NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 6/18/2020

(EXTREME LIMITED SERVICE WITH SOME POSTING LATE THURSDAY TO CONCLUDE SERVICE)

THE US SUPREME COURT RULING AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MOVE TO END THE DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS PROGRAM THAT PROTECTS CHILDREN OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM BEING DEPORTED.

THE 5-4 RULING FOUND CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS SIDING WITH THE COURT'S LIBERAL JUSTICES.

THE RULING PERTAINS TO THE METHOD USED TO TRY TO END THE DACA PROGRAM AND WILL ALLOW THE PRESIDENT TO USE OTHER MEANS TO END IT.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the former National Security Adviser John Bolton a "traitor"....REUTERS NEWS STORY

The US Justice Department moved last night to stop publication of former National Security Adviser John Bolton's "The Room Where It Happened".     Portions of the book leaked out to media reveal that President Trump is said to have asked China's President Xi for help in his re-election this year by agreeing to imports of US agricultural products.   Bolton also saying the President expressed support for concentration camps in China during talks with Chinese president last year......9 NEWS AUSTRALIA

President Trump saying that contents of the book involve "highly classified information" and that Bolton "broke the law"......BBC NEWS

North Korea warning of additional retaliatory steps against South Korea that might go "far beyond imagination"....YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA

ARIZONA REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR DOUG DUCEY ALLOWING LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO FORCE PEOPLE TO WEAR FACE MASKS IN THE STATE......

California's Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom issuing an order for face masks to be worn in public indoors and outdoors in the state effective today......SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

The coronavirus story around the world today as interpreted by BBC NEWS on its daily blog.......BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG

In other news.......

Legendary singer Dame Vera Lynn has died in the UK at the age of 103.......BBC NEWS

That's the way it really is Thursday June 18th, 2020 another day in the Dictatorship of Covid-19....