NSA Sort-of-Reform Bill Passes House, VA Horrors Just ‘Tip of the Iceberg,’ New Coup in Thailand: P.M. Links

• The House of Representatives
  
  passed an NSA reform bill. Well…sort-of reform bill. It’s a
  bit wishy-washy.
• Thailand is once again engaged in its national
  sport: military coups (The U.S. government officially
  disapproves.). The head uniformed guy is now “prime minister,”
  because generalissimo just sounds so crass.
• Rep. Jeff Miller, who heads the House Veterans Affairs panel,
  calls the recent revelations about lethal delays at Veterans
  Administration health care facilities “the tip
  of the iceberg.”
• The Republican National Committee
  narrowed its list of 2016 convention locations to Dallas,
  Cleveland, Denver, and Kansas City. We hear Cleveland has a
  
  great orchestra.
• The U.N. Security Council
  imposed sanctions against Boko Haram, the group of Nigerian
  nasties that has inspired a tidal wave of outrage on Twitter.
• At least
  31 people died in explosions in the Chinese city of Urumqi, in
  growing violence linked to separatists. The city is in largely
  Muslim Xinjiang province.

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