NEWS SUMMARY INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 8/12/2022 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY AUTHOR SALMAN RUSHDIE STABBED IN US AS IRAN MOVES TOWARDS NUKE DEAL WITH US, TRUMP REFUTES JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ALLEGATIONS ABOUT RAID, CONCERN OVER GOP VAX PROMOTING GOVERNOR'S HEALTH, ANNE HECHE "DEAD"
Tonight latest developments in the controversy over that FBI raid on President Trump's home but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
THE IDAHO SUPREME COURT LIFTING A STAY ON THE STATE'S ABORTION LAWS.
THAT WILL ALLOW THE LAWS REGULATING ABORTIONS TO TAKE EFFECT AUGUST 25TH WHILE THE LAWSUITS AGAINST THEM PROCEEED IN IDAHO COURTS...ASSOCIATED PRESS-GLOBAL NEWS CANADA
Pennsylvania politics Democrat US Senate candidate Lt. Gov. John Fetterman able to get on stage and make a 10-minute speech this evening.
It was his first public appearance more than three months after suffering a stroke right before May's Primary Election. He said he was "grateful to be here".
Speaking in Erie Fetterman asked voters to "deliver" for him in November so he can:
"deliver the 51st vote in the Senate"
for Democrats.
Fetterman facing Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz in the election this November...
Dr. Oz was campaigning here in Central Pennsylvania today appearing at a diner just outside Harrisburg.
Oz talked issues like inflation and energy saying he wanted to hear what Pennsylvanians are saying...PENNLIVE
IN WISCONSIN HOUSE SPEAKER REPUBLICAN ROBIN VOS FIRING THE FORMER SUPREME COURT JUSTICE INVESTIGATING FRAUD IN THE 2020 ELECTION.
MICHAEL GABELMAN HAD BEEN TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE 2020 ELECTION IN WISCONSIN
GABELMAN'S FIRING COMES AFTER VOS NARROWLY SURVIVED A PRIMARY CHALLENGE FROM A CANDIDATE SUPPORTED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP IN LAST TUESDAY'S REPUBLICAN PRIMARY...MADISON.COM-WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL
WRITER SALMAN RUSHDIE, AUTHOR OF "THE SATANIC VERSES" THAT INSPIRED AN ISLAMIC FATWA COMMANDING HIS DEATH, ATTACKED ON STAGE AT THE CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION IN UPSTATE NEW YORK NEAR JAMESTOWN.
FIRST REPORTS SAY HE WAS PUNCHED OR STABBED.
BUT THE CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS RUSHDIE WAS STABBED...(WKBW-TV Buffalo-ABC News)
RUSHDIE STABBED IN THE NECK AND FLOWN TO A HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.
A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY...(WKBW-TV Buffalo News At Noon)...
THE SUSPECT IDENTIFIED AT HADI MATAR, AGE 24, FROM NEW JERSEY.
THE ORIGIN OF THE FATWA AGAINST RUSHDIE IS IRAN AND THE ATTACK COMES AS IRAN MAY BE MOVING TOWARDS ACCOMMODATION WITH THE UNITED STATES OVER THE JCPOA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT OF 2015.
IRANIAN STATE MEDIA REPORTING THAT DEPENDING ON ASSURANCES OF SANCTIONS RELIEF FOR IRAN, THE GOVERNMENT MAY BE WILLING TO ACCEPT THE NEW ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL BRING THE US BACK INTO THE JCPOA...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL...
MORE NEWS RELATED TO IRAN LATER IN THE SUMMARY.
(UPDATED) A MASS MURDER INCIDENT IN THE BALKAN NATION OF MONTENEGRO 10 KILLED.
THE ATTACKER SHOT DEAD BY AN ARMED BYSTANDER. SIX OTHERS WOUNDED.
South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol pardoning Samsung Electronics Vice-Chairman Jay Y. Lee today.
South Korea's Justice Ministry saying the pardon was needed to help the country deal with a "national economic crisis"...REUTERS-MALAY MAIL
THE WARRANT USED FOR THE MONDAY FBI RAID ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HOME REVEALED THIS AFTERNOON.
THE WARRANT WAS ISSUED LAST FRIDAY AT NOONTIME BY US DISTRICT MAGISTRATE BRUCE REINHART.
THE DOCUMENT SPEAKS OF SECRET CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS BEING SEARCHED FOR BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS NO SUCH DOCUMENTS WERE IN HIS POSSESSION.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ON SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING THAT ALL DOCUMENTS TAKEN IN THE RAID WERE "DECLASSIFIED":
"Number one, it was all declassified. Number two, they didn't need to 'seize' anything.
They could have had it anytime they wanted without playing politics and breaking into Mar-a-Lago. It was in secured storage, with an additional lock put on as per their request...
They could have had it anytime they wanted--and that includes LONG ago.
ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS ASK. The bigger problem is, what are they going to do with the 33 million pages of documents, many of which are classified, that President Obama took to Chicago?"
EARLIER IN THE MIDST OF THE FALLOUT FROM THE FBI RAID ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HOME IN MAR-A-LAGO MONDAY, A STORY LEAKED OUT OF WASHINGTON.
IT SAID THE FBI WAS LOOKING FOR 'NUCLEAR FILES' IN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POSSESSION...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL...
MEANWHILE PRESIDENT TRUMP CONTINUING TO SPEAK ON SOCIAL MEDIA CALLING FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF ALL DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE FBI RAID ON HIS HOME...DONALD J TRUMP GAB SOCIAL MEDIA...DONALD J TRUMP GAB SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGE #2
POLLING IN THE REPUBLICAN US HOUSE PRIMARY IN WYOMING NEXT TUESDAY SHOWING A COMMANDING LEAD FOR STATE SENATOR HARRIET HAGEMAN BACKED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP OVER INCUMBENT LIZ CHENEY.
THE MARGIN 57 TO 28 PERCENT.
Alabama politics concern over the health of Republican Governor Kay Ivey up for re-election in November.
Ivey has not been seen for several weeks rumors about her health abound.
She is 77 years old and had a bout with lung cancer three years ago...AL.COM...
In her efforts to promote COVID shots last year Ivey made comments about "normal folks" and "unvaccinated folks" saying it's time to "start blaming the unvaccinated" for COVID infections....
Late today Ivey's office put out photos of her with South Dakota Governor Republican Kristi Noem on Noem's arrival at an airport in Mongtomery...ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW COVID GUIDELINES FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL.
THEY COME AS SCHOOLS OPEN UP ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND WORKPLACES STRAIN UNDER THE PRESSURE OF HIGH ABSENTEEISM.
THE CDC BACKING DOWN FROM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING AND QUARANTINE TO CONTROL COVID.
BOTH VACCINATION AND PREVIOUS INFECTION CITED AS REASONS FOR LOOSENING THE COVID GUIDELINES.
TESTING NO LONGER RECOMMENDED FOR SCHOOLS AND CONTACT TRACING SHOULD BE LIMITED TO HEALTH CARE AND NUSRING HOME SITUATIONS.
BUT THE CDC WANTS PEOPLE WHO TEST POSITIVE TO STAY HOME FOR AT LEAST FIVE DAYS AND WEAR A MASK AROUND OTHERS FOR 10 DAYS...CNN
SYRIAN MEDIA REPORTS THAT TWO SYRIAN CIVILIANS WERE WOUNDED WHEN ISRAELI TANKS OPENED FIRE IN THE GOLAN HEIGHTS TODAY....TIMES OF ISRAEL
In Israel a Jewish Israeli accused of passing information like pictures of buildings to an Iranian agent attempted suicide and is in critical condition.
Her husband tells Israeli media that authorities have made their life hell for the last eight months
He says the allegations do not amount to espionage and that authorities abused his wife to get a confession out of her.
The names of the woman and her husband are barred from publication...TIMES OF ISRAEL
A judge in Argentina ordering seizure of a Venezuelan plane being detained in Buenos Aires at the request of the United States.
The US saying the aircraft may be tied to terrorism. It was previously owned by Iran...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKIYE
SOLDIERS FROM THE US, INDONESIA, SINGAPORE, AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN INVOLVED IN MANEUVERS IN INDONESIA .
A US ADMIRAL COMMANDING THE 'INDO-PACIFIC REGION' SAYS THE MILITARY EXERCISES ARE NOT DIRECTED AGAINST ANY PARTICULAR NATION.
TEN CHINESE MILITARY PLANES FLEW ACROSS THE MEDIAN LINE OF THE TAIWAN STRAIT TODAY...REUTERS-INDIAN EXPRESS
A Canadian man arrested in Cambodia charged with sexually abusing children between the ages of eight and 12.
The suspect arrived in a village on a motorcycle identifying himself as a medical professional there to conduct health checks on children...GLOBAL NEWS CANADA
ITALIAN POLITICS A LEAKED DOCUMENT SAYS THAT THE "RIGHT" ALLIANCE IS COMMITTED TO THE EUROPEAN UNION.
IN THE PAST THERE'S BEEN A EUROSKEPTIC POSITION FROM THE LEAGUE OF FORMER INTERIOR MINISTER MATTEO SALVINI.
THE DOCUMENT SPEAKS OF RENEGOTIATION OF ITALY'S OBLIGATIONS TO REPAY ITS DEBT OBLIGATIONS TO THE EU.
THE LEAKED DOCUMENT WELCOMED BY BUSINESS INTERESTS AND EUROPEAN POLITICIANS.
THE 'RIGHT' LED BY GIORGIA MELONI OF THE 'BROTHERS OF ITALY' PARTY NOW LEADING IN POLLING FOR THE SEPTEMBER 25TH ELECTION. HER PARTNERS IN THE COALITION SAVINI'S LEAGUE ALONG WITH FORMER PRIME MINISTER SILVIO BERLUSCONI'S FORZA ITALIA PARTY...POLITICO EU
RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA
US WARNS OF MORE SANCTIONS IF RUSSIAN SPEAKING REGIONS JOIN RUSSIA
An unnamed Biden Administration official says more sanctions will be imposed on Russia if Russian speaking regions in Ukraine become part of Russia...TASS RUSSIA
In other news...
The Vice President of Paraguay resigning today and pulling out of the running to be President next year following the announcement of US sanctions on him.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken making the sanctions announcement about Velazquez earlier today saying he was involved in "significant corruption"...AFP-DIGITAL JOURNAL
More than 600 relatives of Islamic State members moved to Iraq from a camp in Syria.
The move coordinated between the Kurdish administration in the region and the Iraqi government...SYRIAN OBSERVATORY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
THE US HOUSE APPROVING THE JOE BIDEN ECONOMIC LEGISLATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
THE 740 BILLION DOLLAR BILL TITLED THE 'INFLATION REDUCTION ACT' PASSED ALONG PARTY LINES 220 DEMOCRATS IN FAVOR AND 207 REPUBLICANS AGAINST. FOUR REPUBLICANS DID NOT VOTE ON THE BILL...THE HILL
Wall Street today the trend upward for both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and NASDAQ.
The Dow rose 424.38 points or 1.27 percent in value while the NASDAQ went up 267.27 points or 2.09 percent in value...MARKETWATCH
IN AUSTRALIA A LAWSUIT WITH ALLEGATIONS OF FINANCIAL WRONGDOING AGAINST THE MEGA-CHURCH HILLSONG.
THE ALLEGATIONS COME FROM A FORMER EMPLOYEE CALLED A 'WHISTLEBLOWER' BY MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
THE CHURCH WILL DEFEND AGAINST THE ALLEGATIONS IN COURT...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
Longtime CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin leaving.
He gained fame from his writing about matters like the O.J. Simpson trial in the 1990's.
Toobin had returned to the network in June of last year after more than six months off the air following an incident where he exposed himself to fellow employees of "The New Yorker" during a video call...VARIETY
Actress Anne Heche is dead at the age of 53...
The reporting is that Heche was "brain dead" and removed from "life support" (News Agencies)...
After days of Hollywood-style news about the seriousness of her medical condition we learned Anne Heche was under suspicion of felony DUI.
The woman who lived at the home that Heche hit with her car received medical treatment and is described as "very traumatized".
Lynne Mishele's home and its contents totally destroyed by the fire following the crash...FOX NEWS...
A toxicology report after the accident indicated the presence of cocaine and fentanyl in Heche's body...TMZ
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