EFTA01654139.pdf

From: NY To: Undisclosed recipients:; Subject: SITREP and Orange is the Color of the Day for Tuesday, July 15, 2025 Date: The, 15 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Importance: Normal Milne-Images: Outlook-fhtlalc5s.jpg EDER %I BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION lir Go to New York Field Office News and Informatiu Follow this site to get updates in your newsfeed. NEWLY LISTED EVENTS Nothing to report. ICE ERO OPERATIONS Daily Teams Channel for ICE Operations: COLOR OF THE DAY Orange AILIVIALITT INDEX Ac of 7ain (AQI) Value of Index = 41 OZONE = 67 Daily AQI Color = Yellow Reference: AirNow.gov NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Partly cloudy with a high near 85. SIGNIFICANT NEWS EVENTS DOJ Urges Supreme Court to Turn Away Epstein Accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell's Appeal ABC News (07/14, Hill) reported that the DOJ has urged the Supreme Court to reject Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal, arguing that her prosecution was not barred by Jeffrey Epstein's 2007 non-prosecution agreement. According to the article, Maxwell, who is serving a 20•year prison sentence for conspiring with Epstein to abuse underage girls, claims that the agreement's co-conspirator clause should have protected her from prosecution in New York. The article noted that the DOJ argues that the clause only applied to the Southern District of Florida and was not intended to bind other federal districts, and that Maxwell was not an intended beneficiary of the agreement. Additional reporting on the story was provided by The Daily Beast (07/14, Vaillancourt), Fox News (07/14, Oliver), Law & Crime (07/14, Naham), Newsweek (07/14, Plummer), Washington Examiner (07/14, Deese), New York Post (07/14, Kochman), New York Daily News (07/14, Crane-Newman), The Independent (07/14, Dobkin), USA Today (07/14, Bagchl), The New York Sun (07/14, Curl), Daily Mail (07/14, Caralle), Newsmax (07/14, Reyner) and Business Insider (07/14, Shamsian). Trump Administration Leaves Congress in Dark on Spending Decisions Reuters (07/14, Erickson) reported that the Trump administration is being criticized for lacking transparency in its spending decisions, leaving Congress in the dark about how taxpayer dollars are being allocated. According to the article, the lack of clarity follows a broader pattern in which the Trump administration has provided less detail on how it plans to spend taxpayer dollars, drawing criticism from some Republicans in Congress. "Delayed budgets, missing details, and omitted spend plans make the federal budget less transparent and less accountable to the people and their elected representatives,' Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine told Russell Vought, director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, at a June 25 hearing. The article noted that the administration's reluctance to share detailed spending plans has placed Cabinet secretaries in the hot seat on Capitol Hill for the last several weeks, as the funding law required these details by the end of April. al'm doing the best I can; Director Patel said at his May hearing, pointing the finger at other parts of the administration when hounded about the lack of spending details. Retired Army Officer Pleads Guilty to Sharing Classified Info on Russia-Ukraine War on Dating Site The Associated Press (07/14, Karnowski) reported that David Slater, a 64•year•old retired Army officer, pleaded guilty to conspiring to transmit classified information about the Russia-Ukraine war on a foreign online dating platform. According to the article, Slater, who had top secret clearance, shared secret information about military targets and Russian military capabilities with an unnamed coconspirator claiming to be a woman living in Ukraine. The article noted that Slater faces a potential prison sentence of between 5 years and 10 months and 7 years and 3 months, with the government recommending a term at the low end of that range. "Mr. Slater betrayed an oath he made to safeguard our nation's intelligence," said Special Agent in Charge Eugene Kowel of the FBI Omaha Field Office in the press release. "Leveraging his access to sensitive information, Mr. Slater chose to transmit material that put our country at risk. The FBI is extremely thankful for the work of our partners in this EFTA01654139 case. We will continue to partner together to defend the homeland by aggressively investigating and apprehending criminals and adversaries who pose a threat to our nation's security: The Daily Beast (07/14, Vaillancourt) also reported on the story. Law Enforcement Authorities Bust International Microsoft Scam Call Center CyberNews (07/14, Mous) reported that the CBI, NCA, FBI, and Microsoft collaborated to take down an international scam ring pretending to be Microsoft. The scammers, who targeted victims in the UK and the US, used spoofed phone numbers and fake "software solutions" to swindle over E390,000 from UK victims. The joint effort resulted in the arrest of two individuals in India, with authorities committing to continued cooperation to bring fraud criminals to Justice and protect victims. TRAFFIC ALERT Nothing to report. 26 Federal Plaza 23rd Floor Gym Closure Schedule: Facilities will close the 23rd floor Gym every Tuesday evening from 3:30 pm•12:00 am for cleaning. Men's and Women's locker room will be cleaned out the first Tuesday of the month and all items left in the locker room will be disposed of. Please direct any questions to Facilities at extension x3900. Federal Bureau of Investigation New York Division 26 Federal Plaza New York, NY 10278 Phone EFTA01654140