NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 3/27/2020 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY

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Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky and activist Ammon Bundy take stands for the US Constitution in the face of America's "Coronavirus Crisis" but first......

French President Emmanuel Macron expressing his gratitude to Iraqi authorities over the release of four workers from a French Christian charity who were kidnapped in Iraq back in January.

The Macron announcement comes one day after it was revealed that France would withdraw its troops currently stationed in Iraq due to the coronavirus pandemic....BBC NEWS STORY

The espionage trial of former US Marine and multinational citizen Paul Whelan will not start in Moscow Monday.    Its been delayed by Russian authorities for two weeks because of the coronavirus.....RADIO FREE EUROPE STORY

Israeli air force planes attacking targets in Gaza tonight after a rocket was launched from the Gaza Strip that landed in an open field......YNET NEWS STORY

PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLING FOR THE EJECTION OF LIBERTARIAN REPUBLICAN US REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS MASSIE OF KENTUCKY FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR INSISTING ON A ROLL CALL VOTE TO PASS THE MULTI-TRILLION DOLLAR CORONAVIRUS BAILOUT BILL.....POLITICO

MASSIE SAYS THE PEOPLE DESERVE THE 13-THOUSAND DOLLAR PLUS PER PERSON VALUE OF IT SENT TO THEM DIRECTLY RATHER THAN HAVING IT FUNNELED INTO BANKS AND CORPORATIONS.

MASSIE SAYS THERE SHOULD BE A RECORDED VOTE ON 'THE BIGGEST SPENDING BILL IN HISTORY".......

.....THOMAS MASSIE TWITTER

IN THE END THE RULES WERE BENT TO FORCE THE LEGISLATION THROUGH THE HOUSE WITHOUT A ROLL CALL VOTE AND PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED THE MASSIVE AND UNPRECEDENTED SPENDING PLAN.

PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS THAT GENERAL MOTORS ISN'T MOVING FAST ENOUGH TO MANUFACTURE VENTILATORS FOR HOSPITALS AND WANTS TO CHARGE TOO MUCH FOR MAKING THEM......BNN BLOOMBERG STORY...... THE PRESIDENT URGING GM AND FORD VIA TWITTER TO MAKE VENTILATORS.....PRESIDENT TRUMP TWITTER....THE PRESIDENT ACTING TO INVOKE THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT TO FORCE GM TO MAKE VENTILATORS.....VIDEO LINK PRESIDENT TRUMP

MINUTES AFTER TWEETING ABOUT MAKING VENTILATORS THE PRESIDENT SAID VIA TWITTER THAT NEW YORK HAS 'THOUSANDS OF VENTILATORS' IN STORAGE AND THE STATE MUST DISTRIBUTE THEM......PRESIDENT TRUMP TWITTER

Billionaire Bill Gates says that he thinks that the US must shut down completely for a short period of time because of the coronavirus and that the cases will peak in the United States some one month from now in late April.    He spoke to CNN....ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS STORY WITH VIDEO EMBEDDED

Activist Ammon Bundy calling a meeting in Emmett, Idaho Thursday night following an order from the state government led by Republican Governor Brad Little for people in the state to self-isolate and stay at home.....KIVI TV NEWS.... noting the Constitutional right of the people of the United States to assemble in the First Amendment.......FACEBOOK VIDEO FROM AMMON BUNDY 3/26/2020

Inmates being released from prisons in New York including New York City's Rikers Island on grounds they are showing symptoms of Covid-19 infection and are on work release.   Some benefits being given the inmates a source of controversy.....NEW YORK POST STORY

US Attorney General William Barr directing the federal Bureau of Prisons to increase use of home confinement for older inmates with underlying conditions to mitigate coronavirus spread in the federal prison system.    Some 10-thousand federal prison inmates over the age of 60 with a third having "pre-existing conditions".    THOSE NUMBERS DO NOT INCLUDE 21-THOUSAND FEDERAL PRISONERS HELD IN  PRIVATELY OWNED PRISONS.....CBS NEWS STORY

Coronavirus testing for all 5-thousand sailors on board the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier as 15 more sailors tested positive Thursday for Covid-19.     Three tested positive on Tuesday and five on Wednesday.  The carrier has now docked in Guam.....USA TODAY NEWS STORY

The US cancelling planned military exercises with the Philippines set to run from May 4th to 15th because of coronavirus concerns.....REUTERS NEWS STORY

The number of coronavirus cases in Russia topping one thousand today with three deaths and 45 recoveries reported.

Iran reporting 32,332 coronavirus cases today with some 2,378 deaths.  The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps setting up a field hospital in Tehran....PRESS TV IRAN

The coronavirus situation leading to communication between two estranged leaders.   The Crown Prince of the United Arab Emirates,  Mohammed bin Zayed, offering support to the Syrian people to deal with Covid-19 in a phone conversation with President Bashar Assad.   In the past the UAE has supported jihadist forces opposing President Assad.....SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY STORY

The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Health Secretary Matt Hancock have both tested positive for Covid-19 and are in self-isolation.

The French Premier Edouard Philippe announcing that the confinement of the French people to their homes will continue until April 15th.

The story of coronavirus in Canada continues to unfold with more than four thousand cases and at the CBC News website full news coverage and an embedded video link to a live video stream from the CBC News Channel.....LINK

Four are dead on a cruise ship that's being denied use of the Panama Canal.   The Holland America Line's MS Zaandam anchored off Panama with dozens of passengers experiencing flu like symptoms.....SKY NEWS UK STORY....BBC NEWS STORY

As of Midnight Eastern US time the total number of coronavirus cases in the USA is 104,205 with 1,701 deaths and 2,525 recoveries......WORLDOMETERS

The worldwide data is 597,304 cases with 27,364 deaths and 131,708 recoveries......

The coronavirus story around the world as reported by BBC News......BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG 3/27/2020

In other news.....

The nation of North Macedonia, formerly Macedonia, is now a member of NATO.   NATO Secretary Jens Stoltenberg making the announcement today.    NATO now has 30 member nations.....ANADOLU NEWS AGENCY TURKEY NEWS STORY

An alleged accomplice of Venezuela's ruler Nicolas Maduro is in US custody.     Retired Venezuelan general Cliver Alcala being flown back to the United States by Drug Enforcement Agency agents.   Maduro and other leading Venezuelan officials charged with drug trafficking by the US Justice Department yesterday......REUTERS NEWS STORY

A militant Muslim cleric extradited from Norway to Italy Thursday.     Mullah Krekar, who is Kurdish, is considered a terrorist by the United States.

An Italian court sentenced him to 12 years in prison last year for ties to a Kurdish group linked to Islamic State.

His lawyers fought against his extradition citing the serious coronavirus situation in Italy.

The BBC interprets the story calling him a "fundamentalist cleric" without making reference to Islam....BBC NEWS STORY

"This is an unreleased song we recorded a while back that you might find interesting.   Stay observant, stay safe, and may God be with you".

The message from Nobel laureate and music legend Bob Dylan releasing a 17 minute song called "Murder Most Foul" via You Tube .......VIDEO LINK

That's the way it really is Friday March 27th, 2020.