A.M. Links: Obama Open to Ebola Czar But Not Travel Ban, FBI Director Wants to Ban Cellphone Encryption, Royals-Giants World Series

President Obama says he’s open to an
Ebola czar but not a travel ban. The Dallas nurse who
contracted Ebola from a patient she was treating arrived in

Maryland for treatment, while a Dallas lab worker on a cruise
ship off the coast of
Belize has been quarantined because he handled the Ebola
patient’s specimen.
FBI Director
James Comey is worried that Apple and Google allow users to
encrypt their phone and called on Congress to pass a law to stop
them from doing that.
The U.S. and
Iran remain cautiously optimistic about ongoing nuclear
talks.
A poor economy and a plunging ruble don’t seem to be having
much of an effect on the popularity
Vladimir Putin enjoys in Russia.
Venezuela, Spain, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Angola were
elected to the
United Nations Security Council as non-permanent members.
The
Kansas City Royals completed their sweep of the Baltimore
Orioles and will advance to the World Series to face the
San Francisco Giants, who are making their third appearance in
the last five years.