SPB News for Monday

Transgender Activist Runs For Mayor Of Idaho Town

G20 bankers empower 'global supervision'

NBC explores 'toxic town'; residents paid to pack and leave

Mexican politico, family murdered

State legislative candidate in Tobasco assassinated, likely by drug cartels.

Five girls stripped searched at school

Families enraged over Iowa high school's strip search of five female students.

Administration Seeks to Keep Terror Watch-List Data Secret --As of last Sept., the list included 1.1 million names and aliases corresponding to 400,000 individuals. 06 Sep 2009 The Obama administration wants to maintain the secrecy of terrorist watch-list information it routinely shares with federal, state and local agencies. Intelligence officials in the administration are pressing for legislation that would exempt "terrorist identity information" from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. Such information -- which includes names, aliases, fingerprints and other biometric identifiers -- is widely shared with law enforcement agencies and intelligence "fusion centers," which combine state and federal counterterrorism resources. A consolidated government watch list was created in 2004 and is housed at the Terrorist Screening Center.

Gordon Brown faces Labour motion to pull out troops from Afghanistan --Conference activists say war in Afghanistan 'is unwinnable' Gordon Brown faces fresh questions over the war in Afghanistan at this month's Labour party conference, with grassroots activists circulating a motion demanding that troops be withdrawn. The "contemporary issues motion", which lets grassroots members trigger debates at conference, concludes that "a majority of the public believe the war is unwinnable" and suggests Britain's involvement has fuelled the risk of terrorist attack.

Last week's poll had asked:

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has promised more support for UK troops in Afghanistan during a surprise visit to the country. Should Afghans take responsibility for security? JL readers answered maybe. This week's poll is now up.