Wednesday, December 17, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 12/17/2025*LAST DITCH MAXWELL APPEAL COULD IMPEDE EPSTEIN FILES RELEASE*ISRAEL-EGYPT NATURAL GAS DEAL*WARNER BROTHERS REJECTS PARAMOUNT TAKEOVER*GOP CONGRESSMAN SEEKS TO PROTECT 'GENDER TRANSITION' OF CHILDREN*

 


                      (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)

                          (STORIES IN UPPER AND LOWER SECTIONS OF POST)




                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





FOUR WOUNDED IN A UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK ON BATAISK IN ROSTOV REGION OF RUSSIA....TASS RUSSIA




Power outages late tonight in Cherkassy, Ukraine.   Explosions reported in the city due to a Russian attack...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)




Another deadly US military attack on a boat linked to drug trafficking.   Four killed in the attack on a boat in the Eastern Pacific Ocean...OSINTdefender "X"




PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PRIME TIME SPEECH TONIGHT TOUTING ADMINISTRATION POLICIES SINCE MR. TRUMP BEGAN HIS SECOND TERM 11 MONTHS AGO.


THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCING A 1,776 DOLLAR 'WARRIOR DIVIDEND' FOR MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY USING REVENUE RAISED BY TAFFIFS...






                                   PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SPEECH IN FULL




Jeffrey Epstein attorney and associate Constitutional lawyer Alan Dershowitz sharing a book draft about a third Presidential term with US President Donald Trump. 


Mr. Dershowitz saying in his book that the US Constitution is unclear about the notion of a third Presidential term.


This story reported by the "Wall Street Journal"...Wall Street Journal "X"



CONVICTED JEFFREY EPSTEIN ACCOMPLICE GHISLAINE MAXWELL MAKING A LAST-DITCH APPEAL.


MAXWELL, CONVICTED OF INVOLVEMENT IN UNDERAGE SEX TRAFFICKING AND ABUSE OF YOUNG GIRLS, SEEKING TO HAVE HER CONVICTION THROWN OUT.


THIS COMES JUST DAYS BEFORE RELEASE OF THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES HELD BY US GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.


HER MOVE COULD COMPLICATE RELEASE OF THOSE FILES...ABC NEWS USA



The US House rejecting resolutions opposing President Trump's military actions in Latin America.


One resolution rejected 216-210 the other 213-211.



There have been 25 deadly attacks on boats linked to drug trafficking in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean in recent months...The Hill USA



ISRAEL AND EGYPT AGREEING TO A 35 BILLION DOLLAR NATURAL GAS DEAL.


UNDER THE DEAL ISRAEL PROVIDING THE NATURAL GAS FROM OFFSHORE FIELDS WITH JUST OVER 18 BILLION DOLLARS BECOMING REVENUE FOR ISRAEL'S GOVERNMENT.


THE UNITED STATES IS SAID TO HAVE PRESSURED PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU INTO THE DEAL...

                                  TIMES OF ISRAEL


                                  BARAK RAVID "X"





DEPUTY FBI DIRECTOR DAN BONGINO RESIGNING FRIDAY.


BONGINO A FORMER CONSERVATIVE TALK SHOW HOST AND MEMBER OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.



HE WAS A LEADING ADVOCATE FOR RELEASING THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES BEFORE ASSUMING HIS POST EARLIER THIS YEAR.


PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKING THIS AFTERNOON OF BONGINO SAYING HE DID A 'GREAT JOB'...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)...


LATE WORD MR. BONGINO CONFIRMING HE WILL BE LEAVING HIS POST IN JANUARY...(NEWS AGENCIES)



11 Palestinians wounded in Gaza today with Israel saying that mortar training by its soldiers led to a mishap...Chosun Biz South Korea



WARNER BROTHERS WARNING ITS SHAREHOLDERS ABOUT PARAMOUNT'S TAKEOVER BID.


THE WARNING SAYS THE BEST WAY FORWARD FOR THE COMPANY IS TO BE ACQUIRED BY THE STREAMING GIANT NETFLIX...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


The markets today.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 228.29 points or .47 percent.


The NASDAQ declined 418.14 points or 1.81 percent.


At 452 pm New York Time the price of oil higher at 56 dollars 85 cents a barrel up one dollar 58 cents or 2.86 percent...Marketwatch



'BLOOMBERG' REPORTS THAT THE US IS PREPARING NEW SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA.


THESE WOULD BE IMPOSED IF A DEAL ON THE UKRAINE WAR IS NOT ACHIEVED IN THE COMING DAYS.


KREMLIN SPOKESMAN DMITRY PESKOV SAYING ANY SUCH SANCTIONS WOULD HARM THE FOSTERING OF RELATIONS...TASS RUSSIA



Republican Congressman Chip Roy of Texas moving to amend gender transition legislation from outgoing Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.



Greene wants to codify President Trump's executive order on gender transition making it permanent so the next Democrat President won't repeal it.


But Congressman Roy wants to allow 'gender transition' for children if it is done by private entities..Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene "X"





The Dutch intelligence agency (AIVD) arresting a 33-year-old Syrian man at an asylum seekers center.


He's said to have been planning a terrorist attack on an undetermined target.  He was also said to be seeking a firearm.


The man arrived at the center last summer...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



IN PAKISTAN WATER CANNONS USED BY POLICE TO DISPERSE DEMONSTRATORS HOLDING A SIT-IN OUTSIDE THE PRISON WHERE FORMER PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN IS BEING HELD.


FAMILY MEMBERS OF MR. KHAN SAY THEY ARE BEING DENIED MEETINGS WITH HIM ORDERED BY A COURT...DAWN PAKISTAN



Former New Zealand Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming given a nine-month home detention sentence after being convicted of possessing material depicting bestiality and child sex abuse.


McSkimming, who pled guilty to three charges last month, will not be placed on a registry of sex offenders.


At trial, prosecutors said seven percent of his online searches were linked to seeking or finding objectionable content and they returned 2945 images...One News New Zealand



   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                  (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


                     TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS


      RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





In other news...



THE AUSTRIAN PUBLIC BROADCASTER 'ORF' SAYS PALESTINIAN FLAGS AND BOOS OF THE ISRAELI PERFORMERS ARE WELCOME AT NEXT YEAR'S EUROVISION SONG CONTEST.


ORF IS HOSTING THE CONTEST NEXT YEAR AND SAID ANY FLAG PROVIDED IT IS THE PROPER SIZE FOR SECURITY REASONS WILL BE ALLOWED.


THE PUBLIC BROADCASTER OF FIVE NATIONS PULLING OUT OF NEXT YEAR'S CONTEST OVER ISRAEL'S PARTICIPATION IN IT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




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