*Undercover journalist Valentin Gendrot describes culture where [French thugs] act with impunity.* He joined a thug department and reported on the violence and lies he witnessed.

What an interesting reversal it is for thugs to be the target of an undercover investigation. We need more of these.

Prosecutors increasingly pursue the surviving perpetrators of the international terrorist plot known as Operation Condor, a conspiracy of dictators in South America that operated with the support of the US.

An appeals court has ruled that the collection of phone records about all Americans was illegal.

This is but one of many systems of surveillance that Snowden revealed to us. That is why we need to repeal that part of PAT RIOT act.

Foreign workers in Dubai who have lost their jobs are being left to starve.

The recently announced policy change would allow foreign workers to quit their jobs, and get new work or depart. That is a good thing, but it does not help those who can't find new work, and can't afford to depart.

The UK does something similar to unauthorized foreign workers: they have to beg for food and shelter.

US citizens: call on Congress and the Federal Trade Commission to Stop the sale of Ancestry to Blackstone

The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 and 888-355-3588.

If you call, please spread the word!