Friday, February 26, 2021

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 2/26/2021 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY

 



                             (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH LATE FRIDAY WITH SERVICE                                                                SUSPENDED AT 1045 PM EASTERN US TIME)



A group of Food and Drug Administration experts green lighting the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use.    The one-shot vaccine expected to get FDA approval within hours...US NEWS



THE CORONAVIRUS CRACKDOWN IN ISRAEL FOR THE PURIM HOLIDAY.   ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF AN OVERNIGHT CURFEW MORE THAN 100 PARTIES BROKEN UP AND OVER 25-HUNDRDED CTITATIONS ISSUED.....ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




Rush Limbaugh laid to rest at a cemetery in St. Louis on Wednesday in a private ceremony.   Additional public events to celebrate his life planned in the future...SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN...KMOV ST. LOUIS



The only deadly act of violence at the US Capitol on January 6th was by a US Capitol police officer who killed Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt.     Babbitt was entering an area near Speaker's rostrum in the US House when she was shot.     Now the word is being put out that the shooter is hiding for his own safety...THE EPOCH TIMES





"The new US administration should first and foremost turn an attentive ear to its own citizens and not conduct a witch hunt at home and then hypocritically speculate about human rights in other countries"



The spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova speaking today.    She says the US currently has a lack of "moral reasons" for lecturing other countries about freedom and or human rights...TASS




(STORY UPDATED)...THE REPORT FROM US INTELLIGENCE ON SAUDI WRITER JAMAL KHASHOGGI'S MURDER AT THE SAUDI CONSULATE IN ISTANBUL  NOW DECLASSIFIED.    IT SAYS THAT SAUDI ARABIA'S DE-FACTO RULER CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN-SALMAN APPROVED 'AND LIKELY ORDERED' THE KILLING.    


KHASHOGGI MURDERED WHEN HE ENTERED THE CONSULATE TO GET DOCUMENTATION FOR HIS PLANNED MARRIAGE.  THE BODY NEVER FOUND...CBC NEWS CANADA...



AFTER THE REPORT'S RELEASE THE US ANNOUNCED TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON SAUDI INDIVIDUALS AND SANCTIONS ON PEOPLE AND ENTITIES CLOSE TO THE CROWN PRINCE...BBC NEWS



AND SAUDI REACTION IS TO CALL THE US INTELLIGENCE REPORT FALSE AND UNACCEPTABLE...REUTERS-INDIA TODAY



A former US Olympic gymnastics coach charged with human trafficking and sexual assault yesterday took his own life just hours later.    John Geddert charged in Michigan.    He was associated with former USA Gymnastics  Dr. Larry Nassar who was convicted of molesting female gymnasts...REUTERS-JERUSALEM POST



A FORMER AIDE POSTING ONLINE THAT SHE WAS KISSED BY NEW GOVERNOR DEMOCRAT ANDREW CUOMO DURING WHAT SHE SAYS WERE YEARS OF SEXUAL HARRASSENT.  LINDSEY BOYLAN REPEATING WITH MORE DETAIL WHAT SHE ALLEGED IN DECEMBER. DENIALS BOTH TIMES FROM GOVERNOR CUOMO...CNN




(Story Updated)...The political tensions in Armenia today the Chief of General Staff met with the country's President.    Yesterday General Onik Gasparyan called on the Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his cabinet to resign...TASS...More on today's meeting involving top generals and Armenia's President Armen Sarkissian from an Armenian source...NEWS AM ARMENIA




MORE THAN 300 SCHOOLGIRLS IN NORTHWESTERN NIGERIA HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED FOLLOWING A JIHADIST TERRORIST ATTACK THIS MORNING....BBC NEWS



THE BRITISH SUPREME COURT RULING THAT A WOMAN WHO LEFT THE COUNTRY TO JOIN ISLAMIC STATE CANNOT RETURN....BBC NEWS




(Story Updated)...An explosion on an Israeli-owned ship in the Sea of Oman.   Crew and ship both reported safe after the blast.    The explosion occurred in waters between Oman and Iran...SOUTHFRONT...Israeli officials believe Iran was behind the blast...TIMES OF ISRAEL




THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION SUSPENDING TRADING IN 15 COMPANIES TODAY.    THE SEC SAYING  THERE IS QUESTIONABLE TRADING AND SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITY INVOLVING THE 15 COMPANIES ...SEC NEWS RELEASE



(STORY UPDATED)  Four environmentalist groups sued the federal government to overturn the January 19th decision by the federal Bureau of Land Management giving Oregon ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond a ten-year grazing permit.   


The Hammonds pardoned by President Trump in July of 2018 serving a federal terrorism sentence for lighting a backfire to protect their ranch from a brushfire.    The Hammond plight brought to the world's attention by Ammon Bundy and supporters during the early 2016 Oregon Standoff protest...OREGONLIVE..


Now the late word today is that the Biden Administration has rescinded the grazing permit for the Hammonds issued by the Trump Administration...OREGONLIVE



POLITICS AND REPUBLICAN SENATE LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL SAYING HE'LL 'ABSOLUTELY' SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP IF HE WINS THE 2024 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.   BUT MCCONNELL ALSO TOLD FOX NEWS HOST BRET BAIER THAT HE SEES A 'WIDE OPEN RACE' FOR THE NOMINATION...CNN




The notion of a 15 dollar minimum wage has been dropped from the coronavirus stimulus plan in the US Senate.     The setback for Senate Democrats attributed to the ruling of a parliamentary adviser...THE INDEPENDENT UK




THE UNITED STATES AGREEING IN PRINCIPLE TO ALLOW PARTIAL RELEASE OF IRANIAN ASSETS FROZEN IN SOUTH KOREA.   THAT WORD FROM A SOUTH KOREAN OFFICIAL WHO SAYS DETAILS OF THE MONEY TRANSFER IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED...PRESS TV IRAN



A coronavirus testing controversy between the US and China.   US diplomats in China reported to have been ordered to undergo anal testing for COVID-19...THE SUN-UK



AND THE CORONAVIRUS STATS VIA WORLDOMETERS FOR TODAY 80,625 NEW POSITIVE TESTS IN THE US AND 432,632 WORLDWIDE.


THIS COMPARES TO 78,640 NEW POSITIVE TESTS IN THE US AND 403,385 WORLWIDE LAST FRIDAY.












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