NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 11/28/2018
(UPDATES, EDITING, EXPANSION ETC. POSSIBLE UNTIL 7AM)
A federal judge is delaying ruling on a request to make public any criminal charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
US District Judge Leonie Brinkema called the matter:
"an interesting case to say the least"
The judge and federal prosecutors say charges are usually kept secret until after arrest.
Lawyers for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press have filed a motion to unseal.
Assange, who is holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London, is trying to avoid expected extradition to the United States. The Special Counsel Robert Mueller has been asking a lot of questions about Assange and Wikileaks in his investigation of alleged interference in the 2016 election.
Assange has instructed his lawyers to the sue "The Guardian" newspaper in the UK for publishing a claim that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, convicted in connection with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe, held "secret talks" with Assange at the Ecuadorean embassy in London.
Sepcial Counsel Mueller's office claims that Manafort is lying to them. Manafort agreed to cooperate with Mueller's probe after being convicted in his first criminal trial.
Meanwhile, President Trump tweeting Tuesday evening that:
"The Mueller Witch Hunt is a total disgrace"
noting that Mueller is ignoring Hillary Clinton's deleted and destroyed emails in the face of a Congressional Subpoena.
GENERAL MOTORS WILL BE MAKING MORE CARS IN MEXICO...…
That's the upshot of GM's restructuring plan announced Monday that closes four facilities in the United States and one in Canada.
President Trump says he is considering cutting subsidies to GM with GM's restructuring pointing to increased electric car production in China.
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow confirmed that subsidies to GM for electric car production are under review.
President Trump says he is considering cutting subsidies to GM with GM's restructuring pointing to increased electric car production in China.
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow confirmed that subsidies to GM for electric car production are under review.
President Trump has spoken out on Brexit noting that the deal reached between British Prime Minister Theresa May and the European Union leaders appears not to allow the UK to trade with the United States:
Trump told reporters outside the White House Monday that the agreement:
"sounds like a great deal for the EU"
President Trump says he may cancel a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin set to happen during the G 20 meeting in Argentina at the end of the week. Speaking to the "Washington Post", the President said he was awaiting a briefing on what happened last Sunday in the Kerch Strait when Ukrainian warships trying to enter Russian controlled waters were blocked and seized by the Russians.
Trump told the "Post" regarding the Russian actions.
"I don't like that aggression"
Ukraine is imposing martial law in certain regions as of today that border Russian separatist or Russian allied territories on the country's borders. Russia has expressed its concern about military action but its possible the move is a way to buck up support for incumbent Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, who's facing re-election in March.
Russia's Interfax News Agency reports that the advanced S-400 air defense system will be deployed in Crimea by the end of the year. Crimea was annexed from Ukraine by Russia in 2014.
Getting back to the Brexit story.
A vote is set in the British House of Commons on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plan for Tuesday December 11th.
May has challenged the Leader of the Opposition, the Labor Party's Jeremy Corbyn, to debate Brexit but Brexiteers say that neither one of them is a real Brexit supporter and a real Brexit supporter should be part of the debate.
United Kingdom Independence Party leader Gerard Batten notes he is the leader of a real Brexit party and should be part of a debate.
May has challenged the Leader of the Opposition, the Labor Party's Jeremy Corbyn, to debate Brexit but Brexiteers say that neither one of them is a real Brexit supporter and a real Brexit supporter should be part of the debate.
United Kingdom Independence Party leader Gerard Batten notes he is the leader of a real Brexit party and should be part of a debate.
Israel's Attorney General Avihai Mendelblit says that one of the corruption investigations involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is almost finished.
Case 4000 is based on the allegation that Netanyahu used his power as Communications Minister, a portfolio he held for a few years starting in 2014, to favor the owner of the "Ynet" news website financially in exchange for favorable news coverage.
Turkish police were searching the home of a Saudi national near Istanbul this week. The man who's home and property were being searched had met with a member of the 15 man assassination team that carried out the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul October 2nd.
The Turkish foreign minister says that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, believed by many to be behind Khashoggi's murder, has requested a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the G20 meeting in Argentina at the end of the week. He told a German newspaper that Erdogan is considering meeting with Bin Salman.
In Tunisia on Tuesday, hundreds protested against the visit of Mohammed Bin Salman to that country. They chanted "the murderer is not welcome in Tunisia".
Police in Alabama issued a new statement Monday regarding the killing of the wrong man following a shooting incident at a mall on Thanksgiving.
The Hoover Police Department said that Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr. had:
In Tunisia on Tuesday, hundreds protested against the visit of Mohammed Bin Salman to that country. They chanted "the murderer is not welcome in Tunisia".
Police in Alabama issued a new statement Monday regarding the killing of the wrong man following a shooting incident at a mall on Thanksgiving.
The Hoover Police Department said that Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr. had:
"heightened the sense of threat"
when he drew a firearm when two people were shot and injured in the mall.
Bradford, 21, was a US Army veteran and his family said he had a permit to carry his weapon and Alabama law allows people to carry firearms.
The gunman in the incident is still at large.
Thousands are being told to flee powerful brush fires in the Australian state of Queensland.
The threat level has been raised to its highest-catastrophic.
The worst threat is to a town populated by thousands, Gracemere, located near the northern Queensland city of Rockhampton. There eight thousand have been told to leave immediately.
More on this ABC News blog from Australia...LINK
A Chinese scientist, He Jiankui, claims he has created the first genetically edited babies.
He defended his work at a genome summit in Hong Kong this week. He Jiankui works at a university in the Chinese city of Shenzhen and the university says its unaware of his work but plans to launch an investigation.
Many scientists have condemned his announcement. He, that's his last name, says he financed the work himself and the university was not aware of it.
A railway station and 12 shopping malls were evacuated in Moscow today following an anonymous bomb threat phone call.
The Special Election runoff for the US Senate seat in Mississippi held by appointed US Senator Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith held Tuesday and the results are in with Hyde-Smith defeating Democrat former US Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy 54-46 percent.
The creator of "Sponge Bob Square Pants", Stephen Hillenburg, is dead at the age of 57. Hillenburg died of ALS (motor neurone disease).
Thousands are being told to flee powerful brush fires in the Australian state of Queensland.
The threat level has been raised to its highest-catastrophic.
The worst threat is to a town populated by thousands, Gracemere, located near the northern Queensland city of Rockhampton. There eight thousand have been told to leave immediately.
More on this ABC News blog from Australia...LINK
A Chinese scientist, He Jiankui, claims he has created the first genetically edited babies.
He defended his work at a genome summit in Hong Kong this week. He Jiankui works at a university in the Chinese city of Shenzhen and the university says its unaware of his work but plans to launch an investigation.
Many scientists have condemned his announcement. He, that's his last name, says he financed the work himself and the university was not aware of it.
A railway station and 12 shopping malls were evacuated in Moscow today following an anonymous bomb threat phone call.
The Special Election runoff for the US Senate seat in Mississippi held by appointed US Senator Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith held Tuesday and the results are in with Hyde-Smith defeating Democrat former US Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy 54-46 percent.
The creator of "Sponge Bob Square Pants", Stephen Hillenburg, is dead at the age of 57. Hillenburg died of ALS (motor neurone disease).
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