NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 3/29-SATURDAY 3/30/2019 NEWSDUMP EDITION
THE BATTLE OF BREXIT WITH NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS....
British Prime Minister Theresa May continues to bore into supporters of a real and meaningful exit from the European Union tying to get her plan for "Brexit" rejected three times back up for a fourth vote.
Her continued efforts backed up by fearful media and political and business leaders trying to spread fear among the public about the notion of leaving the EU without a deal (NO DEAL BREXIT) as advocated by activists who worked for the winning Leave side in the 2016 referendum.
If May can't get her deal through, it could lead to moves to scuttle Brexit and impose a second referendum on the public, even though they voted for Leave in 2016.
Supporters of Brexit gathered at two rallies either side of Parliament late Friday afternoon.
Nigel Farage with his "Leave Means Leave" colleagues and on the other side the United Kingdom Independence Party with its leader Gerard Batten and activists like Tommy Robinson.
Here is a video of the UKIP-Tommy Robinson rally with speakers starting 20 minutes into the video.....LINK
A prosecutor in Nice, France says that the 73-year old Yellow Vests protester Genevieve Legay was jostled by police when she was knocked to the ground unconscious by police last Saturday.
Jean-Michel Pretre made the admission Friday and said a formal judicial inquiry has been opened.
Week 20 of the Yellow Vest protest in France Saturday with prohibitions on protest spreading across the country aimed at keeping the protests out of business districts.
Our Breaking News post on Yellow Vests Week 20 at the link...….HERE
"We strongly caution actors external to the Western Hemisphere against deploying military assets to Venezuela, or elsewhere in the Hemisphere, with the intent of establishing or expanding military operations"
That was part of a statement issued Friday by US National Security Adviser John Bolton in response to last weekend's arrival of around 100 members of the Russian military with 35 tons of equipment in Venezuela.
It was an apparent Russian move to prop up the Maduro regime.
Bolton also said in the statement:
"We will consider such provocative actions as a direct threat to international peace and security in the region"
The International Red Cross says it will begin to distribute aid in Venezuela in 15 days. The Red Cross says that Interim President Juan Guaido and the Maduro regime both support the distribution.
Intitially the Red Cross says it will be able to help 650,000 people.
Tough talk about the southern border from President Trump, suggesting it may be closed, BUT THE PRESIDENT IS TALKING ABOUT ACTING, NOT LITERALLY TAKING ACTION.
Attorney General William Barr is promising Congress release of the full Robert Mueller report by "mid-April" likely to coincide with the Easter holiday weekend. The nearly 400 page report will be released with some parts missing. Redactions related to "ongoing cases" and "intelligence" issues.
Democrats making noise saying they want the full report by Tuesday and threatening to launch an effort to subpoena the Special Prosecutor's report.
Tough talk about the southern border from President Trump, suggesting it may be closed, BUT THE PRESIDENT IS TALKING ABOUT ACTING, NOT LITERALLY TAKING ACTION.
Attorney General William Barr is promising Congress release of the full Robert Mueller report by "mid-April" likely to coincide with the Easter holiday weekend. The nearly 400 page report will be released with some parts missing. Redactions related to "ongoing cases" and "intelligence" issues.
Democrats making noise saying they want the full report by Tuesday and threatening to launch an effort to subpoena the Special Prosecutor's report.
Amos Harel, defense reporter for Israel's "Haaretz" newspaper, writes that Israeli defense officials believe what Hamas is saying about a rocket that landed in a community north of Tel Aviv Monday injuring seven Israelis.
The story from Hamas was that the rocket was launched accidentally.
The defense officials quietly sharing their assessment since Israeli public opinion sees the government as being too soft on Hamas.
New documents have emerged Friday including an audio recording in the "SNC-Lavalin Affair" swirling around Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Former Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould's submissions to a parliamentary committee were released to the public Friday.
The audio recording of 18 minutes reveals that a senior civil servant was trying to get Wilson-Raybould to refrain from prosecuting the SNC-Lavalin construction-engineering firm and impose some sort of regulatory financial penalty instead through a "deferred prosecution agreement".
Michael Wernick is heard cautioning her about a "collision" with Prime Minister Trudeau.
More on the story from CTV News in Canada......HERE
The District Attorney may have dropped the charges against actor Jussie Smollett for filing a false police report about an alleged racist-homophobic attack by supporters of President Trump in January, but now the City of Chicago has sent him a letter demanding payment for police time to investigate the allegation.
The letter from the City of Chicago Department of Law demands payment of 130-thousand dollars within seven days with the heading:
A lawyer for Smollett says the mayor and police chief owe Smollett an apology for "dragging an innocent man's character through the mud"
Speaking days before crucial local government elections Sunday Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying that Hagia Sophia, once a Christian cathedral that became a mosque and finally a museum in 1935, will again be designated as a mosque.
Tourists flock to the historic site in Istanbul every year.
Thousands protesting on the streets of Algeria again on Friday calling for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to leave office.
Bouteflika is standing firm with the military asking for a constitutional provision to be invoked to declare Bouteflika incapacitated so he can be removed and replaced.
And that's the way it really is on this Newsdump Saturday morning March 30th, 2019.
New documents have emerged Friday including an audio recording in the "SNC-Lavalin Affair" swirling around Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Former Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould's submissions to a parliamentary committee were released to the public Friday.
The audio recording of 18 minutes reveals that a senior civil servant was trying to get Wilson-Raybould to refrain from prosecuting the SNC-Lavalin construction-engineering firm and impose some sort of regulatory financial penalty instead through a "deferred prosecution agreement".
Michael Wernick is heard cautioning her about a "collision" with Prime Minister Trudeau.
More on the story from CTV News in Canada......HERE
The District Attorney may have dropped the charges against actor Jussie Smollett for filing a false police report about an alleged racist-homophobic attack by supporters of President Trump in January, but now the City of Chicago has sent him a letter demanding payment for police time to investigate the allegation.
The letter from the City of Chicago Department of Law demands payment of 130-thousand dollars within seven days with the heading:
"Re: Repayment of Investigation Costs for False Police Report"
A lawyer for Smollett says the mayor and police chief owe Smollett an apology for "dragging an innocent man's character through the mud"
Speaking days before crucial local government elections Sunday Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying that Hagia Sophia, once a Christian cathedral that became a mosque and finally a museum in 1935, will again be designated as a mosque.
Tourists flock to the historic site in Istanbul every year.
Thousands protesting on the streets of Algeria again on Friday calling for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to leave office.
Bouteflika is standing firm with the military asking for a constitutional provision to be invoked to declare Bouteflika incapacitated so he can be removed and replaced.
And that's the way it really is on this Newsdump Saturday morning March 30th, 2019.
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