NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 6/11/2020

(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY)

A big drop on Wall Street today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping nearly 7 percent just over 1861 points.   The Nasdaq down more than 5 percent by just over 527 points.....Oil also falling in price 8.66 percent, 3 dollars and 43 cents a barrel......MARKETWATCH PAGE WITH STATS AT TOP

"I should not have been there.   My presence in that moment and that environment created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics"

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley made those comments today at a commencement ceremony for the National Defense University.    Milley referring to his walk with President Trump and other top officials to a church near the White House Monday June 1st during the rioting over the murder of George Floyd.....BBC NEWS......VIDEO LINK

President Trump clashing with Seattle officials over the "autonomous zone" created by protesters outside a police station abandoned during the rioting in the city.    Trump calling for local officials to "take back your city"on Twitter.     Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan responding:

"Make us all safe.   Go back to your bunker"

The group in Seattle calling for a general strike across the whole state of Washington and protest marches tomorrow.......ABC NEWS

SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO SAYS THE CONVICTION OF A US CONSULATE WORKER IN A TURKISH COURT UNDERMINES RELATIONS BETWEEN THE US AND TURKEY.    POMPEO SAYS THE US HAS "NO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE" TO SUPPORT THE CONVICTION OF A TURKISH NATIONAL FOR "AIDING A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION".....REUTERS NEWS STORY

Members of a US religious freedom panel denied entry visas by Indian officials.     The group was set to begin a visit Friday but they have been prevented from entering after the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom criticized India's' new citizenship law for being discriminatory against Muslims.......PRESS TV IRAN

President Trump moving to impose sanctions on staff members of the International Criminal Court investigating possible US war crimes in Afghanistan.     Secretary of State Mike Pompeo describing the ICC as a "kangaroo court"........BBC NEWS

A Norwegian man who killed a family member, then fired shots in an attack on a mosque sentenced to 21 years in prison.     Philip Manshaus must serve a minimum of 14 years in prison.......BBC NEWS

From Washington House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling for removal of Confederate statues from the US Capitol and President Trump expressing his opposition to removing the names of Confederate generals from US military bases....

"We have to stop this growth quickly"

The warning of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying that masks must be worn and social distancing rules obeyed.     Netanyahu saying that if the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise house arrest would have to be imposed on the country again.     The number of new Covid-19 cases in Israel rose above the 200 level to 214 today......ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

The coronavirus story around the world being reported today by BBC News on its daily blog.....BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG 6/11/2020

And that's the way it really is Thursday June 11th, 2020......