QUAKE AND ANOMALY NEWS [NICDR - No Initial Casualties or Damage Reported]:

4.8 hits central Japan. NICDR.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS:

• Did Turkey find Israeli "spy bird." Israeli bird tagging leads to espionage charges.
• Case of CIA rendition victim reaches European court. U.S. Supreme Court rejected case.
  
• Russian Super Jet crash and industrial sabotage. Cui bono?

• Hasidic Jews rally around accused pedophile. Defenders of Nechemya Weberman cry "libel" -- a familiar refrain.
• Congressional offices burglarized. Oldest intelligence trick in the world -- make a black bag job intended on grabbing sensitive information look like random petty theft.
  
• CIA whistleblower appeals hearing begins in Richmond. Obama administration wants to force New York Times journalist to testify. Related WMR story today.
  

COUNTRY FOCUS: Bahrain. Bahrain king to attend Queen Elizabeth's Jubilee luncheon. Monarchs are the upper percent of the one percent. They should all be sent packing.