Intelligence, Secrecy & Power ISSN 1245-2122 N. 640, 16 June 2014 Contents Every Two to Three Weeks Next issue, 30 June 2014 Publishing since 1980 Editor Olivier Schmidt Email: intelligence-adi@wanadoo.fr Gmail+: intelligenceadi@gmail.com Blog: http://intelligenceadi.wordpress.com/ List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/intelligence-secrecy-power-adi/ Postal: ADI, 16 rue des Ecoles, 75005 Paris, France Copyright ADI 2014, reproduction in any form forbidden without explicit authorization from the ADI. FRONT PAGE - IRAQ EXPLODES, US GUN VIOLENCE, THAI COUP & EU RIGHTWING VOTE Intelligence, Secrecy & Power, N. 640, 16 June 2014 WORLD MEDIA - FROM 24 MAY 2014 TO 13 JUNE 2014 REPORTS & SYNTHESIS This issue of "Intelligence, Secrecy & Power" (ISP), number 640, covers from 24 May 2014 to 13 June 2014 and includes 39 pages of data in 398 entries or 21,478 words, and 45* noteworthy entries marked *. This ISP format provides information by topic and then by chronological listing of the media reports. In this issue, as with preceding issues, Israel/Palestine, but not Syria, appears as a separate topic, independent of the general Middle East topic which now includes Syria, Iraq and Egypt, as distinct from certain past issues, and as such these different topics are not strictly comparable with the preceding issues of ISP where these topics may be separate. The numbers for this issue's specific topics over three weeks, as compared to the previous issue’s two-week period, are: MIDDLE EAST (Mide, 65X, 3*, 29X previously), Iraq explodes, Egypt vote, Syrian war & vote; US INTERNAL SECURITY (FBI, 48X, 8*, 15X previously), Gun violence, Cop & Rightwing violence; ASIA (Asia, 48X, 35X previously), Thai coup, Chinese expansion, India’s Modi & Tiananmen; WESTERN EUROPE (West, 36x, 4*, 8X previously), EU rightwing vote, Cameron & UK getting out; EASTERN EUROPE (East, 34X, 4*, 29X previously), Pro-Russia rebellion continues in Ukraine; AFRICA (Afr, 33X, 3*, 42X previously), Al Shabaab in Somalia & Boko Haram in Nigeria; PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN (Paf, 29X, 2*, 7X previously), Taliban splits, Bergdahl freed, Afghan vote; US NSA SCANDAL (Spy, 21X, 4*, 13X previously), Snowden on NBC, NSA faces, Oliver Stone film; US DOMESTIC POLITICS (Pol, 19X, 4*, 13X previously), Bergdahl exchange, Cantor loss, Tea Party; ISRAEL/PALESTINE (Isr, 20X, 2*, 9X previously), Hamas-Fatah unity & Kidnapped Israelis; ECONOMICS (Eco, 13X, 2*, 6X previously), Piketty, capitalism & inequality; US FOREIGN INTEL (CIA, 10X, 1*, 3X previously), Guantanamo, Torture, Drones & Allende/Chili; TECHNOLOGY & GLOBAL TOPICS (Tech, 8X, 2*, 4X previously), Sex crimes & World’s obese; ENVIRONMENT (Env, 6X, 2*, 14X previously), Vermont’s anti-GMO law & Obama on coal pollution; US DEFENSE DEPT (DOD, 5X, 1*, 2X previously), Veterans Administration scandal; LATIN AMERICA (Amer, 5X, 0*, 3X previously). (...cut...) ISSN 1245-2122 N. 640, 16 June 2014 Contents Every Two to Three Weeks Next issue, 30 June 2014 Publishing since 1980 Editor Olivier Schmidt Email: intelligence-adi@wanadoo.fr Gmail+: intelligenceadi@gmail.com Blog: http://intelligenceadi.wordpress.com/ List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/intelligence-secrecy-power-adi/ Postal: ADI, 16 rue des Ecoles, 75005 Paris, France Copyright ADI 2014, reproduction in any form forbidden without explicit authorization from the ADI. FRONT PAGE - IRAQ EXPLODES, US GUN VIOLENCE, THAI COUP & EU RIGHTWING VOTE Intelligence, Secrecy & Power, N. 640, 16 June 2014 WORLD MEDIA - FROM 24 MAY 2014 TO 13 JUNE 2014 REPORTS & SYNTHESIS This issue of "Intelligence, Secrecy & Power" (ISP), number 640, covers from 24 May 2014 to 13 June 2014 and includes 39 pages of data in 398 entries or 21,478 words, and 45* noteworthy entries marked *. This ISP format provides information by topic and then by chronological listing of the media reports. In this issue, as with preceding issues, Israel/Palestine, but not Syria, appears as a separate topic, independent of the general Middle East topic which now includes Syria, Iraq and Egypt, as distinct from certain past issues, and as such these different topics are not strictly comparable with the preceding issues of ISP where these topics may be separate. The numbers for this issue's specific topics over three weeks, as compared to the previous issue’s two-week period, are: MIDDLE EAST (Mide, 65X, 3*, 29X previously), Iraq explodes, Egypt vote, Syrian war & vote; US INTERNAL SECURITY (FBI, 48X, 8*, 15X previously), Gun violence, Cop & Rightwing violence; ASIA (Asia, 48X, 35X previously), Thai coup, Chinese expansion, India’s Modi & Tiananmen; WESTERN EUROPE (West, 36x, 4*, 8X previously), EU rightwing vote, Cameron & UK getting out; EASTERN EUROPE (East, 34X, 4*, 29X previously), Pro-Russia rebellion continues in Ukraine; AFRICA (Afr, 33X, 3*, 42X previously), Al Shabaab in Somalia & Boko Haram in Nigeria; PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN (Paf, 29X, 2*, 7X previously), Taliban splits, Bergdahl freed, Afghan vote; US NSA SCANDAL (Spy, 21X, 4*, 13X previously), Snowden on NBC, NSA faces, Oliver Stone film; US DOMESTIC POLITICS (Pol, 19X, 4*, 13X previously), Bergdahl exchange, Cantor loss, Tea Party; ISRAEL/PALESTINE (Isr, 20X, 2*, 9X previously), Hamas-Fatah unity & Kidnapped Israelis; ECONOMICS (Eco, 13X, 2*, 6X previously), Piketty, capitalism & inequality; US FOREIGN INTEL (CIA, 10X, 1*, 3X previously), Guantanamo, Torture, Drones & Allende/Chili; TECHNOLOGY & GLOBAL TOPICS (Tech, 8X, 2*, 4X previously), Sex crimes & World’s obese; ENVIRONMENT (Env, 6X, 2*, 14X previously), Vermont’s anti-GMO law & Obama on coal pollution; US DEFENSE DEPT (DOD, 5X, 1*, 2X previously), Veterans Administration scandal; LATIN AMERICA (Amer, 5X, 0*, 3X previously). 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