93 hours after the illegal abduction of the Executive Board and members of the VP Staff of Intelligence Services by the agents of the Civil Law Enforcement Agency of the Coalition States, many questions remain unanswered. 

(Left to Right:Chief Cultural Officer Chandler Bankcroft, Chief Technical Officer Gilga Uy, Chief Executive Officer Jared Yoro, Chief Security Officer John Rheul, and Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth O’Connel)

(Where Is Harlan Ousterbachen?)

(Civil Law Enforcement Agency Headquarters, Central Zone, New Chicago)   Without valid cause, agents entered Intelligence Services property, illegally bypassed internal security checkpoints, violated 74 separate points of entreatment, and deprived the board members of their civil rights as dual citizens of the Coalition States. Now released, the Executive Board is in mediation with President Jendroska and the CNRC (Corporate Negotiaton and Regulation Commission), to resolve the twin issues of damages and trade impacts. 

Based on faulty information, CLEAN claims its raid was an attempt to prevent an internal coup and terrorist bombing of IS facilities by a splinter faction of their own employees. No information on what this splinter faction’s motives would be, or why they would choose election day as their target date has been provided by CLEAN, nor has any proof of these claims. “Reliable but confindential informants” are being sited as the source of the intel, and CLEAN representatives assure us that all action was taken to maintain the safety and security of the Intelligence Services board.  Assuming this is true, it still leaves one issue unresolved: why hasn’t Intelligence Services VP of Surveillance Harlan Ousterbachen been released from CLEAN custody yet? And for that matter, where are his Branch Manager staff? Were they also taken into custody during this Keystone Cop Anti-Terrorism episode? If so, why are we approaching the 100 hour mark without their release, or any specific comment on the matter? During a period of such tense negotiation at the highest levels, the remaining uncertainty regarding CLEAN’s illegal detention of Ousterbachen seems contrary to their apologetic stance.

At the end of a complicated, and sometimes contested race, incumbent President of the Coalition States Alexandra Jendroska has retained her presidency, defeating popular opposition candidate Governor Sylvia Sammada by a narrow margin in Sunday’s election.

Governor Sammada, favorite candidate of both Foundation and Homeland parties, remains in critical condition today, receiving care at an as-yet undisclosed location for mutagenic chemical weapon exposure received at a political rally in New Chicago on election night. Questions continue to mount as to what the Governor was doing at the opposition party rally for Jendroska in New Chicago’s troubled Ukrainian Village neighborhood. While reports of terrorist attack and covert action are unsubstantiated at this time, the continued absence of Governor Sammada, and the lack of formal concession have been increasingly hot topics in the Feed Commons.