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//The Wire//1700Z July 8, 2024//

//ROUTINE//

//BLUF: FRANCE ELECTION RESULTS IN GAINS FOR FAR-LEFT PARTIES. BOEING PLEADS GUILTY REGARDING 2018-2019 CRASH INVESTIGATIONS.//

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-International Events-

France: Riots continue despite the latest election results. Yesterday’s snap election yielded big gains for extreme-Far-Left political parties as the New Popular Front (NFP) received the largest number of seats. In second place was Macron’s coalition, with Le Pen’s National Rally receiving the third highest number of seats.

-HomeFront-

Texas: Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Texas as a Category 1 hurricane. Local reports indicate roughly 1.5 million people were without power in the Galveston area, however the power to many customers has been already restored.

USA: Boeing has accepted a plea deal to plead guilty to criminal charges stemming from a federal investigation into two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019. These fatal crashes killed all passengers onboard, totaling 338 victims between the two incidents. Both incidents were investigated on the allegations of faulty materials being used in the construction of the aircraft, among many other safety issues.

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Analyst Comments: Due to legal precedence, Boeing (the company) will be convicted of felonies, but no current or former Boeing employee will be charged with any crime with regards to these crashes. Boeing will be fined $243.6 million. For perspective, Boeing reported a little over $77 billion in profits for 2023, generating roughly $209 million per day in revenue.

Analyst: S2A1

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00:00 - Northeast Region 
05:29 - Southeast Region 
06:36 - Midwest Region 
08:23 - Western Europe 
11:19 - Mediterranean 
15:58 - GhostNet Reports 
17:23 - Closing Thoughts 

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//The Wire//1800Z July 5, 2024//

//ROUTINE//

//BLUF: LABOUR PARTY WINS BIG IN U.K. ELECTIONS. U.S. FORCES CONTINUE TARGETING HOUTHIS IN YEMEN. WISCONSIN REINSTATES BALLOT DROP BOXES.//

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-International Events-

United Kingdom: The Labour Party swept yesterdays election in a landslide, ousting Tory leadership from power. Last night, Kier Starmer accepted the role of Prime Minister.

Red Sea/HOA: Yesterday US forces allegedly destroyed two more Houthi Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs), in addition to an alleged Houthi radar site in Yemen.

-HomeFront-

New York: A suspected drunk driver drove his vehicle into a crowd of people in a park in Lower East Side Manhattan last night. 3x people were killed in the collision, and as of this morning at least 7x are still hospitalized due to the severity of their injuries.

Wisconsin: The State Supreme Court has issued a ruling to reinstate most ballot drop boxes, following its own earlier decision to ban their use. The earlier judgement was based on their interpretation of a state statute which made the use of drop boxes outside of official election centers illegal, as well as the state laws prohibiting the executive branch from tampering with election procedures.

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Analyst Comments: As a reminder, the use (and number of) ballot drop boxes in Wisconsin increased substantially during the COVID era, with over 40% of all votes cast during the 2020 election originating from drop boxes that were deemed illegal by the Supreme Court. The situation with regards to Wisconsin’s highest legal office has also become particularly nasty following many scandals and much infighting over the past year. The Wisconsin Supreme Court changed to a liberal majority last year, resulting in many corruption scandals, changes to procedure, and more open partisanship (via justices receiving exceptionally large campaign donations from political parties). This also resulted in the reversal of their own ruling, which will keep ballot drop boxes in place for the 2024 election season.

Analyst: S2A1

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//The Wire//1530Z July 4, 2024//

//ROUTINE//

//BLUF: EXPLOSION AT GENERAL DYNAMICS EXPLOSIVES FACTORY IN ARKANSAS. BOIL WATER ADVISORY ISSUED FOR WASHINGTON D.C.//

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-International Events-

Middle East: Hezbollah rocket attacks have increased over the past few days, alongside Israeli targeting in southern Lebanon and the Golan Heights.

Europe: A stabbing incident was reported in the vicinity of Versailles Palace this morning. No further details have been provided yet as this is a developing situation.

-HomeFront-

Washington D.C. – A boil water advisory has been emplaced for the entirety of the district due to potential water contamination. This advisory has been issued as a result of increased turbidity due to low water levels, which hinders chemical treatment efforts.

Arkansas: A large explosion at the General Dynamics facility in Camden yesterday has resulted in the injury of 2x workers, with one employee still missing.

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Analyst Comments: The cause of the blast has not been disclosed, however General Dynamics did indicate that the blast involved “pyrotechnics”. This extremely large facility provides warheads for Hellfire missiles, and provides the explosives for (and assembly of) Hydra/APKWS rockets.

Analyst: S2A1

//END REPORT//

//The Wire//2100Z July 3, 2024//

//ROUTINE//

//BLUF: BORDER CLASHES EMERGE BETWEEN TURKEY AND SYRIA. ITALY INTERCEPTS SHIPS CARRYING CONCEALED CHINESE DRONES.//

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-International Events-

Middle East: Turkey has reportedly closed border crossings with Syria following an outbreak of violence over the past few days.

Mediterranean: Italian customs authorities have reported the seizure of Chinese drones in the process of being transferred from two Chinese cargo ships, to other vessels bound for Libya. The UAS platforms were the larger Wing Loong II variant, and were discovered concealed inside six shipping containers upon entry to the Italian port of Gioia Tauro where they were camouflaged among wind turbine equipment. The drones have been confiscated due to the UN embargo restricting the shipment of military arms to Libya.

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Analyst Comments: Tensions have been slowly escalating between Turkey and Syria following an influx of Syrian refugees in Turkey, which has become increasingly more of a problem for Turkey over the past few years. Turkish citizens have adopted a more anti-migrant stance following the arrest of a Syrian man for the abuse of a child a few days ago. After the atrocious act was made public, ethnic Turks rioted in condemnation of ethnic Syrians, to include property damage within Syrian communities in Turkey. Consequently, Syrians counterprotested, which included limited small arms engagements between Syrians and Turkish border guards. So far, local media reports 4x fatalities, with 20x others wounded as a result of the latest border skirmishes.

Analyst: S2A1

//END REPORT//

//The Wire//2230Z July 2, 2024//

//ROUTINE//

//BLUF: DPRK TESTS NEW MISSILE. HURRICANE BERYL REACHES CAT 5. ACID ATTACK STRIKES GERMANY. VIOLENT RHETORIC INCREASES IN US BEFORE ELECTION.//

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-International Events-

Far East: North Korea has tested their newest ballistic missile, the Hwasongpho-11 Da-4.5. Two missiles were launched during the test, one of which appears to have suffered a failure at one of its early stages, according to South Korea. AC: Though the success of this test is uncertain, this is the first time the DPRK has tested this new platform, which North Korea claims is capable of carrying a “super large” 4.5 ton warhead.

Caribbean: Hurricane Beryl has strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane. So far, widespread damage has been reported in Grenada as the hurricane briefly made initial landfall. Further projections and forecast modeling at the moment predicts Hurricane Beryl will make final landfall on the eastern coast of Mexico, to possibly include parts of Texas.

Germany: An unidentified male conducted an acid attack in a café in Bochum on Sunday. So far, police have indicated that this may have been a targeted attack on one person at the café. However, as many as 14 people were either directly burned in the attack, or were otherwise involved or wounded. AC: Almost all details of the attack have been concealed by authorities at this time (which is typical of terror attacks throughout Europe), however the assailant was arrested shortly after the attack.

-HomeFront-

USA: Following the wake of various SCOTUS rulings, to include ruling in favor of President Trump with regards to his immunity from prosecution for official acts as President, violent rhetoric has become common on social media, mostly among various far-left activists (and many celebrities, journalists, pundits, etc).

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Analyst Comments: Ordinarily, the violent rhetoric originating from mostly leftist groups would be not worthy of mention as the political far-left has been allowed to say such things on social media without repercussion for some time now. This textbook threatening language has evolved to the point of Leftist groups threatening a President, which normally is the most-forbidden topic that results in immediate investigation under normal circumstances. However, legalities aside, this does shift the baseline of acceptable social behavior to the point that pundits on mainstream media are either outright encouraging such violent rhetoric, or passively agreeing with it. Even though a tidal wave of violent rhetoric has become common in the digital sphere in the lead up to Presidential elections, shifting the goalposts to normalize increasingly violent rhetoric should be noted as it is a strong indicator of violent speech eventually becoming violent behavior. Right now, violent speech (despite the legalities) can generally be attributed to meaningless internet outrage. However it would be wise to remain aware of some of the more specific and widespread rhetoric, or threats that are made by groups well known to resort to violence; taking random threats on the internet seriously would be prudent just in case malign actors decide to make good on their threats. 

Analyst: S2A1

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//The Wire//2130Z July 1, 2024//

//ROUTINE//

//BLUF: U.S. ELEVATES TERROR THREAT RISK AT SEVERAL BASES THROUGHOUT EUROPE. PARIS RIOTS FOLLOWING FIRST ROUND OF VOTING.//

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-International Events-

Europe: The threat posture for U.S. Forces in Europe has been increased. Over the past few days, several U.S. military bases in Europe have reportedly increased to FPCON CHARLIE, tightening security with regards to off-base travel, entry-exit procedures, etc.

France: Riots have broken out in Paris following the first round of voting. Far-Left demonstrators rallied in opposition to Le Pen’s National Rally Party winning 33% of the vote, signaling a huge shift in French politics towards supporting allegedly “far-right” candidates.

-HomeFront-

Washington D.C. – The SCOTUS has ruled that President Trump does have immunity for actions that were withing his purview as President. 

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Analyst Comments: The reason for this widespread FPCON elevation has not been publicly disclosed, nor have defense officials indicated that the increased posture is due to a specific threat. However, with increased tensions in the Middle East, combined with the looming American holiday (which always presents increased risks of lone wolf attacks for service members who take leave during holidays), the general risks of attacks on U.S. bases overseas remains higher than the baseline. Conversely, FPCON CHARLIE is not a protection level that can easily be maintained for long periods of time; after a few days, the logistical challenges of operating at such a heightened state of security is counterproductive to the daily operation of any military base. As such, this heightened awareness is likely in response to a specific threat that has not been disclosed yet. Though tensions in the Middle East are expected to rise significantly in the event of conflict potentially expanding, it’s not clear as to if this increased security posture is related to any imminently developing events in the region.

Analyst: S2A1

//END REPORT//

00:00 - Northeast Region 
06:02 - Southeast Region 
09:52 - Midwest Region 
11:30 - Bolivian Coup Attempt 
13:30 - Sevastopol Strike 
23:54 - Middle East 
29:50 - GhostNet Reports 
31:45 - Closing Thoughts 

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//The Wire//2030Z June 28, 2024//

//ROUTINE//

//BLUF: INDICATIONS OF ISRAELI INVASION OF LEBANON CONTINUE TO MOUNT. HOUTHI ATTACKS CONTINUE. TRAIN DERAILMENT IN ILLINOIS CAUSES EVACUATIONS.//

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-International Events-

Middle East: Tensions remain high regarding a potentially impending Israeli invasion of Lebanon. Various world powers continue to express growing concerns, to include the United States. AC: Additionally, maritime watchers have noted the maneuver of various US Navy assets to the region. However, it’s not clear as to if these specific movements are routine or more of a diplomatic power projection. However, it is overwhelmingly likely that the preliminary staging of forces throughout the region is occurring to some degree, should a rapid evacuation operation be necessary.

Red Sea/HOA: Houthi attacks on commercial shipping continue. Over the past few days, several vessels have reported being targeted by missiles, including one vessel reporting 5x missile strike attempts. So far, all of these targeting attempts appear to be unsuccessful or near-misses.

-HomeFront-

Illinois: A train derailed in Matteson, causing limited local evacuations due to the leak of at least one car containing LPG. The leak has since been contained, and recovery efforts are ongoing. No other HAZMAT concerns have been identified as a result of this derailment.

Kentucky: Yesterday, Rep. Thomas Massie’s wife passed away suddenly and unexpectedly. No further details have been released at this time.

Washington D.C. – The SCOTUS has overruled a controversial 1984 decision that previously allowed federal agencies to interpret ambiguous laws. AC: This case, Chevron vs. Natural Resources Defense Council (colloquially known as the Chevron doctrine) has been cited as the bedrock of federal agencies being able to “interpret” the technical details of laws, and in many cases (in effect) add to or detract from the legal text as passed by an elected body. Overruling this case (in theory) removes a substantial portion of the bureaucratic authorities granted to federal agencies, meaning that a substantial shift in administrative law is likely to occur as a result of this ruling, to include the more than 18,000 laws that cite the precedent of this case.

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Analyst Comments: Last night, Israeli media reported that the White House has lifted the “soft” hold on the export of Mk 82 bombs to Israel. As a reminder, the White House had hesitated to export these unguided munitions for fear of the potential for civilian casualties in Gaza. As such, this shipment (and other shipments of even larger munitions) had been placed under review until the decision was made to complete the arms transfer. Overnight, various Israeli media outlets (citing confidential sources) claimed that the arms transfer had been approved, and the shipment will be completed after the Israeli operation in Rafah has reached a conclusion. Of course, unverifiable information from historically questionable sources must be taken with a grain of salt, however this may signal a few impending milestones: A potential shifting of logistics to support an operation in the North (which would need the larger munitions), a removal of the last American political hesitance to continue arming Israel with larger (and potentially unguided) munitions, and a potential widening of the conflict throughout the Middle East. 

Analyst: S2A1

//END REPORT//

//The Wire//1800Z June 27, 2024//

//ROUTINE//

//BLUF: BOLIVIAN GENERAL LAUNCHES, FAILS COUP ATTEMPT. CHINA EXPELS FORMER DEFENSE MINISTERS FROM PARTY.//

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-International Events-

Bolivia: Yesterday afternoon, General Juan Jose Zuniga attempted to launch a military coup to overthrow the government of President Luis Arce. A small group of soldiers was successful in breaching the perimeter of the Presidential palace, but within a few hours the coup was put down. General Zuniga was arrested, and Arce remains President.

China: Two former Defense Ministers have been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party (and allegedly prosecuted) on allegations of corruption. AC: This is likely a continuation of Xi Jinping’s quest to consolidate power, which many consider to be a necessity in case of a politically challenging event, such as the eventual invasion of Taiwan.

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Analyst Comments: Bolivia has recently begun work on expanding their lithium reserves, which some claim are the largest lithium deposits in the world. Bolivia just recently signed a billion-dollar agreement with China to build lithium processing facilities throughout the nation.

Analyst: S2A1

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