Terran Remediation Agency - Press & Media Office

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Press & Media Office of the Agency
January 5204 - Founded by Beiteynu

SWITCHBOARD
Terran Remediation Agency
Tactical Bureau of Intelligence
Pact Command

AUTHORITY TO PUBLISH
The General Director (L5) can publish on behalf of Level 4, 3 and 2 nations.
Directors (L4) can publish on behalf of Level 3 and 2 nations.
Deputy Directors (L3) can publish on behalf of Level 2 nations.

This thread should only be used by Deputy Directors (L3), Directors (L4) and the General Director (L5) to issue statements on behalf of the Agency.

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FROM
General Director, Beiteynu (L5)
Beiteynu (L5)

STATEMENT
Following an internal investigation into the Agency's operations in the Southern Majatran region with regards to the recent stories circulating in the media of an incident that had allegedly transpired in Kafuristan, we have concluded that certain individuals within the chain of command behaved in a thoroughly unprofessional manner, resulting in false information being leaked to the media, which was triggered by our Agency's passive monitoring of monarchist activity in said region, a matter of considerable importance to the international security of Beiteynu and its diplomatic and strategic partners.

These individuals have been let go and are no longer neither members of the chain of command nor have any affiliation with the Agency, whatsoever.

We cannot stress this enough: the stories are false and no such incident took place.

After extended discussions with officials from the government of Kafuristan, we at the Agency have concluded that the severity of the exposure implied by the media leak must be swiftly addressed and remediated, as it poses a risk for the independence and internal security of nations the Agency operates in, characteristics that the Agency, the government of Beiteynu and the Agency's international partners consider of high importance both for the sovereign nations of Terra as well as the safety and health of the Agency's rapidly growing worldwide intelligence and information gathering network.

Thus, we will be implementing a strict directive of Authorisation Protocols, which has already been handed out within the Agency.

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FROM
General Director, Beiteynu (L5)
Likatonia (L3)

STATEMENT
As per the provisos of the Intelligence Pact and its adjacent addendums, we're commemorating Likatonia's entry into the Agency's worldwide intelligence network with the commencement of the construction of the Agency's headquarters in Likatonia, which will operate under the jurisdiction of the newly founded independent authority of the Agency located in Likatonia - and funded by the MOIA, as per the aforementioned international agreements.

For any future statements by the Agency, this Press & Media Office will operate under the jurisdiction of Likatonia's Head of Government.

Additionally, as per the agreements, the following departments and offices will be maintained by the government of Likatonia:

- Diplomatic Office of the Agency, under the jurisdiction of the MOFA
- Operations Office, under the jurisdiction of the MOIA
- Investigative Office, under the jurisdiction of the MOJ

Finally, a Deputy Director from Likatonia (L3) has been appointed.

We wish our fellow agents in Likatonia a bright future and look forward to an expansion of joint intelligence efforts, with Likatonia's presence in Seleya being of vital importance for the health and safety of the Agency's worldwide intelligence network. Greater good for all.

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FROM
General Director, Beiteynu (L5)
Selucia (L3)

STATEMENT
As per the provisos of the Intelligence Pact and its adjacent addendums, we're commemorating Selucia's entry into the Agency's worldwide intelligence network with the commencement of the construction of the Agency's headquarters in Selucia, which will operate under the jurisdiction of the newly founded independent authority of the Agency located in Selucia - and funded by the MOIA, as per the aforementioned international agreements.

For any future statements by the Agency, this Press & Media Office will operate under the jurisdiction of Selucia's Head of Government.

Additionally, as per the agreements, the following departments and offices will be maintained by the government of Selucia:

- Diplomatic Office of the Agency, under the jurisdiction of the MOFA
- Operations Office, under the jurisdiction of the MOIA
- Investigative Office, under the jurisdiction of the MOJ

Finally, a Deputy Director from Selucia (L3) has been appointed.

We wish our fellow agents in Selucia a bright future and look forward to an expansion of joint intelligence efforts, with Selucia's presence in Majatra's sea passages being of vital importance for the health and safety of the Agency's worldwide intelligence network.

Greater good for all.

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FROM
General Director, Beiteynu (L5)
Istalia (L3)

STATEMENT
As per the provisos of the Intelligence Pact and its adjacent addendums, we're commemorating Istalia's entry into the Agency's worldwide intelligence network with the commencement of the construction of the Agency's headquarters in Istalia, which will operate under the jurisdiction of the newly founded independent authority of the Agency located in Istalia - and funded by the MOIA, as per the aforementioned international agreements.

For any future statements by the Agency, this Press & Media Office will operate under the jurisdiction of Istalia's Head of Government.

Additionally, as per the agreements, the following offices will be established and maintained by the government of Istalia:

- Diplomatic Office of the Agency, under the jurisdiction of the MOFA
- Operations Office, under the jurisdiction of the MOIA
- Investigative Office, under the jurisdiction of the MOJ

Finally, a Deputy Director from Istalia (L3) has been appointed.

We wish our fellow agents in Istalia a bright future and look forward to an expansion of joint intelligence efforts, with Istalia's presence in the Southern Majatran region being of vital importance for the health and safety of the Agency's worldwide intelligence network.

Greater good for all.

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FROM
General Director, Beiteynu (L5)
Yingdala (L2)

STATEMENT
We welcome the nation of Yingdala into the Intelligence Pact and the Agency's worldwide intelligence and information gathering network. Yingdala's strategic position is of vital importance to the health and safety of international security and we look forward to establishing solid intelligence operations with the government of Yingdala, in coordination with Likatonia's independent authority of the Agency in Seleya.

As per the provisos of the Intelligence Pact, the following offices will be established and maintained by the government of Yingdala:

- Diplomatic Office of the Agency, under the jurisdiction of the MOFA
- Operations Office, under the jurisdiction of the MOIA

Greater good for all.

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FROM
General Director, Beiteynu (L5)
Likatonia (L3)

STATEMENT
In light of recent political support in Luthori favouring sanctions against Beiteynu, we are raising the security status of our agents and the Agency's intelligence operations in Rutania, Malivia and Davostag-Kivonia. Likatonia's command center will be running point in coordination with Beiteynu and Selucia. This measure is intended for proactive purposes, considering the increase of monarchist and terrorist chatter related to the cells linked in the investigation of the Baruch assassination and the Agency's lack of jurisdiction inside Luthori as well as its neighbouring nations.

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FROM
General Director, Beiteynu (L5)
Beiteynu (L5)

STATEMENT
With regards to the ongoing tensions between Beiteynu and Luthori on the matter of the Baruch assassination.

As an independent international authority established in 4 sovereign nations and operating in more than 20, we are under no obligation to release any information on past and ongoing intelligence efforts, especially those concerning the international security of our partners. After discussions with the PM of Beiteynu Yaron Tzafrir, consolidation with the Agency's Deputy Director in Istalia and careful consideration of the issue with the rest of the Agency's leadership, we have reached a consensus on releasing some of the information and forwarding the investigative details to specific authorities, with the purpose of helping diffuse and de-escalate a potentially threatening situation for our partners.

Agents from Malivia, Tukarali and Beiteynu located in the Southern Majatran region, consolidated with the GID of Kafuristan on the increase of monarchist activity in the Southern Majatran region, as reported by the GID's Directorate 4. The Agency began an investigation of 3 individuals from Beiteynu, linked to both the GID report and to terrorist cells in the Southern Majatran region, with suspicious assets and cash movements to persons of interest in Kafuristan. Shortly after the commencement of the Agency's operations related to said activity, then General Director of the Agency Baruch Lea Tzafrir's body was discovered at a location that, for matters of international security, we cannot disclose at this time.

Autopsy confirmed cause of death was a direct gunshot wound to the head, in close proximity.

A 3647-page document by the Agency includes the results of the autopsy, the ballistics report, DNA and fingerprint analysis of the crime scene, the reports of investigative agents on the scene and a detailed analysis of the manhunt that ensued. The document and its addendums has already been forwarded to the MOJ of Beiteynu and was used in the closed-doors trial of the later apprehended individual who was found guilty of the assassination. We will be forwarding the document and its investigative details to the WC Ambassador and Representative of Beiteynu to the SC Ariel Tzafrir, the Deputy Directors of the Agency from Istalia, Likatonia and Selucia and to the government of Luthori itself, pending the approval of the HOG of Beiteynu. For security reasons, the names of the agents, persons, and officials highlighted in the document will be redacted, to ensure the integrity of the Agency's worldwide intelligence network.

The 3 individuals from Beiteynu linked to suspicious activity in Kafuristan were eventually linked to a terrorist cell located in Istalia and a private corporation in Lodamun. The document includes the details of the surveillance and the information gathered. Agents in the field eradicated the cell in Istalia and apprehended 11 individuals who were released to the authorities of Istalia. The report includes information on the interrogations, testimonies and filed reports by police officers and investigators from Istalia. These efforts bore fruit to the testimony of one individual, who linked details and information to 2 individuals associated with the previously discovered private corporation in Lodamun. Both individuals were apprehended - the details are of course included in the document.

Subsequent investigations and the review of the intelligence confirmed that all apprehended individuals, the 3 in Beiteynu, the 11 in Istalia and the 2 in Lodamun, had ties to reported monarchist activity traced by both the GID of Kafuristan and the TRA of Beiteynu. These individuals were found to have ties with other nationals from Luthori - family members, friends, who were currently residing in Luthori and were visited by these individuals at various points in the past.

Cash movements from Lodamun led the Agency to the prime suspect, who was at the time of the investigation located in Malivia. In conjunction with the authorities of Malivia, the individual was apprehended and his - what appeared to be temporary - residence was raided, where agents discovered the gun that eventually matched the initial ballistics report. DNA and fingerprint analysis was later deemed inconclusive. We also uncovered a government issued ID by Luthori matching the individual, which was later confirmed by a bank located in Luthori as valid, as the individual maintained a checking account which seemed to be linked to transactions pertaining officials from the government of Luthori - the investigation by both the Agency and the MOJ of Beiteynu was however halted, as we couldn't proceed further due to hindrances in jurisdiction and diplomacy (the rising tensions). Video surveillance and records provided by Malivian airport authorities showed that the individual had travelled frequently between Luthori, Malivia, Lodamun and Kalopia. Intelligence in Lodamun revealed that the individual had been in contact with 1 of the 2 previously apprehended individuals in Lodamun, at least on 2 occassions.

Again, details of the above are included in the 3647-page document.

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FROM
General Director, Beiteynu (L5)
Yingdala (L2)

STATEMENT
Our Agency has picked up an exponential increase in revolutionary, monarchist, communist and terrorist chatter in the broader region of Seleya, tracing to the recent formation of the Labour Party in Gaduridos. For us, the independence and security of our partner nations is of the outmost importance.

To that end, we will be increasing our intelligence efforts in the Eastern Seleya region and re-routing agents from Vorona, Yingdala, Rildanor and Valruzia to the eastern parts of Tukarali, where the nation borders Gaduridos. Our Operations Office in Yingdala will be coordinating directly with the headquarters in Likatonia.

We have no affiliation with the new movement in Gaduridos and we are unaware of their intentions for Gaduridos, at this point.

Hence, it is vital that we protect Tukarali and the rest of our partners in Seleya.

SOURCES
Gaduridos => viewtopic.php?f=17&t=2496&start=600#p181254

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FROM
General Director, Beiteynu (L5)
Deltaria (L2)

STATEMENT
We welcome the nation of Deltaria into the Intelligence Pact and the Agency's worldwide intelligence and information gathering network. Deltaria's strategic position in the middle of the Majatran continent is of vital importance to the health and safety of international security and we look forward to establishing solid intelligence operations with the government of Deltaria, in coordination with Beiteynu's, Selucia's and Istalia's independent authorities of the Agency in Majatra.

As per the provisos of the Intelligence Pact, the following offices will be established and maintained by the government of Deltaria:

- Diplomatic Office of the Agency, under the jurisdiction of the MOFA
- Operations Office, under the jurisdiction of the MOIA

Greater good for all.