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Week 34: Aug 17 – Aug 23, 2025 · 🔒 FROZEN

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Events with high constitutional damage but low media attention (Attention Budget < −30).

Secretary Hegseth Fires Defense Intelligence Agency Director
Personnel Capturefederal · narrow
A
56.2
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24.3
-32 UNDERCOVERED
IF YOU ONLY DO ONE THING

PRIORITY ALERT: Document this incident as part of systematic intelligence community capture. Monitor for: (1) replacement appointee's qualifications and loyalty signals, (2) changes in DIA intelligence assessments on Iran or other sensitive topics, (3) additional intelligence leadership removals, (4) whistleblower reports of pressure to alter intelligence findings, (5) Congressional oversight responses. This represents direct politicization of military intelligence with severe implications for national security decision-making integrity. Track whether this creates precedent for punishing intelligence professionals who provide politically inconvenient assessments.