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QC verdict — minnesota-water-cyberattack-iran-attribution (FAIL)

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  "run_id": "2026-08-02T16-03-40Z",
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  "verdict": "FAIL",
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    "failures": [
      "3/14 spans unlocatable (>20%) — grounding is broken",
      "unlocatable span in \"Fox News\": Trump rejects Iran blame for Minnesota cyberattack, points finger at \"...",
      "unlocatable span in \"CBS News (Minnesota)\": Though federal authorities in his own administration are investigating...",
      "unlocatable span in \"The Times of Israel\": After Minnesota, suspected Iranian hack spreads to water systems in Mi..."
    ],
    "warnings": [
      "no hero image (announcer will fall back to the receipt card)"
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      "incapacity-riff"
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    "repetition": "faint incapacity-riff echo in cold-open shape shared with recent pieces; no device lifted intact",
    "notes": "ANGLE section is five mini-angles competing for the same real estate — the forensic structure thins in the middle before the closing recovers. Cut two and the piece gains velocity."
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