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DATE: MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2020 6:30 AM EDT 
TODAY'S TABLE OF CONTENTS 
Leading the News 
• First Circuit Overturns Tsamaev's Death Sentence. 
Protests 
• Portland Protests Calmer After Federal Agents Stand Down. 
• DHS Official Whose Office Compiled Intelligence Regarding Journalists Gets Reassigned. 
• DC Police Prevent Pro-Life Organizations From Painting "Black Prebom Lives Matter" On Street. Arrest Two 
Activists. 
• Jayapal Says Barr Perjured Himself During Testimony On Protests. 
• Arkansas Governor Confident In Investigation Into Morris Death. 
• Nevada Legislature Votes To Ban Police From Using Chokeholds. 
Counter-Terrorism 
• UK Goes To Supreme Court To Fight Return Of IS Bride. 
• Afghan Troops Kill Senior Islamic State Militant. 
• NYTimes Al: Case Of One Extremist Group Shows How Far-Right Infiltration Has Spread Throughout 
German Society. 
Counter-Intelligence 
• Judge Denies Bail For California Researcher Over China Ties. 
• Woman Pleads Guilty To Plotting To Steal Trade Secrets From Ohio Hospital. 
• WPost Examines Trump Campaign's Efforts To "Court QAnon." 
• Op-Ed: The US And China Need To Find Ways To Manage The New Cold War. 
• Op-Ed: Communist China Puts Our Technology And Safety At Risk Every Day. 
• Johnson Says Agencies Are Not Cooperating With Investigation Of Russia Probe. 
• Op-Ed: Confidentiality Was Never Part Of The Steel Dossier. 
• Op-Ed: Barr May Try To Spin His "Investigation" Before The Election. 
• NYTimes Analysis: Trump's Approach To Moscow Appears To Have Undergone "Little Or No Evolution" 
Since 2016. 
• Detentions Of 33 Suspected Russian Mercenaries In Belarus Pits Minsk Against Moscow Just Before Election. 
• CIA Declassifies Details Of 1970s Stealth Drone. 
• Retrial Of Accused CIA Leaker Josh Schulte Delayed At Request Of Defense Lawyers. 
Criminal Investigations 
• Maxwell Wins Court Ruling To Prevent Release Of 2016 Testimony As Reports Highlight Ties To Trump, 
Clinton. 
• Pair Of Prisoners Apprehended After Escaping From Oklahoma Jail. 
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• FBI Probing Fatal Shooting In Washington Casino Parking Garage. 
• Arizona Man Arrested After Fleeing Shooting Scene. 
• Six Former Houston Officers Charged After Deadly Drug Raid. 
• FBI Searching For Man Who Vandalized Chicago Church. 
• US Charges Arizona Man For Distributing Child Pornography. 
• Marine Corps Suspends Search For Missing Personnel Off Southern California. 
• FBI Investigation Results In Charges Against Hawaii Man Who Allegedly Sent Threatening Emails. 
• Indiana Girl Dies After Being Caught In Shootout. 
• Omaha Bank Robber Sentenced Ten Years. 
• Hawaii Man Sentenced For Possession Of Child Porn. 
• FBI Believes Toledo Councilwoman Sought To Extort Local Business Owner. 
• Three ND Tribal Officials Charged In Bribery Scheme. 
• Honolulu Managing Director Subject Of FBI Investigation. 
• FBI Increases Reward Amount For Information Leading To Arrest And Conviction In Las Cruces Church 
Bombings. 
• Massachusetts Man Faces Federal Charges After FBI Says He Stole "Smart" Light Bulbs From Home Depot. 
• New York Man Pleads Guilty To Sexually Exploiting Child. 
• Police Arrest Pontiac Man In Homicide Of Susie Zhao. 
• Task Force Arrests Grand Island Man On Drug Charges. 
• Maryland Man Sentenced To 18 Months In Federal Prison For False Use Of A Passport. 
• FBI: San Antonio Man Arrested, Charged With Distribution Of Child Pornography. 
• Suspect Accused Of Fatally Beating Another Man In Tulsa Has Been Arrested. 
• Woman Suspected Of Murder Of Former Springfield Couple Found In New Mexico. 
• FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive From Tacoma Tracked Down In Mexico. 
Financial Crime & Corporate Scandals 
• FBI Raids Legislative Office Of Former Ohio House Speaker. 
• FBI Visits Office Of Kentucky Official Who Gave Wife Bonuses. 
• FBI Searches Offices Of Philadelphia Firm In Fraud Probe. 
• New Jersey Woman Pleads Guilty To Prescription Fraud Ring. 
• Kentucky Man Sentenced For Running Ponzi Scheme. 
• US Charges Florida Doctor In Fraud Probe. 
• Defendant Admits Role In Insurance Fraud Scheme. 
Cyber Division 
• Florida Teenager Facing Felony Charges Over Hack Of Celebrity Twitter Accounts. 
• Pompeo: Trump To Take Broad Action On Chinese Software. 
• Canadian Attorney General Says Requirements Have Been Met To Extradite Huawei CFO To US. 
• House Votes To Allot $500M Toward Election Security. 
• Russia Pledges Reciprocal Steps After EU Sanctions For Alleged Cyberattacks. 
• China Denies US Accusations Of Hacking To Steal Coronavirus Vaccine Data. 
• Ransomware Attacks Against Local Voting Systems Feared As Elections Approach. 
• Data Breach At A Genealogy Site Has Privacy Experts Worried. 
• CISA Hosts Table-Top Training Exercise To Aid In Protecting Elections. 
• Travel Giant CWT Pays $4.5M Ransom To Cyber Criminals. 
• Several Solarium Commission Recommendations Successfully Included In House Defense Authorization Bill. 
• Google Announces Steps To Counter Spread Of Hacked Materials Before Election. 
• King Says "Two-Pronged Approach" Needed To Deter Cyber-Based Espionage Operations. 
Law Enforcement Services 
• FBI Warns Of Faulty COVID-19 Tests In Texas. 
• FBI Course Informs Attendees About Rights. 
• WSJournal Analysis: Homicides Up 24% This Year. 
• Chicago Police: Homicides, Shootings In City Have Spiked This Year. 
• NYTimes Analysis: First Step Act Leaves Some Prisoners With Little Recourse When Resentencing 
Applications Are Denied. 
• Democrats To Press For "Structural Court Reforms." 
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International Relations 
• Deutsche Bank Opens Probe Into Personal Banker for Trump, Kushner. 
Lawful Access 
• House Members Propose Encryption Bill Backed By Barr. 
Other FBI News 
• Justice Department Announces Dates For Two Executions. 
• Ohio Officials Push For Relocation Of FBI HQ. 
• FBI Eyes Cloud Migration For Unclassified Data. 
• Conservatives Press For Federal Investigation Into Murder Of Milwaukee Trump Supporter. 
Other Washington News 
• Meadows Says There Is "A Long Ways To Go" On Unemployment Benefit Negotiations. 
• Birx Says Nation Has Entered A "New Phase" Of Pandemic. 
• Giroir: There Is No Evidence Hydroxychloroquine Is Effective Against Coronavirus. 
• Researchers Fear Political Intervention In Vaccine Development. 
• Despite Early Success Flattening Curve, San Francisco Seeing Surge In Cases. 
• Trump Challenges Fauci Over Cause Of Increase In US Coronavirus Cases. 
• FDA Expands Warning About Potentially Toxic Hand Sanitizers. 
• Rep. Grijalva Tests Positive For Covid-19. 
• More Players On St. Louis Cardinals Test Positive For Coronavirus. 
• Administration Reportedly Lacks Vaccine Distribution Plan. 
• House Panel Claims Administration Wasted $500 Million On Ventilators. 
• Survey: Americans Hesitant To Return To Daily Routines Among Increases In Coronavirus Cases. 
• Numerous Municipalities Hardly Enforcing Mask Ordinances. 
• CDC: 260 Children, Staff At Georgia Sleep-Away Camp Infected With Coronavirus. 
• Supreme Court Signals Disinterest In Ruling On Virus-Related Election Matters. 
• Politico Analysis: Push To Reopen Schools Is Latest Example Of Trump Reversing Course. 
• Some Colleges Offer Tuition Discounts After Deciding Not To Being Students Back. 
• Trump Installs Tata As Official "Performing The Duties" Of Pentagon Undersecretary. 
• Trump Met Yoo At White House Last Week. 
• NYTimes Analysis Questions What Purpose McEnany Serves Beyond "Berating" Media. 
• Undocumented Workers, Families Running Out Of Options To Survive In US. 
• CREW Claims Miller Violated Hatch Act By Criticizing Biden. 
• "Large Club" Of Administration Alums Wrote Books Critical Of President. 
• House Committee Subpoenas Pompeo Over Biden-Ukraine Investigation. 
• Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Throwing Out Lawsuit Filed Against Trump By Stormy Daniels. 
• Legislators Call For FTC Investigation Into Practice Employed By Mobile Advertising Sector. 
• Acting ICE Director To Retire. 
• Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner Earned At Least $36 Million In Outside Income Last Year. 
• Trump Releases 2019 Financial Disclosure Report. 
• Knight First Amendment Institute Files New Lawsuit Against Trump For Blocking Twitter Critics. 
• OCE: Rep. Bishop Allegedly Misused Campaign, Official Funds. 
• WPost Al: Supreme Court Has Yet To Return To Normal Summer Silence. 
• One Marine Dead, Eight Service Members Missing After Training Accident Near San Diego. 
International News 
• Trump: "Fake News" Media Not Covering "Big China Virus" Outbreaks In Other Countries. 
• Nations Around The World See Increases In Coronavirus Cases. 
• Australia Imposes Curfew In Melbourne To Stem Rising Cases. 
• Cases Continue To Rise In Europe Driven By Young People Flooding Into Bars, Beaches. 
• Russia Plans To Launch Nationwide Vaccination Campaign In October. 
• Kosovo Prime Minister Self-Quarantines After Testing Positive. 
• Indian Home Minister Hospitalized After Testing Positive. 
• Militants Attack Afghan Prison As Ceasefire Expires. 
• Netanyahu Rejects Protesters' Call For His Resignation. 
• Mexico Arrests Santa Rosa De Lima Cartel Chief. 
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• Richardson: Two Of Six Citgo Executives Detained In Venezuela Have Been Moved To House Arrest. 
• Japan's Ruling Party Proposes Granting Military Pre-Emptive Strike Capabilities. 
• Relatives Forming Collectives To Find Remains Of Missing In Mexico. 
The Big Picture 
• Headlines From Today's Front Pages. 
Washington's Schedule 
• Today's Events In Washington. 
Leading the News 
First Circuit Overturns Tsarnaev's Death Sentence. 
The New York Times <https://www.nytimes.corn/2020/07/31/us/dzhokhar-tsamaev-boston-marathon-
bomber.html> (7/31, Barry, 18.61M) reports the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Friday "overturned 
the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was convicted of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, and 
ordered a new penalty-phase trial." The decision "concluded that the presiding judge in the 2015 trial, George A. 
O'Toole Jr., `did not meet the standard' of fairness, because he did not sufficiently scrutinize sitting jurors for 
bias." In arguments during December, attorneys for Tsarnaev "had pointed to 22 Twitter posts and retweets by 
the jury's forewoman — one referring to Mr. Tsarnaev as `that piece of garbage' — that had not been voluntarily 
disclosed as part of jury screening." 
The Washington Post <https://www.washingtonpost.corn/national/boston-marathon-bomber-death-sentence-
overtumed/2020/07/31/f2a21818-d366-11ea-9038-af089b63ac21_story.html?tidr=a_breakingnews> (7/31, 
Sacchetti, 14.2M) reports the case is going to return "to the lower court for additional hearings, but the court's 
overturning of the death sentences does not mean Tsarnaev will have an opportunity to get out of prison." The 
court said, "Dzhokhar will remain confined to prison for the rest of his life, with the only question remaining 
being whether the government will end his life by executing him." The Post adds, "Tsamaev's federal defenders 
said in a statement Friday that they were 'grateful for the Court's straightforward and fair decision."' 
The AP <https://www.usnews.corn/news/sports/articles/2020-07-31/court-overturns-boston-marathon-bombers-
death-sentence> (7/31, Richer) reports, "A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a 
new penalty-phase trial on whether the 27-year-old Tsarnaev should be executed for the attack that killed three 
people and wounded more than 260 others. `But make no mistake: Dzhokhar will spend his remaining days 
locked up in prison, with the only matter remaining being whether he will die by execution,' Judge O. Rogeriee 
Thompson wrote in the ruling, more than six months after arguments were heard in the case." Prosecutors "could 
ask the full appeals court to hear the case or go straight to the U.S. Supreme Court." 
USA Today <https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/31/boston-marathon-bombers-death-
sentence-overturned-new-trial-ordered-determine-sentence/5558405002/> (7/31, Garrison, 10.31M) reports, 
"Prior to his sentencing, attorneys for Tsarnaev, 19 at the time of the bombings, agreed their client was 
responsible for the deaths but contended he was less culpable than his accomplice, older brother Tamerlan 
Tsarnaev, who was killed by authorities following a four-day manhunt. A fourth victim, an MIT police officer, 
was shot and killed by the Tsarnaev brothers during the manhunt. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's defense attorneys argued 
during a December appeal hearing he did not receive a fair trial in Boston before he was sentenced to death, 
pointing to relentless media coverage in the city where the bombing occurred and city-wide trauma that `filtered' 
into the jury pool. They said two jurors lied by concealing prejudiced remarks made on social media about the 
case before the trial." 
Reuters <https://www.reuters.com/article/us-boston-bombings-appeal/boston-marathon-bomber-dzhokhar-
tsamaevs-death-sentence-overtumed-by-appeals-court-idUSKCN24W2XN> (7/31, Raymond) reports that Judge 
Thompson "said the trial judge `fell short' in conducting the jury selection process and screening jurors for 
potential bias following pretrial publicity surrounding the high-profile case. Thompson said the pervasive news 
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coverage of the bombings and their aftermath featured 'bone-chilling' photos and videos of Tsamaev, now 27, 
and his brother carrying backpacks at the marathon and of those injured and killed near its finish line. Thompson 
said the judge deemed jurors eligible who had 'already formed an opinion that Dzhokhar was guilty — and he did 
so in large part because they answered "yes" to the question whether they could decide this high-profile case 
based on the evidence.'" 
The Hill <https://thehill.corn/homenews/news/510042-appeals-court-vacates-boston-marathon-bomber-dzhokar-
tsamaev-death-sentence> (7/31, Moreno, 2.98M) reports, "Tsamaev's lawyers have argued that his sentencing 
trial should not be held in Boston, where jurors have been exposed to heavy local and national media coverage of 
the attack and its aftermath." 
The AP <https://www.usnews.corn/news/us/articles/2020-08-01/ruling-renews-fairness-debate-in-boston-
marathon-bomber-case> (8/1, Mustian, Ring) reports, "'Boston Strong' remains a 'vibrant' rallying cry more 
than seven years after the marathon bombing killed three people and injured more than 260 others, a federal 
appeals court noted as it threw out the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsamaev," but "even as the ruling opened old 
wounds, it raised familiar questions about whether Tsamaev can receive a fair hearing in the city where the 
bombs exploded — a community that may now be asked to relive unspeakable trauma." The AP adds, "The 
Justice Department is expected to appeal. Legal observers predict prosecutors will turn straight to the U.S. 
Supreme Court without asking for a hearing before the full 1st Circuit. The U.S. government recently resumed 
federal executions following a 17-year pause and, under President Donald Trump, has pursued capital 
punishment in an increasing number of cases." The Hill <https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/510206-
trump-calls-death-penalty-for-boston-marathon-bomber-after-appeals> (8/2, Klar, 2.98M), the Springfield (MA) 
Republican <https://www.masslive.com/boston/2020/08/death-penalty-president-donald-trump-comments-on-
boston-marathon-bomber-dzhokhar-tsamaev-decision.html> (8/2, Croteau, 395K), and the Boston Globe 
<https://www.bostonglobe.corn/2020/08/01/metroksamaev-decision-sparks-anger-sorrow/> (8/1, Crimaldi, 
972K) also report. 
The Wall Street Journal <https://www.wsj.corn/articles/court-overturns-boston-marathon-bombers-death-
sentence-11596229481> (7/31, Kamp, Randazzo, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) as well as brief CBS 
Evening News <https://playvideo.bulletinintelligence.com/bac5cfca5b92401383cef5a608a4711d?pubid=fbi> 
(7/31, story 12, 0:19, O'Donnell, 3.97M) and NBC Nightly News 
<https://playvideo.bulletinintelligence.corn/856390b364bb4691b29a44a6cf62d6167pubid=fbi> (7/31, story 11, 
0:20, Holt, 5.44M) broadcasts provided similar coverage. 
Trump Demands Death Penalty For Tsarnaev. The New York Post <https://nypost.corn/2020/08/02/trump-
demands-death-penalty-for-boston-marathon-bomberk (8/2, Sheehy, 4.57M) reports that in a tweet 
<https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1290011569657610240> Sunday afternoon, President Trump 
"demanded the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsamaev — whose execution was taken off 
the table by an appellate court last week." Trump wrote, "Rarely has anybody deserved the death penalty more 
than the Boston Bomber, Dzhokhar Tsamaev. The court agreed that this "was one of the worst domestic terrorist 
attacks since the 9/11 atrocities". Yet the appellate court tossed out the death sentence. So many lives lost and 
ruined. The Federal Government must again seek the Death Penalty in a do-over of that chapter of the original 
trial. Our Country cannot let the appellate decision stand. Also, it is ridiculous that this process is taking so 
long!" 
Reuters <https://www.reuters.com/article/us-boston-bombings-trump/trump-says-federal-govemment-should-
again-seek-death-penalty-for-boston-bomber-tsarnaev-idUSICEIN24Y0OH> (8/2, Schroeder) reports, "In a tweet, 
Trump said the federal government must challenge a Friday appeals court decision overturning the death penalty 
for the 2013 attack. 'Rarely has anybody deserved the death penalty more than the Boston Bomber, Dzhokhar 
Tsamaev,' tweeted Trump. 'The Federal Government must again seek the Death Penalty in a do-over of that 
chapter of the original trial.'" 
Protests 
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Portland Protests Calmer After Federal Agents Stand Down. 
The Washington Post <https://www.washingtonpost.corn/business/2020/08/02/tammy-duckworth-protests-
portland/> (8/2, Taylor, Rosenberg, 14.2M) reports that after "66 straight nights," the protests in downtown 
Portland "may be reaching a turning point: The weekend brought none of the large-scale tear gas and firework-
fueled clashes that marked the previous two months of unrest, a potential sign of calming tensions after the 
Trump administration pulled back federal law enforcement officers." However, it is "not clear what direction the 
protests in the city, which show no sign of stopping, will take next." 
In a similar report headlined "With No Federal Agents On Streets, Portland Protests Turn Largely Peaceful," the 
Wall Street Journal <https://www.wsj.com/articles/with-no-federal-agents-on-streets-portland-protests-turn-
largely-peaceful-11596393022> (8/2, Caldwell, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) says that since Thursday, the 
first night without a visible federal law enforcement presence, protests have been mostly peaceful. The New 
York Times <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/02/us/portland-protests-.html> (8/2, Baker, 18.61M) too reports 
that on Saturday night, "the crowd saw a third consecutive night of calm since the start of a plan to withdraw 
federal agents who had brought a militarized crackdown to the city." 
The AP <https://apnews.com/91fe00b3e2f6a49a4d1b8e01d281aeeb> (7/31, Flaccus) reports that in Portland, 
there has been a "dramatic change in tone outside a federal courthouse that's become ground zero in clashes 
between demonstrators and federal agents...after the U.S. government began drawing down its forces under a 
deal between Democratic Gov. Kate Brown and the Trump administration." According to the AP, "As agents 
from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Marshals Service and Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement pulled back, troopers with the Oregon State Police were supposed to take over." The AP says "there 
were no signs of any law enforcement presence outside the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse, however, 
where a protest lasted into early Friday." 
The Washington Post <https://www.washingtonpost.cornMation/2020/07/31/portland-protests-federal-calmt> 
(7/31, Taylor, 14.2M) also reports that "as the Black Lives Matter-inspired vigil wound down early Friday 
morning, there was virtually no sign of the Oregon State Police officers who had taken over protection of the 
federal buildings at the center of the protests." According to the Post, "Instead of being forcibly removed from 
downtown's Lownsdale Square and the adjacent Chapman Square...the crowd thinned out on its own, with many 
protesters heading home of their own accord." The Post says that "by a little after 1 a.m., only a relatively small 
crew remained, far down from the enormous crowd that had gathered four hours earlier to listen to speakers and 
chant anti-law enforcement slogans." 
Reuters <https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-protests/portland-has-night-without-tear-gas-as-feds-
withdraw-idUSKCN24W24M> (7/31, Bloom) reports that Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell "tweeted his 
thanks to protesters who stopped attempts to light fires and throw projectiles on the 63rd night of 
demonstrations, when there were no arrests." While Reuters adds that acting Homeland Security Secretary Wolf 
indicated Friday morning that DHS agents "remained on standby and National Guard troops could be sent in 
should state police be overrun," the Wall Street Journal <https://www.wsj.corn/articles/portland-leaders-hope-for-
less-violent-weekend-following-drawdown-of-federal-agents-11596195748> (7/31, Caldwell, Calfas, 
Subscription Publication, 7.57M) says that officials in Portland expect the protests this weekend will be less 
violent given the drawdown of federal forces. 
Trump: DHS Will Remain In Portland Until Police "Complete Cleanup Of Anarchists And Agitators." President 
Trump on Friday tweeted <https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1289408673324777472> , "Homeland 
Security is not leaving Portland until local police complete cleanup of Anarchists and Agitators!" 
Wolf: Joint Federal-Local Policing Has "Worked Fairly Well" In Portland. Appearing on Fox News' Fox & 
Friends <https://video.foxnews.corn/v/6176964565001?playlist_id=930909787001#sp=show-clips> (7/31, 
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831 K), Wolf said the developments in Portland "worked fairly well. What we saw is we saw a robust contingent 
of Oregon State Police come into the area yesterday afternoon together with Portland Police Bureau. They 
cleaned out the parks across the street from the courthouse and what we saw overnight is almost little to no 
criminal activity. And that really is how it should be. It reinforces the principle if you work with federal state and 
local law enforcement work together we can protect our communities. We can secure our communities. We can 
secure federal properties and protect law enforcement officers. This is what we have been asking for or over 60 
days and I'm glad Oregon and Portland has finally accepted up to the challenge." 
Cuccinelli Highlights Barr's House Testimony Regarding Portland Protests. Speaking on Chicago's Morning 
Answer <https://omny.fin/shows/chicagos-morning-answer-with-dan-proft-amy-jacobso/july-31-2020> (7/31), 
Acting Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Cuccinelli discussed Attorney General Barr's recent House 
testimony regarding the presence of federal agents in Portland. Cuccinelli also discussed the DHS' role in 
protecting federal property, including the federal courthouse. 
US Marshals Discuss Portland Protests, Role In Protecting Federal Courthouse. Appearing on NBC Nightly 
News <https://playvideo.bulletinintelligence.com/bal5d5592118490f9a92c59185ddee0d?pubid=fbi> (7/31, story 
13, 1:58, Holt, 5.44M), US Marshals Service Director Donald Washington and US Marshall Russel Burger 
discussed the protests in Portland and their role in protecting the federal courthouse. Washington said, "People 
should be yelling, shouting from the courthouse steps their grievances, not trying to burn it to the ground." When 
asked by NBC's Erin McLaughlin, "Who are these people that are doing this?," Burger responded, "We have 
legitimate protesters that are out there expressing their First Amendment right, and we support that. But then 
you've got this other group, they want nothing more than to create chaos and injure people. And it's not a big 
group." 
Judge Allows Release Of 18-Year-Old Accused Of Attempted Arson At Portland Courthouse. The Oregonian 
<https://www.oregonlive.comkrime/2020/07/18-year-old-accused-of-attempted-arson-at-mark-o-hatfield-us-
courthouse.html> (7/31, Bernstein, 1M) reports Gabriel Agard-Berryhill, 18, "made his first appearance in 
federal court Friday on an attempted arson allegation, accused of lighting and throwing a large firework Tuesday 
over the fence that struck and set on fire protective wood covering the entrance to the Mark O. Hatfield United 
States Courthouse." The Oregonian adds US Magistrate Judge Jolie A. Russo "allowed Agard-Benyhill to be 
released," but he "must not come within a five-block radius of the courthouse at any time of the day or night 
while his case is pending." 
Judge May Order Federal Agents To Wear Numbered Jerseys. Politico 
<https://vvww.politico.com/news/2020/07/31/judge-numbered-jerseys-federal-agents-portland-389815> (7/31, 
Gerstein, 4.29M) reports US District Court Judge Michael Simon on Friday suggested the uniforms of federal 
agents "responding to long-running protests and unrest in that city be emblazoned with easily visible numbers so 
officers can be easily identified if they commit abuses." Politico says Simon's comments came "in connection 
with a lawsuit he's overseeing that accuses city police and federal law enforcement officers of unjustified use of 
force against journalists and legal observers monitoring the protests, which have centered in recent weeks on the 
main federal courthouse in Portland." 
Poll: 53% Support Deployment To Protect Federal Property, 475 Opposed. The Hill 
<https://thehill.corn/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/510005-poll-americans-almost-evenly-spl it-on-trump-
sending-federal> (7/31, Schulte, 2.98M) reports a Hill-HarrisX poll of 948 "registered voters" (7/26-7/27) found 
53% "said they support sending federal agents to major cities in order to protect federal property despite the 
mayors of those cities not making a request for such action," while 47% "opposed the Trump administration's 
move." However, The Hill adds the survey "fell heavily along party lines with 76 percent of Republican 
respondents saying they agreed with the use of federal troops to protect federal property while 77 percent of 
Democrats said they disagree with the move. Fifty-five percent of independent voters said they disagree with the 
move. The survey found 55 percent of white voters agree with federal agents and officers being deployed into 
major cities to protect federal property. Twenty-one percent of Black voters said they oppose the move along 
with 33 percent of Hispanic voters." 
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DHS Official Whose Office Compiled Intelligence Regarding Journalists Gets Reassigned. 
The New York Times <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/01/us/politics/brian-murphy-homeland-security-
protesters.html> (8/1, Kanno-Youngs, Goldman, 18.61 M) reports Department of Homeland Security Acting 
Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis Brian Murphy was reassigned "after his office compiled reports 
about protesters and journalists covering the Trump administration's response to unrest in Portland, Ore., last 
month." Murphy was moved "to a new position in [DHS] after his office disseminated to the law enforcement 
community `open-source intelligence reports' containing Twitter posts of journalists, noting they had published 
leaked unclassified documents, according to an administration official familiar with the matter." The Times adds, 
"It was not clear what Mr. Murphy's new position would be." 
The Washington Post <https://www.washingtonpost.corn/national-security/dhs-official-whose-office-compiled-
intelligence-reports-on-journalists-and-protesters-has-been-removed-from-his-job/2020/08/0 1 /101247be-d3ff-
Ilea-8d32-1ebf4e9d8e0d_story.html> (8/1, Harris, Miroff, 14.2M) reports the decision to remove Murphy from 
his job was made on Friday by Acting DHS Secretary Wolf. DHS "has been under mounting scrutiny from 
lawmakers and civil liberties groups over its use of federal law enforcement officers to quell protests in Portland 
and in light of President Trump's threat to deploy federal personnel to other cities that he asserts are being 
overrun by violent criminals." 
DHS Stops Collecting Intel On Reporters Covering Portland Response. The New York Times 
<https://vvww.nytimes.com/2020/07/31/us/politics/homeland-security-portland.html> (7/31, Kanno-Youngs, 
Tracy, 18.61M) reports DHS spokesman Alexei Woltomist "said on Friday that [Wolf] had shut down an 
intelligence examination of the work of reporters covering the government's response to protests in Portland, 
Ore., beginning an investigation into what he suggested was an infringement on First Amendment rights." 
Woltomist said, "The acting secretary is committed to ensuring that all D.H.S. personnel uphold the principles of 
professionalism, impartiality and respect for civil rights and civil liberties, particularly as it relates to the exercise 
of First Amendment rights." Woltomist added Wolf ordered DHS to "immediately discontinue collecting 
information involving members of the press" once he learned of its actions. 
Meanwhile, Reuters <https://www.reuters.corn/article/us-global-race-protests-senate/senate-democrats-want-to-
grill-homeland-security-over-portland-protest-surveillance-idUSKCN24W2LG> (7/31, Hosenball) reports all 
seven Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee on Friday "wrote to the Department of Homeland 
Security requesting details on its agents conducting intelligence monitoring of ongoing anti-racism protests in 
Portland." 
Cuccinelli Relaxed Oversight Of DHS Intel Office. Politico 
<https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/02/cuccinelli-oversight-homeland-security-intel-390185> (8/2, Swan, 
4.29M) reports that "several months ago, the leadership of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis asked" Acting 
DHS Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli to limit "a department watchdog from regularly reviewing the intelligence 
products it produces and distributes." Cuccinelli "signed off on the move, according to two sources familiar with 
the situation, which constrained the role of the department's Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in 
approving the intelligence office's work." Since the change, however, "I&A's work has drawn withering 
criticism. The Washington Post reported last week that the office distributed an intelligence report documenting 
communications between protesters over the Telegram messaging app. The Post also reported that I&A compiled 
intelligence reports on journalists covering DHS's response to protests in Portland, Oregon against racism and 
police brutality." A DHS spokesperson declined to comment. 
DC Police Prevent Pro-Life Organizations From Painting "Black Preborn Lives Matter" On Street, Arrest Two 
Activists. 
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The Washington Times <https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/l/police-stop-pro-lifers-painting-
street-black-prebo/> (8/1, Richardson, 492K) reports, "Police stopped pro-life groups Saturday from painting 
`Black Prebom Lives Matter' on the street in front of a Washington, D.C., Planned Parenthood clinic and 
subsequently arrested two for writing the message in chalk on a sidewalk, even though the activists said they had 
the District government's permission for the street painting." Leaders from Students for Life of America 
indicated that they told law enforcement "and city officials during the permit process that they would be painting 
the message on the 1200 block of 4th Street NE, citing the precedent of the protesters who painted `Defund the 
Police' in June on 16th Street NW." In an email, Students for Life spokesperson Kristi Hamrick said, "We were 
told verbally that we would not be prevented from painting and what kind of paint to buy." 
Jayapal Says Barr Perjured Himself During Testimony On Protests. 
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said on MSNBC's Politics Nation 
<https://playvideo.bulletinintelligence.com/7107794278644199b54a99e46ed7b506?pubid=fbi> (8/2, 932K) that 
Attorney General Barr "is not the President's personal attorney. He is supposed to be the attorney for all 
Americans and he is not acting that way. So, when there are protesters who are protesting the President, like the 
movement for Black Lives [Matter] protesters, then...a whole series of officers that come and push them out of 
the way just so that the President can get a photo-op. ... But when you have right-wing extremists...then 
somehow the Attorney General is nowhere to be found. And I believe he actually perjured himself because he 
said he wasn't even aware of those protests and that is impossible that as Attorney General he wouldn't be aware 
of those protests." 
Trump Retweets Video Of Fox News Hosts Criticizing House Democrats' Treatment Of Barr. President Trump 
retweeted a post <https://twitter.com/AKA_RealDirty/status11289730012447309824> from a Twitter user called 
The Dirty Truth who tweeted video of a segment from Fox News' Watters World during which host Jesse Watters 
said House Democrats' treatment of Barr during his testimony last week was "despicable," and Fox News host 
Mark Levin said, "I have never seen a senior official of any administration ever treated like that." 
Arkansas Governor Confident In Investigation Into Morris Death. 
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R), on CNN's State Of The Union 
<https://playvideo.bulletinintelligence.corn/67404c2413144195af72f56aa2664a9e7pubid=fbi> (8/2, 954K), 
commented on a newly released video showing the death of Lionel Morris, who died in police custody. 
Hutchinson said, "I'm confident that the review by the Arkansas state police was thorough and the prosecuting 
attorney's office, any death like that in custody is a tragedy, but, in this case, one thing you didn't mention that he 
was very high on methamphetamine that was in his system and that was a large part of the reason that he died in 
custody because of that, as well as other contributing factors. I have confidence in the review that was done, in 
addition one thing that we are doing as a result of the George Floyd protests and the tragedy that was there, we 
do have an ongoing task force to review the advancement of law enforcement and what controls, changes need to 
be made there." 
Nevada Legislature Votes To Ban Police From Using Chokeholds. 
The Washington Examiner <https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/newskevada-legislature-votes-to-ban-police-
from-using-chokeholds> (8/2, Dibble, 448K) reports the Nevada state legislature over the weekend passed "a 
series of police reforms, including a ban on the use of chokeholds by officers." The state Senate and assembly 
"each passed separate policing reforms on Saturday" including restricting the use of chokeholds "unless the 
officer's life is in danger." 
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Counter-Terrorism 
UK Goes To Supreme Court To Fight Return Of IS Bride. 
The AP <https://omahatom/news/world/uk-goes-to-supreme-court-to-fight-return-of-is-bride/article_8c8c2c22-
4c9b-5c36-80c7-8dc985441195.html> (7/31, Kirka) reported the British government is going "to the UK's 
Supreme Court to challenge the return of a woman who ran away from home as a teenager in London to join the 
Islamic State group." A lower appeals court "ruled earlier this month that Shamima Begum had the right to come 
back to her home country to mount a legal challenge aimed at restoring her British citizenship, which was 
revoked on national security grounds." The three-judge Court of Appeal panel "ruled that `the only way in which 
she can have a fair and effective appeal is to be permitted to come into the UK."' Britain's Home Office 
"challenged the decision, arguing that Begum doesn't have the right to repatriate." A lawyer for the Home Office, 
James Eadie, "said there were `significant national security concerns' surrounding her return." 
Afghan Troops Kill Senior Islamic State Militant. 
The AP <https://www.chron.com/news/article/Afghan-troops-kill-senior-Islamic-state-militant-15452236.php> 
(8/2) reports Afghanistan's intelligence service "said the country's special forces killed a high-ranking official 
with the local Islamic State group affiliate in an operation in eastern Afghanistan." A statement late Saturday by 
the National Directorate of Security "said the slain militant was Assadullah Orakzai, an intelligence leader for 
the IS affiliate in Afghanistan." The statement "said he was killed near Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar 
province." Orakzai was suspected of "being involved in several deadly attacks against both military and civilian 
targets in Afghanistan." 
NYTimes Al: Case Of One Extremist Group Shows How Far-Right Infiltration Has Spread Throughout German 
Society. 
In a roughly 3,200-word front-page article, the New York Times 
<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/01/world/europe/germany-nazi-infiltration.html> (8/1, Al, Bennhold, 
18.61 M) examines the creation of the German group Nordkreuz, or Northern Cross, and how its members began 
making plans to "round up political enemies and those defending migrants and refugees, put them on trucks and 
drive them to a secret location," and then kill them. The Times says, "The Nordkreuz case, which only recently 
came to trial after being uncovered more than three years ago, shows that the problem of far-right infiltration" in 
Germany "is neither new nor confined to...the KSK, or even the military. Far-right extremism penetrated 
multiple layers of German society in the years when the authorities underestimated the threat or were reluctant to 
countenance it fully, officials and lawmakers acknowledge. Now they are struggling to uproot it." 
Counter-Intelligence 
Judge Denies Bail For California Researcher Over China Ties. 
The AP <https://www.usnews.corn/news/best-states/califomia/articles/2020-08-02/california-judge-denies-bail-
for-researcher-over-china-ties> (8/2) reports from Sacramento, California, "A federal judge in California denied 
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a bail request for a university researcher accused of lying about her ties to China's military and Communist Party 
to gain access to the United States." US Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes "said Friday that 37-year-old Juan 
Tang `would have every reason to leave' the country if released on bail. The former Chinese researcher at the 
University of California Davis has been held without bail at the Sacramento County Main Jail since July 23." 
Tang "was arrested by FBI agents when she left the Chinese consulate in San Francisco to visit a doctor, 
authorities said. Tang was considered a fugitive who sought refuge for a month inside the consulate after being 
questioned June 20." The Sacramento (CA) Bee <https://www.sacbee.corn/newillocal/article244632802.html> 
(7/31, 567K) reported Barnes said, "I just don't see sufficient conditions to overcome flight risk." Law360 
<https://vvwvv.law360.corn/lifesciences/articles/1297471> (7/31, Subscription Publication, 8K) reported Barnes 
"found it 'highly suspicious' that the defendant's daughter returned to China without the court's knowledge." 
Stanford University visiting scholar Chen Song is "one of a handful of scientists who the US has recently 
charged with visa fraud, claiming they concealed their active Chinese military duty status in their US visa 
applications in an orchestrated program by the Chinese government." 
Bloomberg <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-31/chinese-researcher-denied-u-s-bail-in-case-
over-military-ties> (7/31, Rosenblatt, 4.73M) reported Lexi Negin, the public defender representing Tang, "said 
in an email that she's disappointed by the decision." Negin said,"We will continue to work to try and find a 
suitable release package for Dr. Tang so that she can defend her case." 
Woman Pleads Guilty To Plotting To Steal Trade Secrets From Ohio Hospital. 
WXIX-TV <https://www.fox19.corn/2020/08/0 Ulocal-fbi-division-investigates-former-hospital-researcher-who-
admitted-conspiring-give-trade-secrets-china-court-documents-say/> Cincinnati (8/1, Fisher, Goffinet, 42K) 
reports, "The FBI division in Cincinnati is helping Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus with an 
investigation involving a woman who pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring to steal scientific trade secrets from 
the hospital for her company in China and wire fraud, court documents states." According to WXIX-TV, "Court 
documents say, Li Chen, 46, from Dublin, Ohio, admitted to stealing scientific trade secrets related to exosomes 
and exosome isolation from Nationwide Children's Hospital's Research Institute. 'Li Chen was a trusted 
researcher at Nationwide Children's Hospital, conducting cutting-edge U.S. government-funded research,' stated 
FBI Cincinnati Special Agent in Charge, Chris Hoffman. 'With her guilty plea, she admits that she abused this 
trust to establish a company in China for her own financial gain." 
WPost Examines Trump Campaign's Efforts To "Court QAnon." 
The Washington Post <http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-the-trump-campaign-came-to-court-qanon-
the-online-conspiracy-movement-identified-by-the-fbi-as-a-violent-threat/2020/08/01/dd0ea9b4-d1d4-11ea-
9038-af089b63ac21_story.html> (8/2, Al, Stanley-Becker, 14.2M) has a front-page feature on "how the Trump 
campaign came to court QAnon," writing that the President "and his campaign have courted and legitimized" 
adherents to "the viral online movement, which took root on Internet message boards in the fall of 2017 with 
posts from a self-proclaimed government insider identified as 'Q' [that] has triggered violent acts and occasional 
criminal cases.... The Trump campaign's director of press communications, for example, went on a QAnon 
program and urged listeners to 'sign up and attend a Trump Victory Leadership Initiative training,'" and QAnon 
"iconography has appeared in official campaign advertisements targeting battleground states." White House 
Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Dan Scavino "has gone from endorsing praise from QAnon accounts 
to posting their memes himself." 
Op-Ed: The US And China Need To Find Ways To Manage The New Cold War. 
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In a commentary in the Wall Street Journal <https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-the-u-s-and-china-wage-a-new-
cold-war-they-should-learn-from-the-last-one-11596223180> (7/31, Subscription Publication, 7.57M), David 
Shambaugh, the Gaston Sigur Professor of Asian Studies, Political Science and International Affairs and director 
of the China Policy Program at George Washington University, wrote that ties between the US and China are 
deteriorating quickly and that the two countries are essentially now engaged in a new Cold War. He contends the 
situation has been deteriorating for some time, but the recent Consulate closures in each country demonstrates 
the clear decline and the two countries need to find ways to deal with the new bilateral dynamic and deter the 
situation from getting even more serious. 
Op-Ed: Communist China Puts Our Technology And Safety At Risk Every Day. 
In an op-ed in CQ Roll Call <https://www.rollcall.corn/2020/07/31/conlinunist-china-puts-our-technology-and-
safety-at-risk-every-day/> (7/31, 154K), Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Rep. John Joyce (R-PA) wrote, 
"Communist China puts our technology and safety at risk every day. It's been a long time coming, but more and 
more Americans are waking up to the threat of Chinese influence in our technology. This is a reality we must 
face as a nation and one we need to get a handle on before it's too late." They contended, "The China Task Force 
is focused on equipping our scientists to win the race to 5G and remove Chinese telecom infrastructure from the 
US. To achieve lasting progress, America must continue and expand its prohibition of dangerous technologies 
originating from China, like Huawei and ZTE." They concluded, "In the 21st century, the US simply cannot 
afford to fall behind China's technology momentum....We must once again lead in innovation and ensure 
security for our telecommunications." 
Johnson Says Agencies Are Not Cooperating With Investigation Of Russia Probe. 
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said on Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures 
<https://video.foxnews.corn/v/61774636400017playlist_id=3386055101001fisp=show-clips> (8/2) about his 
investigation into the Russia probe. Johnson said, "We're trying to assemble a puzzle. I think we basically know 
what the picture is but we're trying to get all the pieces of the puzzle. Democrats have a huge advantage over us 
in our investigation. Some of them know exactly what they did.... One of our problems is obtaining documents 
from these agencies.... I can't tell you my frustration how difficult it is getting information out of agencies that 
are supposedly controlled by this Administration but simply aren't.... I'm actually hoping the White House gets 
engaged and gets into the agencies and makes sure that the American people finally get to understand and see the 
full picture of the corruption of the transition process that occurred." 
Op-Ed: Confidentiality Was Never Part Of The Steel Dossier. 
In an op-ed in The Hill <https://thehill.corn/opinion/white-house/509645-unmasking-steele-dossier-source-was-
confidentiality-ever-part-of-the-deal> (8/1, 2.98M), former FBI agent James Casy wrote, "Critics who claim that 
Attorney General Barr has recklessly declassified...FBI electronic communication, putting Danchenko and other 
sources — and future source operations — in peril are wrong. Steele was a 'non-US Person,' and not an FBI source 
when he was de facto working for...the Hillary Clinton campaign to develop opposition research. Steele 
subcontracted this work to Danchenlco...who, by his own admission during the FBI interview, provided what he 
categorized as 'bar talk over beers' back to Steele. The fact that this kind of information in an FBI 
communication was classified as `secret' in the first place is unexplainable." Casey concluded, "The information 
that Danchenko provided was the last nail in the coffin of the Steele dossier, and it created a serious dilemma for 
the FBI.... How this all ends will be determined largely by US Attorney Durham's investigation." 
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Op-Ed: Barr May Try To Spin His "Investigation" Before The Election. 
In an op-ed in the Washington Post <https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/08/01/barr-durham-
investigation-election/> (8/1, 14.2M), Joshua Geltzer And Ryan Goodman wrote, "One of William Barr's 
weaknesses is a godsend for the rule of law: The attorney general is not completely effective at lying.... Barr's 
behavior in his prior career in government and in his current office reveals voluminous and specific examples in 
which he misled the public and Congress.... And there's every reason to suspect Barr will soon try again to 
mislead — this time regarding...an investigation by his handpicked US attorney, John Durham — in an effort to 
skew the 2020 elections." They contended, "The problem is that there are two types of lies that Barr is willing to 
employ. One can be detected quickly. The other often takes time to uncover." They concluded, "It's essential that 
Congress, the media and the public refuse to accept what Barr says at face value. Wait till we see what Durham's 
investigation actually concludes." 
NYTimes Analysis: Trump's Approach To Moscow Appears To Have Undergone "Little Or No Evolution" Since 
2016. 
In an analysis, the New York Times <https://www.nytimes.corn/2020/07/31/us/politics/trump-russia-nato-
bounties.html> (7/31, Sanger, 18.61M) says President Trump's "approach to Moscow...has been consistent. With 
three months until Election Day, he is repeating a variant of lines that he uttered during his first campaign." For 
example, "it would be 'wonderful' if `instead of fighting each other, we got along.' That he and Mr. Putin are 
working together to reduce the threat of nuclear war, even though both nations have spent the past four years 
developing nuclear weapons and scuttling treaties that limited their stockpiles. In recent days, he has begun 
deflecting questions about Russia's cyberactivities by repeating another line from 2016: that everyone turns a 
blind eye to China." The article says, "What is striking about all these comments is that they indicate little or no 
evolution in Mr. Trump's approach." 
Op-Ed: Trump Is Committed To Defending The US, And Russia Knows It. In an op-ed in the Washington Post 
<https://www.washingtonpost.corrilopinions/2020/08/02/president-trump-is-committed-defending-us-russia-
knows-id> (8/2, 14.2M), Robert O'Brien, the national security adviser to President Trump, writes, "Like Reagan, 
President Trump strives for good relations with all nations, including Russia. But no nation, including Russia, 
should doubt the president's commitment to defending the US and our allies. President Trump has demonstrated 
to Russia that he means what he says about putting 'America First.' If recently reported allegations of Russian 
malign activity toward Americans in Afghanistan prove true, Russia knows from experience that it will pay a 
price — even if that price never becomes public." He concludes, "No president since Reagan has shown such 
resolve to Moscow. Like Reagan, President Trump seeks another path with Russia — one in which Russia refrains 
from aggression abroad and becomes a friendly partner to the United States and Europe. In such a world, 
sanctions on Russia would be unnecessary, and trade between our countries would flourish." 
WPost Analysis: Dissonance Between Trump, National Security Team Shows Lack Of Strategic Approach To 
Russia. In an analysis, the Washington Post <https://www.washingtonpost.corn/national-security/dissonance-
between-trump-and-administration-officials-over-russia-disguises-lack-of-strategic-approach-to-
moscow/2020/08/01/4ab241bc-d354-11ea-9038-at089b63ac21_story.html> (8/1, Deyoung, 14.2M) said, "The 
public dissonance between President Trump and his top national security team over Russia reached new heights 
in the past week," in some ways overshadowing what several experts describe as the Administration's lack of 
strategic approach to dealing with Moscow. For example, a former senior Administration official who spoke on 
the condition of anonymity said that to the extent President Trump "'undermines US policy,' it is not necessarily 
because of his lauding of Putin, but 'because there is no coherent policy.'" The official added, "There is no 
devolution to fill out the details of the kind of deals he wants to make." 
Detentions Of 33 Suspected Russian Mercenaries In Belarus Pits Minsk Against Moscow Just Before Election. 
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The Washington Post <https://www.washingtonpost.corn/world/europe/belarus-election-russia-wagner-
mercenaries/2020/08/01/86e915ce-d332-11ea-826b-cc394d824e35_story.html> (8/1, Khurshudyan, 14.2M) 
reported the detentions of "33 suspected Russian mercenaries near Minsk" earlier this week "have expanded an 
unusual run of tension between Belarus and Russia, once tight allies that have drifted apart as Belarus's 
president, Alexander Lukashenko, tests policies independent of Moscow's backing. The rare friction with Russia 
is now part of the backdrop for an Aug. 9 election that is expected to extend Lukashenko's 26-year authoritarian 
grip on power." However, "Lukashenko also appears to be using the showdown with Moscow to bolster his 
populist credentials and to try to discredit opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, a newcomer who has 
led a surprisingly strong campaign. Belarus claims — without making any evidence public — that the alleged 
mercenaries are part of Russia's shadowy Wagner Group paramilitary outfit and were sent to Minsk to 
destabilize the country ahead of presidential elections." 
CIA Declassifies Details Of 1970s Stealth Drone. 
Forbes <https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2020/07/31/cia-reveals-details-of-bird-like-1970s-stealth-
drone---with-planned-nuclear-propulsion/> (7/31, Hambling, 9.71 M) reported The CIA's Project Aquiline was "a 
drone with a ten-foot wingspan which would carry out spy missions deep into the Soviet Union." The CIA has 
"declassified a new stash of documents about the project from the early 1970s, revealing among other things, 
plans to fit nuclear propulsion and have it operating out of the celebrated Area 51." Project Aquiline never 
"became operational, for reasons which we will explore." But, as the CIA "notes in a preface to the new release, 
`the concept proved invaluable as a forerunner to today's multi-capability UAVs [Unmanned Aerial Vehicles]." 
The project originated "in the 1960s." After the shooting down "of Gary Powers U-2 spy plane over the Soviet 
Union, manned flights were becoming politically too risky." Satellites could peer "over the Iron Curtain, but only 
provided grainy long-range photographs." What was needed was "a small, unmanned aircraft for strategic 
reconnaissance from close-up." 
Retrial Of Accused CIA Leaker Josh Schulte Delayed At Request Of Defense Lawyers. 
The Washington Times <https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jul/31/retrial-of-accused-cia-leaker-josh-
schulte-delayed/> (7/31, Blake, 492K) reported a federal court judge "pushed back proceedings Friday in the 
government's longstanding criminal case against Joshua Adam Schulte, a former CIA engineer suspected of 
leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks." Senior US District Court Judge Paul A. Crony "agreed to postpone 
a status conference in the Schulte case previously scheduled for August 3 in light of defense layers recently 
asking for an adjournment." The conference has been "rescheduled for Oct. 17, per the judge's order, indicating 
Schulte's yearslong legal saga is unlikely to come to a conclusion anytime soon." 
Criminal Investigations 
Maxwell Wins Court Ruling To Prevent Release Of 2016 Testimony As Reports Highlight Ties To Trump, 
Clinton. 
According to Bloomberg <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-31/maxwell-wins-court-ruling-
temporarily-blocking-document-release?srnd—premium> (7/31, Hurtado, 4.73M), "Ghislaine Maxwell, the 
British socialite fighting sex-trafficking charges in the U.S., persuaded a federal appeals court in Manhattan to 
temporarily halt the release of sworn testimony she gave in April 2016 in a civil case." Bloomberg says the court 
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on Friday "granted Maxwell's request to block the unsealing of documents that include her deposition testimony 
in that lawsuit," but "said it would consider the fight over the unsealing on an expedited basis and scheduled a 
hearing for Sept. 22." 
In article titled, "Before President Trump Wished Ghislaine Maxwell 'Well,' They Had Mingled For Years In The 
Same Gilded Circles," the Washington Post <https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/before-president-trump-
wished-ghislaine-maxwell-well-they-had-mingled-for-years-in-the-same-gilded-circles/2020/07/31/f8d3f56a-
d02f-Ilea-8c55-6Ie7fa5e82ab_story.html> (7/31, Helderman, Fisher, 14.2M) reports that "for at least 15 years" 
after meeting in 1989, President Trump and Maxwell "continued to mingle in the same gilded circles, attending 
the same parties in Florida and New York, sharing meals and flying together at least once on [Jeffrey] Epstein's 
private plane." The Post says "during those years, Trump socialized with Epstein, particularly after Epstein 
purchased a mansion in Palm Beach, Fla., in 1990, not far from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate." The Post says that 
while Trump said last year that he and Epstein "had had a falling out," he "as not made a similar effort to 
distance himself from Maxwell, Epstein's longtime companion." 
The Washington Post <https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/epstein-accuser-alleged-in-newly-unsealed-
deposition-that-ghislaine-maxwell-was-his-partner-in-abuse/2020/07/31/62a13384-d2da-11ea-8d32-
lebf4e9d8e0d_story.html> (7/31, Helderman, Jacobs, 14.2M) also reports that Virginia Giuffre, "who has 
accused...Epstein of years-long abuse that began when she was a teenager, alleged in a newly unsealed 
deposition that...Maxwell, was both his chief accomplice and a participant in the sexual abuse." According to the 
Post, Giuffre "has claimed that Maxwell recruited her to serve as a traveling masseuse for Epstein after spotting 
her working a summer job as a locker room attendant 20 years ago at Mar-a-Lago, President Trump's private 
estate." 
According to Bloomberg <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-31/epstein-advice-to-maxwell-
don-t-act-like-an-escaping-convict?smd=premium&sref=31OEzKolc> (7/31, Hurtado, 4.73M), Giuffre "has 
recounted how she had a job at 16 handing out towels in a spa locker room at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort 
in Florida before Maxwell lured her to work as a masseuse for Epstein, when he began sexually assaulting her." 
Bloomberg adds, "After that, Giuffre testified, Maxwell and Epstein began farming her out to powerful men, 
including directing her to have sex with Britain's Prince Andrew — a claim the prince has strenuously denied." 
Meanwhile, Stephanie Gosk reported on NBC Nightly News 
<https://playvideo.bulletinintelligence.corn/92502b4cc4f94123ad37e86a0d2fa962?pubid=fbi> (7/31, story 12, 
1:57, Holt, 5.44M), "In a 2011 transcript of a conversation with attorneys, Giuffre said she saw former President 
Bill Clinton on the island. According to this document, she told lawyers, 'I remember asking Jeffrey what's Bill 
Clinton doing here kind of thing. And he laughed it off and said, 'well, he owes me a favor.' He never told me 
what favors they were.' In a statement today, a Clinton spokesperson tells NBC News, 'The story keeps 
changing. The facts don't. President Clinton has never been to the island.' Giuffre has acknowledged to NBC 
News that she used drugs when she says she was abused by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, his long-time friend 
who pleaded not guilty to federal charges earlier this month. But Giuffre pushes back on Maxwell and others 
who have questioned her credibility." Gosk added, "Giuffre does not allege that Clinton engaged in any illegal 
sexual activity, nor has any other known Epstein accuser." 
The AP <https://www.usatoday.com/stoty/news/politics/2020/07/31/ghislaine-maxwells-lawyers-told-not-id-
child-sex-abuse-accusers/5553678002/> (7/31) reports that US District Judge Alison J. Nathan "said Friday that 
her attorneys are not permitted to publicly identify accusers even if they've spoken in a public forum. 'Not all 
accusations or public statements are equal,' U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan wrote in her ruling in the case 
facing Ghislaine Maxwell. 'Deciding to participate in or contribute to a criminal investigation or prosecution is a 
far different matter than simply making a public statement "relating to" Ms. Maxwell or Jeffrey Epstein, 
particularly since such a statement might have occurred decades ago and have no relevance to the charges in this 
case.'" Judge Nathan "said the women 'still maintain a significant privacy interest that must be safeguarded."' 
The San Jose (CA) Mercury News <https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-
world/national/article244643402.html> (7/31, Ross, 456K) reports, "Newly released documents in a lawsuit 
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against Jeffrey Epstein's associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, shed new light on the late accused sex trafficker's 
friendship with Prince Andrew, including the claim that the British royal worked to help Epstein secure a reduced 
sentence in a child prostitution case in Florida in 2008." The Mercury News adds, "Andrew's reputation has 
already been tarnished by his long association with Epstein and by allegations that he had sex multiple times 
with Virginia Roberts Giuffre, one of the teenage girls Epstein allegedly pimped out to his powerful friends. 
Andrew, who was asked to step down from his royal duties last year, has repeatedly denied having sex with 
Giuffre, but the new documents appear to challenge his assertion that he wasn't good friends with Epstein and 
only saw him infrequently through the 2000s before he claims he ended their friendship." 
The Wall Street Journal <https://wwvv.wsj.corn/articles/court-unseals-documents-in-ghislaine-maxwell-lawsuit-
related-to-jeffrey-epstein-11596180451> (7/31, Paul, O'Brien, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) and a brief ABC 
World News Tonight <https://playvideo.bulletinintelligence.com/7b41e6cca50d4dc484d0aebld68b7111? 
pubid=fbi> (7/31, story 14, 0:27, Llamas, 6.66M) broadcast provide similar coverage of the unsealed documents. 
Pair Of Prisoners Apprehended After Escaping From Oklahoma Jail. 
ABC World News Tonight <https://playvideo.bulletinintelligence.corniff399c9e27ca4578b13a4e34dfbdf4b0? 
pubid=fbi> (7/31, story 15, 0:23, Llamas, 6.66M) reported on a "dramatic jailbreak in Oklahoma City. 
Authorities say 34-year-old Pablo Robledo and his cellmate busted out glass blocks and used bed sheets tied 
together to climb down from the 12th floor of the jail. The cellmate was arrested after breaking his leg. Robledo, 
who is facing a first degree murder charge...briefly got away but was arrested after a manhunt this afternoon." 
FBI Probing Fatal Shooting In Washington Casino Parking Garage. 
KOMO-TV <https://komonews.corn/newsfiocal/fbi-investigating-fatal-shooting-in-emerald-queen-casino-
parking-garage> Seattle (8/1, 402K) reports from Tacoma, Washington, "Puyallup Tribal Police responded to a 
report of a shooting at the south parking garage of the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma just before midnight 
Friday night. Tribal officers and Emerald Queen security performed CPR on the male victim." KOMO-TV adds, 
"The victim was pronounced deceased early Saturday morning. Tribal police say a male suspect fled the scene on 
foot. Police believe the shooting did not appear to be a robbery." According to KOMO-TV, "Following standard 
procedure for major crimes on the Puyallup reservation, the FBI is now investigating the shooting." 
Arizona Man Arrested After Fleeing Shooting Scene. 
The Arizona Daily Sun <https://azdailysun.com/news/flagstaff-man-arrested-in-phoenix-after-fleeing-cortland-
boulevard-shooting/article_512fee4e-21b0-5db7-9989-ad3affic0c3cfhtml> (7/31, 32K) reports, "Flagstaff 
police, with the help of federal officials, made an arrest in a shooting on the 5200 block of East Cortland 
Boulevard in mid-July." Pedro Herrera, 35, of Flagstaff, Arizona, "was identified by victims and witnesses on 
July 18 after a shooting in the neighborhoods near North Country Club Drive in Flagstaff. The victim was shot in 
the leg and survived his injuries. Herrera has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and 
attempted homicide." The Daily Sun adds, "On July 18, police believed Herrera was in the area of Flagstaff or 
Winslow and considered him armed and dangerous driving a Ford Fusion. The Marshal's Office's Flagstaff 
Violent Offender Task Force and Phoenix division, Flagstaff FBI and Navajo Department of Public Safety 
worked together to arrest Herrera." 
Six Former Houston Officers Charged After Deadly Drug Raid. 
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The AP <https://www.usnews.corn/news/us/articles/2020-07-31/ex-houston-officers-indicted-in-wake-of-deadly-
drug-raid> (7/31, Lozano) reports from Houston, Texas, "A grand jury has indicted six former Houston police 
officers whose work with a narcotics unit has been under scrutiny since a 2019 drug raid in which a couple was 
killed, prosecutors announced Friday." The AP adds, "Prosecutors allege that the former officers falsified 
documentation about drug payments to confidential informants, routinely used false information to get search 
warrants, and lied in police reports. The grand jury on Thursday brought indictments on a total of 17 felony 
charges against the officers. The indicted former officers are Gerald Goines; Steven Bryant; Sgt. Clemente 
Reyna; Sgt. Thomas Wood; Lt. Robert Gonzales; and Hodgie Armstrong. The charges, which include tampering 
with a government record and aggregate theft by a public servant, were first filed earlier this month by the Harris 
County District Attorney's Office, which then brought the case before a grand jury." 
FBI Searching For Man Who Vandalized Chicago Church. 
The Chicago Tribune <https://www.chicagotribune.corn/news/breaking/ct-fbi-needs-vandalism-help-public-
20200731-hwbmigteijgy3pkwa4esqcbpdy-story.html> (7/31, Williams-Harris, 2.65M) reports, "The FBI is 
asking for the public's help identifying a man who brought a dog with him while he vandalized a church in the 
Pilsen neighborhood last fall." The Tribune adds, "On Oct. 15, about 1:30 p.m., the man attempted to gain entry 
to the Lincoln United Methodist Church, 2242 S. Damen Ave. After someone told the man the church was 
closed, he began to kick the glass doors, shattering both, the FBI said. When employees of the church confronted 
him, he made racist comments and performed a gesture described as a Nazi salute." 
The Chicago Sun-Times <https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/7/31/21349573/fbi-man-wanted-lincoln-
united-methodist-church-hate-crime-nazi> (7/31, Struett, 875K) reports, "The incident, which happened about 
1:30 p.m. Oct. 15, 2019, was logged by Chicago police as a religious-motivated hate crime, according to a 
review CPD hate crime records. In 2019, the CPD recorded six other hate crimes at churches and nine at 
synagogues. The FBI did not detail the possible motivation behind the incident." 
US Charges Arizona Man For Distributing Child Pornography. 
KOLD-TV <https://www.kold.corn/2020/07/31/arizona-man-indicted-distributing-child-pornography/> Tucson, 
AZ (7/31, Ramirez) reports from Tucson, Arizona, "A 34-year-old Lake Havasu City man faces up to 20 years in 
prison for child pornography distribution charges." Dale L. Bauwens II "was indicted by Matthew D. Krueger, a 
U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, on Tuesday, July 21 on two counts of distributing child porn, 
which carries a minimum sentence of five years and maximum of 20 years in prison, according to a news release 
from the U.S. Attorney's Office Eastern District of Wisconsin. Bauwens's arrest and subsequent indictment came 
as part of Operation Kick Boxer, a collaborative effort between the Milwaukee Division of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, the U.S. Attorney's Office, and the Winnebago County Sheriff's Office, aimed at apprehending sex 
offenders who target children." 
Marine Corps Suspends Search For Missing Personnel Off Southern California. 
NBC Nightly News <https://playvideo.bulletinintelligence.corriffic560f0818094d07aaba80c2f8f52fD4? 
pubid=fbi> (8/2, story 8, 0:20, Snow, 4.I2M) reported that the US Marine Corps "has suspended the search and 
rescue effort for seven missing Marines and one Navy sailor off the coast of southern California. The group was 
on a training mission Thursday when their amphibious assault vehicle sank." ABC World News Tonight 
<https://playvideo.bulletinintelligence.corn/e99a42298d0743ca843c0e58ac4cAf8e?pubid=fbi> (8/2, story 6, 0:25, 
Llamas, 5.23M) reported, "All eight service members are presumed dead." A brief report on the CBS Weekend 
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News <https://playvideo.bulletinintelligence.corn/41b272558d7d4e80b1c63459e1c21110pubid=fbi> (8/2, story 
4, 0:15, Garrett, 1.32M) provided similar coverage. 
FBI Investigation Results In Charges Against Hawaii Man Who Allegedly Sent Threatening Emails. 
Maui (HI) Now <https://mauinow.corn/2020/07/31/fbi-investigation-results-in-charges-against-hawaii-man-for-
threatening-emails/> (7/31) reported an O`ahu man was charged "in federal court with sending threatening 
interstate communications. Sean Michael Fujiwara, 43, of Kailua, Hawaii is accused of sending at least 21 
emails that were threatening in nature or contained references to foreign terrorist organizations, or both, 
according to the US Justice Department." He has since "been remanded to federal custody pending further 
proceedings." According to FBI Special Agent in Charge Eli S. Miranda ,"The FBI takes these types of threats 
very serious especially when they reference schools and the killing of students and teachers. Many times these 
threats are more than words and are actually a precursor to violence. The men and women of the FBI work 
tirelessly to identify the author of such threats to ensure they are stopped before they act out. This arrest is an 
example of the FBI's dedication to justice and our goal of making Hawaii a safer place for all." 
Big Island (HI) Now <https://bigislandnow.com/2020/07/31/kailua-man-charged-with-sending-threatening-
emails-to-hidoe-law-enforcement/> (7/31) reported among the alleged messages "were a Feb. 25, 2018 email to 
a personal Hawai'i Department of Education email address threatening to shoot and kill teachers and students; a 
June 8, 2020 email to a law enforcement agency threatening to plant a bomb at a specified police station; and 
multiple emails proclaiming Fujiwara's allegiance to ISIS." The case is being investigated by the FBI. 
Indiana Girl Dies After Being Caught In Shootout. 
The AP <https://www.usnews.corn/news/us/articles/2020-07-31/police-girl-2-shot-in-indiana-was-caught-in-
crossfire> (7/31) reported a 2-year-old girl died Friday "two days after she was caught in crossfire and shot in the 
head while sitting in a car with her mother at a northwestern Indiana apartment complex, police said." Police said 
the girl's mother, "who was not injured in Wednesday night's shooting, did not know the people who traded 
gunfire in the parking lot at the Kennedy Crossing Apartment Complex in Hammond." Following the shooting, 
"police searched a wooded area nearby where one suspect had apparently fled. A police helicopter helped in that 
search while dogs scoured the area, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of Chicago, WLS-TV reported." 
Hammond detectives used a "fire truck to search the roof of an apartment building for evidence, while the FBI 
assisted police at the shooting scene, where police had marked at least 10 shell casings." 
Omaha Bank Robber Sentenced Ten Years. 
Daily Nonpareil (IA) <https://nonpareilonline.corn/news/locaUcrime-and-courts/man-convicted-of-robbing-
bluffs-bank-sentenced-to-10-years/article_82eb64a2-d35c-llea-8d07-b32abda41c35.html> (7/31, Pimper) 
reported an Omaha man convicted of "robbing a Council Bluffs bank was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 
Wednesday." Brandon Bird had his sentence "levied by U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, 
according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa." As part of his sentence, "the defendant 
is being required to serve three years of post-release supervision, court records show. It was also ordered by the 
judge that he pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victims' Fund." The case was investigated "by the 
Council Bluffs Police Department, Iowa State Patrol, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Great Plains 
Violent Crimes Task Force. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern 
District of Iowa." 
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Hawaii Man Sentenced For Possession Of Child Porn. 
Big Island (HI) Now <https://bigislandnow.com/2020/08/02/honolulu-man-sentenced-to-5-years-prison-for-
possession-of-child-pornk (8/2) reports a Honolulu man was sentenced "to five years in prison for possession of 
child pornography, the Department of Justice reported last week." Tyler Pang was sentenced "on July 29 by 
United States District Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi." Pang is also required "to register as a sex offender in the 
jurisdiction(s) where he resides, is employed, or is a student." The case was investigated by the FBI. According 
to FBI Special Agent in Charge Eli S. Miranda, "Identifying predators who exploit the innocence of a child will 
always be a top priority for the FBI. Tyler Pang possessed sexual images of children and distributed the images 
over the intemet. Today's sentencing highlights the hard work of the men and women of the FBI and puts a child 
predator offline." 
FBI Believes Toledo Councilwoman Sought To Extort Local Business Owner. 
The Toledo (OH) Blade <https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2020/08/01/yvonne-harper-toledo-council-
gas-station-extortion/stories/20200801023> (8/1, 88K) reported that as part of a "sweeping bribery probe of four 
Toledo councilmen and a local attorney," the FBI believes Toledo City Councilman Yvonne Harper intended to 
extort a local gas station owner. Federal investigators in a criminal complaint "filed June 30 assert she said as 
much at those meetings in front of another elected official, a Toledo police officer, the leader of Toledo's 
NAACP chapter, a local bishop, and a member of the mayor's administration who is now the Ohio political 
director for Joe Biden's presidential campaign." 
Three ND Tribal Officials Charged In Bribery Scheme. 
The Minot (ND) Daily News <https://www.minotdailynews.corn/news/local-news/2020/08/three-tribal-officials-
charged-in-bribery-scheme-2/> (8/2, 61K) reports two current tribal government "officials and one former tribal 
government official of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation (MHA Nation) 
were charged by criminal complaint unsealed on Thursday for their alleged acceptance of bribes and kickbacks 
from a contractor providing construction services on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, which is the home of 
the MHA Nation." The FBI investigated the case. Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt "of the 
Justice Department's Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Drew H. Wrigley for the District of North Dakota, and 
Acting Special Agent in Charge Aubree M. Schwartz of the FBI's Minneapolis Field Office made the 
announcement." 
Honolulu Managing Director Subject Of FBI Investigation. 
Honolulu Civil Beat (HI) <https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/07/honolulu-managing-director-subject-of-federal-
investigation/> (8/1, Jedra) reported Honolulu Managing Director Roy Amemiya "is a `subject' in a federal 
investigation and testified before a grand jury on Thursday, the city said on Friday." Amemiya is now the 
"highest-ranking, non-elected city official to become embroiled in a federal probe" and it is "unclear on what 
case he was called to testify." However, Amemiya's testimony "follows a recent visit to the grand jury by Max 
Sword, a former member of the Honolulu Police Commission appointed by Caldwell. Corporation Counsel 
Donna Leong received an FBI target letter in January 2019." 
FBI Increases Reward Amount For Information Leading To Arrest And Conviction In Las Cruces Church 
Bombings. 
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The Las Cruces (NM) Sun-News <https://www.lcsun-news.corn/story/news/2020/08/02/las-cruces-new-mexico-
church-bombings-reward-increased/5558893002/> (8/2, 58K) reports the Federal Bureau of Investigation on 
Friday "increased the reward for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the church 
explosions that occurred five years ago in Las Cruces." The FBI "increased its reward from $20,000 to up to 
$50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever is responsible for the explosions." On 
Friday, James Langenberg, "special agent in charge of the Albuquerque FBI Division, said it's fortunate that the 
devices didn't hurt anyone five years ago. But — had they exploded a few minutes earlier or later — it could have 
been a different story." Langenberg said, "Investigators have conducted more than 700 interviews, and reviewed 
hundreds of files, tips and other pieces of information in this investigation. We are determined to solve this case." 
Among other outlets reporting is the Los Alamos (NM) Daily Post <https://ladailypost.com/fbi-reward-
increased-to-up-to-50000-on-fifth-anniversary-of-explosions-at-las-cruces-churches/> (8/1). 
Massachusetts Man Faces Federal Charges After FBI Says He Stole "Smart" Light Bulbs From Home Depot. 
The Springfield (MA) Republican <https://www.masslive.com/boston/2020/08/authorities-bust-massachusetts-
man-on-federal-charge-after-they-say-he-made-nearly-400k-from-stealing-smart-light-bulbs-thermostats-from-
home-depot.html> (8/2, Croteau, 395K) reports the theft of light bulbs and batteries "does not bring to mind an 
FBI investigation, but one Massachusetts man is accused of stealing thousands of dollars' worth of those items 
and has now found himself facing a federal charge." Justin Farinato, 39, of Groveland, "is facing a charge of 
transportation of stolen goods in a Massachusetts federal court after authorities say he made nearly $400,000 
from stealing 'smart' light bulbs, Nest thermostats and batteries from The Home Depot." He "appeared in federal 
court Friday." Farinato, according to "an affidavit filed by FBI Special Agent Andrea Sciolino, has stolen the 
special light bulbs, thermostats and other items from various Home Depot locations in New England since 
2014." 
Among other outlets reporting is the Salem (MA) News 
<https://www.salemnews.com/newillocal_news/groveland-man-facing-federal-charges-in-lightbulb-
scheme/article_50daf46b-65bd-5dc I -887a-aaeleb7c42bc.html> (8/1, Writer, 64K). 
New York Man Pleads Guilty To Sexually Exploiting Child. 
The Schenectady (NY) Daily Gazette <https://dailygazette.corn/article/2020/08/02ffeds-guilderland-man-admits-
in-federal-court-to-sexually-exploiting-child> (8/2, 82K) reports that Blake Spears, 39, of Guilderland, "pleaded 
guilty Friday to one count of sexual exploitation of a child." Spears "admitted to sexually exploiting the child 
Dec. 1, 2018 by using his phone to make a recording." He also "admitted to using a phone messaging application 
to distribute videos to others depicting the sexual abuse of other children, prosecutors said." The case "was 
investigated by the FBI and its Child Exploitation Task Force." 
Police Arrest Pontiac Man In Homicide Of Susie Zhao. 
The Oakland (MI) Press <https://www.theoaklandpress.corn/news/arrest-made-in-homicide-of-susie-zhao-
waterford-township-resident/article_bf I bc I 8c-d47a- II ea-b967-bfl 3 f86f0c32.html> (8/2, 95K) reports police 
"have arrested a 60-year-old Pontiac man in the homicide of Susie Zhao, a 33-year-old Waterford Township 
resident who had worked as a professional poker player, a ClickonDetroit report said." Zhao's "badly burnt 
remains were found on Monday, July 13 at around 8 a.m. in a Department of Natural Resources parking area 
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