Thursday, December 12, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 12/12/2024 NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*"DRONE DRAMA" EXPLANATION?*FBI REVEALS 26 UNDERCOVER AT J6*NATO CHIEF "PREPARE MENTALLY FOR WAR"*BIDEN ANNOUNCES PARDONS, PROMISES MORE*CANADIAN LEADER THREATENS POWER CUT TO USA*

 


                (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)




                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




The US Defense Department announcing the successful test of a hypersonic missile at Cape Canaveral in Florida...US Department of Defense



RISING TENSIONS IN THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL'S LEGAL SYSTEM AND ELECTED GOVERNMENT.


THE HIGH COURT ORDERING JUSTICE MINISTER YARIV LEVIN TO HOLD A JUDICIAL SELECTION COMMITTEE VOTE FOR A NEW SUPREME COURT PRESIDENT BY JANUARY 16TH. 


MR. LEVIN IN TURN ACCUSING THE COURT OF OPERATING A JUDICIAL DICTATORSHIP.


AND THE ACTING HEAD OF THE HIGH COURT ACCUSING THE GOVERNMENT OF UNDERMINING THE SEPARATION OF POWERS.


MR. LEVIN HINTING HE MAY BRING BACK CONTENTIOUS LEGISLATION TO REFORM ISRAEL'S LEGAL SYSTEM...TIMES OF ISRAEL



Reports of sexual harassment and assault at the three major US military academies declined last year to 783 from 1,136 the year before.


Tracking has been going on since 2006 and reported incidents for the 2023-2024 academic year described as 'still relatively high'...Task and Purpose




AN EXPLANATION FOR THE 'DRONE DRAMA' HERE IN THE US.    ONE ANALYST SPECULATES ABOUT A US NAVY SUBMERSIBLE DRONE CARRIER CONDUCTING AN EXPERIMENT...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT) (SOCIAL MEDIA LINK IN STORY)




From Paris tonight word that a new prime minister will be appointed tomorrow by President Emmanuel Macron.  

Mr. Macron returning hours earlier than planned from a trip to Poland but delaying an announcement that was expected this evening...Le Figaro France (Translation Prompt) (Limited Free Access)




A NEW ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE REPORTED IN GAZA TONIGHT WITH AT LEAST 20 KILLED ACCORDING TO THE PALESTINIANS...TIMES OF ISRAEL




Brazil's President Lula da Silva recovering after a second surgical operation this week on his brain.    The surgery to block blood flow proclaimed a 'success'...Al Jazeera Qatar




A WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORT CLAIMS THAT PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP WANTS EUROPEAN TROOPS TO MONITOR A CEASE-FIRE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE...TASS RUSSIA




ISRAEL SEES AN OPENING TO ATTACK IRAN'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES.


RECENT EVENTS LIKE THE END OF SYRIA'S GOVERNMENT AND ISRAEL'S DESTRUCTION OF SYRIAN AIR DEFENSES CREATE A BETTER CHANGE OF SUCCESSFULLY ATTACKING IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM.


SO, ISRAEL'S AIR FORCE IS RAMPING UP ITS PREPARATIONS FOR SUCH AN ATTACK...TIMES OF ISRAEL




(Updated) A US Justice Department Inspector General's report reveals 26 FBI 'undercover assets' were present at the events that happened in and around the US Capitol on January 6th, 2021.


Three of them said to be assigned to follow 'domestic terrorism suspects'.


Four of them actually entered the US Capitol building and 13 were inside the security perimeter area for which people were arrested and charged in connection with January 6th...Newsmax





EUTHANASIA NOW ACCOUNTNG FOR 4.7 PERCENT OF DEATHS IN CANADA.


THE RATE OF INCREASE IN 'MEDICALLY ASSISTED DYING' SLOWING BUT 15,300 PEOPLE UNDERWENT ASSISTED DYING LAST YEAR.


CANADA LEGALIZING 'MAD' IN 2016...BBC NEWS





Inflation in Ukraine reported at annual rate of 11.2 percent in November.   That's up from a 9.7 percent rate in October according to the Bank Of Ukraine...Tass Russia





ISRAELI AIR STRIKES KILLING AT LEAST 28 PEOPLE IN GAZA.   AUTHORITIES THERE SAY CHILDREN AND A WOMAN AMONG THE DEAD.   


THE LATEST ATTACKS FOLLOW A UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTE CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE AND RELEASE OF HOSTAGES IN GAZA...ASSOCIATED PRESS-IRISH EXAMINER



"We are not ready for what comes our way in the next four or five years"




THE NEW NATO SECRETARY GENERAL FORMER DUTCH PRIME MINISTER MARK RUTTE SAYS ITS TIME GET READY FOR CONFLICT ALSO SAYING:



"Time to prepare ourselves spiritually (mentally) for war"



RUTTE CLAIMING HE IS INVOLVED IN A CRUCIAL DISCUSSION WITH NATO MEMBER COUNTRIES ABOUT A SECURITY SITUATION THAT:



                      "doesn't look good"



HE ASSERTS THAT CHINA, IRAN, NORTH KOREA AND RUSSIA ARE WORKING TO 'UNDERMINE FREEDOM' AND 'CHANGE THE WORLD ORDER'...


         NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Time Magazine naming President-Elect Donald Trump "Person of the Year".

Among other things Mr. Trump noted for a "comeback of historic proportions"...News Agencies-Deutsche Welle Germany


(UPDATED) AN AMERICAN MAN WHO SAID HE WAS ON A CHRISTIAN PILGRIMAGE FREED FROM A SYRIAN PRISON.


29-YEAR-OLD TRAVIS TIMMERMAN FROM MISSOURI DESCIBING TWO MEN USING A HAMMER TO OPEN HIS PRISON CELL.



NEWS MEDIA FOUND HIM WANDERING AROUND AFTER BEING FREED.


MR. TIMMERMAN SAID HE WALKED INTO SYRIA ON HIS JOURNEY AFTER 'READING THE SCRIPTURE A LOT'.



TIMMERMAN ARRESTED AND HELD BY SYRIAN AUTHORITIES FOR SEVEN MONTHS.  


HE SAID HE WAS FED AND GIVEN WATER DURING HIS IMPRISONMENT...LBC NEWS UK...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 234.44 points or .53 percent.



The NASDAQ down 132.05 points of .66 percent.


At 423 pm New York Time the price of oil declining to 70 dollars eight cents a barrel down 21 cents...Marketwatch



JOE BIDEN PARDONING 39 PEOPLE AND COMMUTING THE SENTENCES OF 1,500 OTHERS.


TODAY'S PARDONS SAID TO COVER NON-VIOLENT OFFENDERS.


MORE ACTIONS PROMISED BEFORE BIDEN LEAVES THE WHITE HOUSE ON JANUARY 20TH...BBC NEWS



ROMANIA AND BULGARIA JOINING THE PASSPORT-FREE SCHENGEN ZONE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION.


EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT.


THE CHANGE OCCURS ON JANUARY 1ST SYMBOLIZING 'FULL MEMBERSHIP' IN THE EUROPEAN UNION.


THE DECISION COMES JUST DAYS AFTER ROMANIA AUTHORITIES ANNULLED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND CRACKED DOWN ON A 'FAR-RIGHT' PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LINKED TO RUSSIA...BBC NEWS


The Australian government moving to tax Google, Facebook and TikTok to extract funding for mainstream media organizations from them.


It's an attempt to coerce them into funding agreements with mainstream news media...ABC News Australia



THE PREMIER OF CANADA'S MOST POPULOUS PROVINCE WILLING TO CUT ELECTRICITY TO THE UNITED STATES IF FUTURE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IMPOSES TARIFFS ON CANADA.


ONTARIO PREMIER DOUG FORD OF THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE PARTY SAYING ENERGY SUPPLIES FROM ONTARIO TO STATES LIKE NEW YORK, MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN COULD BE CUT.


MR. FORD SPOKE FOLLOWING A MEETING WITH PRIME MINSTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU AND OTHER PROVINCIAL PREMIERS...CBC NEWS CANADA




South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol rejecting insurrection charges against him following last week's declaration of martial law.


Yoon says the declaration was an act of governance to 'normalize state affairs' because the political opposition had paralyzed the government...Yonhap News Agency South Korea



Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic says that the US and allied nations have invested 426 million Euros (447.51 million US Dollars) to remove him from power.


Vucic says the money was channeled into civic society and political opposition groups...DTT-NET




    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                         (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


                         TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS


        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



In other news...



HEALTH AUTHORITIES IN CONGO BELIEVE THE RARE ILLNESS DETECTED THERE MAY BE MALARIA.


12 PATIENTS TESTED WITH NINE TESTING POSITIVE FOR MALARIA.


THE TESTING NOT CONSIDERED CONCLUSIVE SO THE INVESTIGATION OF THE ILLNESS WILL CONTINUE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



The US Navy streamlining boot camp for new recruits from ten to nine weeks.  No training modules will be eliminated by the change. 

The decision unrelated to the Navy's recent success in meeting its recruiting goals...USNI News

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