1. Utah Legislators Call Mormon Leadership’s Bluff on LGBT Rights…
A group of at least five Utah legislators have asked the Mormon leadership to join their call for state legislation protecting LGBT rights to hospital visitation, medical care, fair housing, inheritance, and non-discrimination in employment, based on a statement from the Church itself last week that [...]

http://www.theregister.co.uk…
Droid choppers can also carry passengers
By Lewis Page
The US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) secret military forces are receiving their first robotic whisper-mode helicopters, according to reports. The plan is for the you-never-saw-us-we-aren’t-even-here brigade to receive a ten-strong fleet of Boeing A160T “Hummingbird” droid kill-choppers, under an extended demonstration programme.
News of the A160T shipments came recently [...]

Just a little convenient that this is happening now? Along with all the limited hangout type info coming out about Iran, etc, I can’t be the only person wondering what the hell they were keeping in the basement:
http://www.reuters.com…
WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (Reuters) - A small fire broke out in the basement of the FBI’s headquarters [...]

http://www.fas.org…
Secrecy News by Steven Aftergood
The conduct of unconventional warfare is explored in depth in a major new U.S. Army Field Manual on the subject (pdf).
Unconventional warfare (UW) is defined as “Operations conducted by, with, or through irregular forces in support of a resistance movement, an insurgency, or conventional military operations… This definition reflects two essential [...]

http://www.nytimes.com…
By KATHERINE ZOEPF
BAGHDAD — North Oil, an Iraqi-owned company, has signed a contract with a Chinese state-owned oil corporation, CNPC, that was first negotiated during Saddam Hussein’s government, an official in Iraq’s Oil Ministry said Tuesday.
The deal is worth $3.5 billion, said the official, Ahmed al-Shamaa, the deputy oil minister. It is the first major [...]

By Robert Scheer, Truthdig
Posted on November 12, 2008, Printed on November 12, 2008
http://www.alternet.org…
So, Vladimir Putin was right: It was Georgia that started the war with Russia, and once again it was President Bush who got caught in a lie. As the New York Times reported last week, “Newly available accounts by independent military observers of [...]

http://www.washingtonpost.com…
By Guy Faulconbridge
Reuters
Wednesday, November 12, 2008; 2:02 PM
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Wednesday rejected U.S. proposals aimed at easing concerns over a missile defense system in Europe and said it would try again to resolve the row once Barack Obama is in the White House.
Russia says the planned U.S. system will threaten its national [...]

http://www.washingtonpost.com…
Obama Silent Amid Conflicting Advice
By Walter Pincus and Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, November 12, 2008; A01
The nation’s top two intelligence officers expect to be replaced by President-elect Barack Obama early in his administration, according to senior intelligence officials.
A number of influential congressional Democrats oppose keeping Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell and CIA Director [...]

http://www.washingtonpost.com…
By Peter Finn
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 12, 2008; A01
The Obama administration will launch a review of the classified files of the approximately 250 detainees at Guantanamo Bay immediately after taking office, as part of an intensive effort to close the U.S. prison in Cuba, according to people who advised the campaign on detainee issues.

1. Cuban president to visit Russia, alliance grows…
Cuban President Raul Castro will visit Russia next year, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, in a new sign that Moscow is reviving a Cold War-era trade and military alliance.
2. Fed Hides Destination Of $2 Trillion In Bailout Money…
The Federal Reserve is facing a lawsuit after it failed to [...]