ANN News: Alliance Launches Hearings

ANN News Desk

From Alliance News Desk on New Arcturus Station

May 19, 2197

Alliance Parliament Investigates Operation Hammerfall


By Jill Scarlett

NEW ARCTURUS STATION- Thu Van Thieu, Chairman of the Alliance Parliament Sub-Committee on Military Intelligence launched hearings of the events leading to Operation Hammerfall (see D-Day on Chav) the joint Alliance/Hierarchy operation to neutralize pockets of Cerberus activity in the Terminus Systems. The hearings will focus on:

• The events that lead up to Operation Hammerfall.
• Exploration of critical intelligence failures surrounding Cerberus return.
• The role of Alliance Intelligence in setting up, financing and operating Thompson-Ramos Security Services.
• Costs of past and current operations tied to T-R Security in the region.

A long list of witnesses has been called to testify in front of the committee including the commanders of the 1st Marine Division, the 75th Infantry Regiment, the command staff of Task Force Osiris and the command crew of the SSV Kursk among others. Due to the extend of the investigation the hearings are expected to last until the end of the month.