Weekly civic intelligence report · v2.2
The Trump administration pursued a $6 billion arms sale to Israel while the Gaza offensive continues, maintaining military support despite humanitarian concerns. This represents continued military aid policy.
This represents routine foreign military sales policy continuation rather than constitutional damage. A-score: Violence driver elevated (4) due to enabling ongoing conflict, civil_rights (3) for humanitarian implications, but other constitutional drivers minimal. Rule_of_law (2) reflects executive foreign policy authority, capture (2) for defense industry influence. Policy_change mechanism adds 15% modifier, international scope 10%. Total A=18.2 falls below List A threshold. B-score: High outrage_bait (7) given Gaza context, strong media_friendliness (6), moderate timing/mismatch around humanitarian crisis. Layer 2 elevated by contrast between military support and civilian casualties. Total B=17.1. Both scores sub-threshold (A<25, B<25). This is standard arms sale process to longstanding ally, lacks novel constitutional mechanism despite controversial context. Classification: Noise - routine policy execution within existing frameworks.
Monitor for: (1) Congressional override attempts or separation of powers conflicts; (2) Legal challenges to arms transfer authority; (3) Escalation of humanitarian crisis creating domestic political pressure; (4) Changes to Leahy Law enforcement or human rights vetting processes. Current event represents policy continuity rather than constitutional shift, but could become substantive if legal/institutional guardrails are challenged.