the proposed legislation. Other than forcing employers […]

By Terence P. Jeffrey (CNSNews.com) - The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which will come up for a cloture vote in the Senate today, mandates that employers in the United States permit men to dress as women at work and women to dress as men as long as they otherwise adhere to “reasonable dress or grooming standards.” […]

BBC Security forces have arrested and questioned a number of suspects over the deaths of two French journalists in northern Mali, officials say. Radio France Internationale’s Ghislaine Dupont, 57, and Claude Verlon, 58, were kidnapped and killed on Saturday after interviewing a local leader in Kidal.

CNN - Chelsea J Carter and Susanna Capelouto Leaked classified documents show the U.S. National Security Agency and its British counterpart are among the “worst offenders” of mass surveillance without oversight, according to an open letter purportedly written by Edward Snowden and published Sunday by the German magazine Der Spiegel.

BBC The deaths of two French journalists in northern Mali have been described by France’s foreign minister as “cold and calculated assassinations”. Laurent Fabius said the journalists were killed on a desert track 12km (seven miles) east of Kidal. One received two bullets, the other three.

The Hill - Mary Trujillo Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday he shouldn’t have to threaten to hold up all Obama administration nominees to get answers about the attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, last year. Graham said he is hopeful the administration will eventually relent and allow Congress to interview survivors […]

The Telegraph - Tom Whitehead European spy agencies have own methods for monitoring communications and have worked with GCHQ, latest files show The spy agencies of Germany, France and Spain have all developed mass surveillance techniques for phone and internet activity despite their outrage over the Edward Snowden eavesdropping revelations Leaked GCHQ documents point to a relationship between […]

BBC Two French journalists have been killed after they were kidnapped in the northern Mali town of Kidal, France’s foreign ministry has confirmed. The ministry said in a statement that Claude Verlon and Ghislaine Dupont, journalists for the French radio station RFI, “were found dead in Mali”.

The Hill - Megan R Wilson Gun rights groups are throwing their weight behind efforts on Capitol Hill to rein in the National Security Agency (NSA). The National Rifle Association (NRA) is among a number of groups that have signed on to an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) lawsuit against the secretive government agency.

the guardian - Paul Lewis Barbed exchange with former ambassador over spying on foreign leaders likely to deepen rift with Obama administration The director of the National Security Agency has blamed US diplomats for requests to place foreign leaders under surveillance, in a surprising intervention that risks a confrontation with the State Department. General Keith […]

By Marilyn M. Brannan - IRN/USA News October 30, 2013 Jonathan Strong of National Review reported on October 29 that one of the top Democrats—House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer—had conceded to reporters that day that Democrats knew people would not be able to keep their current health care plans under Obamacare. In response to a […]