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DATE: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2020 6:30 AM EST 
TODAY'S TABLE OF CONTENTS 
Leading the News 
• Agencies, Cybersecurity Experts Say Election Was Most Secure In US History. 
Protests 
• Attorneys Seek Bond Release For Accused In Arbery Case. 
Counter-Terrorism 
• Utah Man Pleads Guilty To Impersonating ISIS Leader In Attack Plot. 
• FBI Analyst: Pittsburgh Is A "Hub" For White Supremacy. 
• Massachusetts Man On Trial For Allegedly Trying To Firebomb Jewish Elder Care Facility. 
• Accomplice Testifies Against Reputed Militia Leader In Minnesota Mosque Bombing Trial. 
• Georgia Man Charged In 9/11 Bomb Threat. 
• IS Claims Responsibility For Attack At Saudi WWI Ceremony. 
• Iran Arrests Arab Separatist Leader Suspected To Be Behind 2018 Attack. 
• Gunman Opens Fire On Saudi Embassy In The Netherlands. 
Counter-Intelligence 
• "Growing Number" Of GOP Senators Call For Biden To Receive PDB. 
• In Recording, Facebook CEO Defends Decision Not To Suspend Bannon. 
• Opinion: "Stolen Election" Rhetoric Could Unleash Wave Of Violence. 
• Wisconsin Official Says There Still Isn't Evidence Of Election Fraud. 
• Former Ohio State Researcher Pleads Guilty To Lying About Chinese Ties. 
• Cleveland Clinic Physician Charged With Taking Research To China. 
• Chinese Professor Accused Of Stealing Trade Secrets For Huawei To Plead Guilty. 
• House And Senate Poised To Extend Trump-Era Investigations. 
• CNN: Internal White House Debate Over Fate Of Haspel. 
• Independent Investigation Finds Bonanza Media Is A Russian Disinformation Project. 
• UC Global Spied On Assange For Ecuadorian Intelligence, Says Ex Manager. 
Criminal Investigations 
• US Charges South Carolina Inmate With Trying To Hire Hitman To Kill Prosecutor. 
• Documents Show Alleged Whitmer Kidnapping Plot Ringleader Planned To Take Hostages At Capitol 
Building. 
• FBI Arrests California Man For Hate Crime Attack On Restaurant. 
• Alaska Man Arrested With Large Amounts Of Drugs. 
• Another Defendant Pleads Guilty In New Jersey Drug Trafficking Case. 
• US Charges Four In Missouri Murder-For-Hire Plot. 
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• Pennsylvania Woman Gets 13 Months In Prison For Drug Trafficking. 
• Marijuana-Related Search Warrant Operation Conducted In Arizona. 
• FBI Arrests Woman In Connection To Bank Robberies In Utah, Arizona. 
• FBI Investigating Minnesota Robbery. 
• North Carolina Jury Convicts Foreign National Of Sexual Abuse. 
• Continuing Coverage: FBI Investigating Disappearance Of Missing Colorado Woman. 
• FBI Search Colorado Home In Connection To 2016 Disappearance. 
• New York Sex Offender Charged With Child Pornography Possession. 
• Iowa Man Sentenced For Child Pornography. 
Financial Crime & Corporate Scandals 
• Attorney For Cincinnati Councilman Charged In Bribery Scheme To Hold Press Conference Today. 
• US Arrests Nine Californians On Money Laundering Charges. 
• US Charges California Man With Wire Fraud, Identity Theft. 
• Former Philadelphia Officials, Contractor's Employee Charged With Embezzlement. 
• Plea Hearing For Ex-Michigan Prosecutor Moved Again Due To Coronavirus. 
• New Hampshire Attorney Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering, Wire Fraud. 
Cyber Division 
• Two DHS Officials Reportedly "Forced To Resign"; Krebs "Expects To Be Fired." 
• Commerce Department Will Delay Enforcement Of TikTok Shutdown Order. 
• Israeli Cybersecurity Firm Finds New Type Of Iranian Ransomware. 
• Finland Prepares Change To Code Law After Hacking Case. 
• NSA Grant To Help Two Indiana Campuses Expand Cybersecurity Programs. 
Law Enforcement Services 
• Springfield, Massachusetts Police Department Assigns Officer To FBI Gun Violence Task Force. 
• WPost: Voters Usher In "New Phase Of Drug Policy." 
Other FBI News 
• DOJ Report: Acosta Engaged In No Misconduct When He Agreed To Epstein Plea Deal. 
• Ramsey Tapped As New Portland, Oregon SAC. 
Other Washington News 
• Media Analyses: Trump Silent On Pandemic, "Largely Out Of Sight," As Election Challenges Continue. 
• Agreement Reached With Pharmacies To Provide Free COVID Vaccinations. 
• Fauci Says Working With Administration Has Been "Stressful." 
• Fauci: Lockdown Can Be Avoided. 
• Hint Urges Tighter Restrictions, Guidance Adherence. 
• US COVID Infections Topped 150K Thursday; States See Surge In Hospitalizations. 
• California Cities Reimpose Restrictions As State Reaches Millionth COVID Case. 
• Upper Midwest, Plains States See COVID Cases Rising. 
• Chicago Mayor Issues Stay-At-Home Advisory. 
• NYC Schools Seen As Likely To Close Again Amid Resurgence Of COVID. 
• Health Officials Encouraging Extra COVID Precautions For Holidays. 
• Clinical Laboratories Warn COVID Testing May Be Delayed. 
• Lewandowski Tests Positive For COVID. 
• Ivanka Trump, Kushner Withdrew Children From School After White House Outbreak. 
• Alaska Congressman Tests Positive For COVID. 
• WSJournal: Delaware COVID Settlement Allows Churches To Be Treated Neutrally. 
• WSJournal: Biden's COVID Team Would Push For Lockdowns. 
• Administration Leaving Stimulus Talks To McConnell As Pelosi, Schumer Signal No Compromise. 
• Federal Judge Schedules Conference On Trump Defamation Suit. 
• At Least Four Dead As Eta Moves Through Southeast. 
• Appeals Court Upholds Harvard Affirmative Action Ruling. 
• Deputy AG Rosen Reportedly Blocked Charges Against Zinke. 
International News 
• Chinese Government Stopping Taiwan's Participation In WHO Meeting. 
• Prime Minister Says Japan Does Not Need To Declare COVID State Of Emergency. 
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• Germany, France See Slowing Of COVID Cases, But Hospitals Remain Crowded. 
• South Africa Opens To Foreign Visitors. 
• US Allies In Iraq Said To Fear Targeting By Iran. 
• NYTimes Analysis: Syrian Refugees Resist Return Under Current Leadership. 
• NYTimes Analysis: Afghan Officials Do Not Expect Biden To Stop Trump's Troop Withdrawal. 
• Five Americans, Two Others Killed In Crash Of Peacekeeping Force Helicopter In Sinai. 
• Pompeo To Visit Golan Heights, West Bank Israeli Settlement. 
• Wolf Planning To Visit Several Latin American Countries In Early December. 
• Russian Military Operations Off Coast Of Alaska Impact Private US Ships. 
• Hong Kong Legislature Opens Without Pro-Democracy Lawmakers. 
• EU Plans Pro-LGBTQ Policies In Response To Hungary And Poland. 
• Researchers Conclude World "Already Past A Point Of No Return For Global Warming." 
• NYTimes Analysis: Nobel Peace Prize Repeatedly Awarded To Dubious Winners. 
The Big Picture 
• Headlines From Today's Front Pages. 
Washington's Schedule 
• Today's Events In Washington. 
Leading the News 
Agencies, Cybersecurity Experts Say Election Was Most Secure In US History. 
The AP <https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-technology-state-elections-elections-
66f9361084ccbc461e3bbf42861057a5> (11/12, Tucker, Bajak) reports, "A coalition of federal and state officials 
said Thursday that they have no evidence that votes were compromised or altered in last week's presidential 
election." Their comments reject "unsubstantiated claims of widespread fraud advanced by President Donald 
Trump and many of his supporters." A statement distributed by a group led by CISA said, "While we know there 
are many unfounded claims and opportunities for misinformation about the process of our elections, we can 
assure you we have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections, and you should too." The 
statement added, "When you have questions, turn to elections officials as trusted voices as they administer 
elections." It "echoed repeated assertions by election experts and state officials over the last week that the 
election unfolded smoothly without broad irregularities." 
USA Today <https://www.usatoday.corn/story/news/politics/2020/11/12/election-fraud-officials-say-no-
evidence-voting-systems-compromised/6272326002/> (11/12, Johnson, 10.3IM) reports that the group of 
agencies, which included the National Association of State Election Directors, "issued what appeared to be a 
definitive coda to the 2020 vote." The statement "offered a decidedly different message than that delivered last 
month" by DNI Ratcliffe, "who abruptly announced that that voter registration information had been obtained by 
Iran and Russia in an attempt to undermine confidence in the 2020 election." Ratcliffe also "said that Russia has 
obtained voter information just as the Kremlin had done in when it interfered in the 2016 election." 
The New York Times <https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/11/12/us/joe-biden-trump> (11/12, Sanger, Stevens, 
Perlroth, 18.61M) reports that the statement came "directly from one of Mr. Trump's own cabinet agencies." It 
"also came as a previously unified Republican Party showed signs of cracking on the question of whether to 
keep backing the president." Senate Republicans have "insisted that Mr. Biden should at least be given access to 
the President's Daily Brief," their call amounting "to an acknowledgment that Mr. Biden will be declared the 
victor in the election." Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) said, "I think they do need to know some things, and national 
security would be one of them." 
The Washington Post <https://vvww.washingtonpost.corn/elections/2020/11/12/joe-biden-trump-election-live-
updates/> (11/12, Itkowitz, 14.2M) reports that the statement from security agencies "comes on the heels of 
reporting earlier in the day by Reuters that Christopher Krebs, the head of the CISA, expected to be fired over his 
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efforts to debunk misinformation about voting fraud." Krebs has "retweeted an election law expert who called 
out Trump for spreading misinformation." Center for Election Innovation & Research Executive Director David 
Becker wrote, "Please don't retweet wild and baseless claims about voting machines, even if they're made by the 
president. These fantasies have been debunked many times." 
Axios <https://www.axios.cornkisa-election-security-trump-a3858686-512a-4449-addd-4591829a4aefhtml> 
(11/12, Chen, 521K) reports that the Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council (GCC) Executive 
Committee wrote, "There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes or was in 
any way compromised." The statement "acknowledged 'opportunities for misinformation' and urged voters to 
seek out election officials as 'trusted voices."' 
Reuters <https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-cyber/no-voting-system-deleted-or-lost-votes-in-us-
election-security-groups-idUSICBN27T038> (11/12) reports, "The groups, the Election Infrastructure 
Government Coordinating Council Executive Committee (GCC) and the Election Infrastructure Sector 
Coordinating Council (SCC), said the election was the most secure in U.S. history." CISA's "Rumor Control" 
website "debunks misinformation about the election," and CISA Director Krebs "has told associates he expects 
to be fired, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters." 
The Washington Times <https://www.washingtontimes.corn/news/2020/nov/12/cisa-no-evidence-changed-
compromised-deleted-or-lo/> (11/12, Lovelace, 492K) reports that among the parties issuing the statement are 
"members such as CISA assistant director Bob Kolasky, U.S. Election Assistance Commission chair Benjamin 
Hovland, and National Association of Secretaries of State president Maggie Toulouse Oliver, among several 
others." , 
Also reporting are NBC News <https://www.nbcnews.cotn/politics/2020-election/live-blog/2020-11-12-biden-
harris-transition-n1247488/ncrd1247612> (11/12, 6.14M), the Daily Beast 
<https://www.thedailybeast.com/homeland-security-hits-back-at-trumps-election-conspiracies-says-most-secure-
election-in-american-history> (11/12, 1.39M), the New York Times (1 
<https://www.nytimes.com/live/2 02 0/1 111 2/us/joe-biden-trump/cybersecurity-officials-say-the-election-was-the-
most-secure-in-american-history> and 2 <hftps://wwvv.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/us/politics/election-officials-
contradict-trump.html> ), Bloomberg <hftps://www.bloomberg.corn/news/articles/2020-11-13/election-was-
most-secure-in-american-history-u-s-officials-say> (11/13, Sebenius, 4.73M), Axios 
<https://www.axios.com/election-security-2020-voter-fraud-foreign-meddling-0f4ec894-ddf8-42e8-aa07-
773ccc8450d7.html> (11/12, 521K), NPR <https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-2020-election-
results/2020/11/12/934377227/no-evidence-election-was-compromised-cybersecurity-agency-says> (11/12, 
Wise, 3.12M), Federal Computer Week <https://fcw.cotn/articles/2020/11/12/cisa-bold-type-most-secure-
election.aspx> (11/12, 263K), and Newsweek <https://wvvw.newsweek.corn/2-dhs-executive-committees-call-
2020-election-most-secure-american-history-1547060> (11/12, Grzeszczak, 1.53M). 
Protests 
Attorneys Seek Bond Release For Accused In Arbery Case. 
On ABC World News Tonight 
<https://playvideo.bulletinintelligence.corn/e56a7ce438014d449fc96a8eed13a059?pubid=fbi> (11/12, story 7, 
1:30, Muir, 6.57M), Adrienne Banker reported, "Tonight, attorneys for two of the men accused of murdering 
Ahmaud Arbery seeking the release of the father and son on bond." Greg and Travis McMichael were "seen 
chasing Arbery before Travis fatally shot the 25-year-old after spotting him running in their Brunswick, Georgia 
neighborhood, in what they told police as an attempted citizen's arrest of a suspected burglar." Travis 
McMichael's friends testified "that he is remorseful," with attorneys "citing his service in the Coast Guard" and 
"saying this was no hate crime." Travis McMichael's attorney, Bob Rubin, said, "We have substantial evidence 
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that on the day in question, Mr. Arbery was not a jogger. He was there for nefarious purposes." The attorneys 
"are asking the judge to reject the indictments' malice murder charge...saying it was written in such a way that it 
actually charges two crimes in one count." The hearing resumes on Friday morning. 
Counter-Terrorism 
Utah Man Pleads Guilty To Impersonating ISIS Leader In Attack Plot. 
The Salt Lake (UT) Tribune <https://www.sltrib.corn/news/2020/11/12/utah-man-pleads-guilty/> (11/12, Pierce, 
224K) reports, "A Utah man arrested in August 2019 has pleaded guilty to trying to help the Islamic State 
terrorist organization carry out bomb attacks." Murat Suljovic, 23, of Salt Lake City, "pleaded guilty in U.S. 
District Court to one count of attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist 
organization. According to court documents, Suljovic admitted that in January 2019, while he was living in Utah, 
he corresponded with two people he believed were members of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, and that he 
believed they were planning to carry out an attack. The two people were members of the FBI's Joint Terrorism 
Task Force." 
KUTV-TV <https://kjzz.corn/newillocal/utah-man-pleads-guilty-to-impersonating-isis-leader-planning-terrorist-
attack> Salt Lake City (11/12, Stauffer, 445K) reports, "Suljovic admitted to corresponding with an individual, 
identified as Person A in court documents, who he believed was a follower of ISIS, according to the plea 
agreement. The correspondence occurred in January 2019 while Suljovic was living in Utah. He reportedly 
admitted to believing Person A was interested in performing an attack for ISIS and that he would help another 
individual, referred to as Person B, who was also interested in performing an attack for ISIS, the plea agreement 
stated. Suljovic said during his correspondence with Person A, he pretended to be an ISIS leader online and that 
the two people believed he was an ISIS leader." The plea agreement "states Suljovic provided advice about 
potential targets for a terrorist attack and planning the attack. He also provided a bomb-making tutorial video to 
Person A that was meant to be shared with Person B for training and assisting with an attack." 
KTVX-TV <https://www.abc4.corn/news/top-stories/23-year-old-utah-man-pleads-guilty-to-pretending-to-be-
isis-leader-sending-attack-planning-materials-to-followers/> Salt Lake City (11/12, Gardiner) reports, 
"Documents state Suljovic provided advice about potential targets for a terrorist attack on how to plan an attack. 
He also provided a bomb-making tutorial video to one individual who was then supposed to share it with another 
person to be trained in carrying out an attack. By providing the bomb-making tutorial video, Suljovic admitted 
he knowingly attempted to provide material support to ISIS, knowing that ISIS has engaged and does engage in 
terrorism. Suljovic was charged with providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization in 
a Felony Information filed in May. As part of his plea deal, Suljovic agreed to forfeit computer and electronic 
equipment used to facilitate his criminal conduct or acquired from his conduct." 
FBI Analyst: Pittsburgh Is A "Hub" For White Supremacy. 
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette <https://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2020/11/12/Pittsburgh-Pennsylvania-
hub-white-supremacy-racism-extremism-FBI-proud-boys-patriot-front-neo-nazi/stories/202011120145> (11/12, 
Ove, 616K) reports, "Pittsburgh is a focal point for white supremacy and extremists, an FBI analyst said 
Thursday at a symposium on domestic terrorism. `Our area has become a hub. It's important to understand that it 
is here,' said John Pulcastro, a supervisory analyst at the Pittsburgh FBI. In fact, he said the movement is as 
strong here as any other place in the country he has studied in 20 years, including the Pacific Northwest, a hotbed 
for supremacists." The Post-Gazette adds, "Extremist groups are active here in holding events and recruiting. As 
an example, he said 100 members of a neo-Nazi group called the Patriot Front marched down the Boulevard of 
the Allies on the weekend. Their motto, `Conquer or Die,' makes their ideology clear, he said. Another catch-
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phrase, `Blood and Soil,' is aimed at making America a white country only, with refugees seen as invaders, Mr. 
Pulcastro said." 
Massachusetts Man On Trial For Allegedly Trying To Firebomb Jewish Elder Care Facility. 
The Springfield (MA) Republican <https://www.masslive.corn/news/2020/11/speedy-simple-dangerous-
attempted-firebombing-of-wmass-jewish-elder-care-campus-that-fizzled-according-to-federal-prosecutochtml> 
(11/12, Barry, 395K) reports from Springfield, Massachusetts, "The plan was `simple, speedy and dangerous,' a 
federal prosecutor said of John Rathbun's alleged attempt to set off a crudely made firebomb at a Jewish elder 
care complex." According to the Republican, "Police and fire officials on the morning of April 2 found a 
partially filled yellow gas container with a charred Christian church pamphlet in its spout. It was perched near a 
tree on Converse Street in Longmeadow, just outside the campus, when the Longmeadow Fire Department 
responded to a call for a `suspicious package.' A grand jury indicted Rathbun, 36, of East Longmeadow, on two 
charges connected to placing an explosive device to cause harm and destruction, plus lying to FBI agents. His 
trial began Thursday in U.S. District Court in Springfield." 
Accomplice Testifies Against Reputed Militia Leader In Minnesota Mosque Bombing Trial. 
The Minneapolis Star Tribune <https://www.startribune.com/accomplice-testifies-against-alleged-militia-leader-
in-bloomington-mosque-bombing-tria1/573058881/> (11/12, Mannix, 1.04M) reports, "The three men drove 
through the night in a rented pickup truck with a bag full of automatic rifles in the back seat, and after 10 hours 
on the road Michael Hari revealed the objective of their trip. `We're going to go to Minnesota and we're going to 
bomb a mosque,' Hari told them, according to Michael McWhorter's testimony in St. Paul's federal courthouse 
on Thursday morning. It was about 4 a.m. on Aug. 5, 2017, and the three men were an hour away from Dar Al-
Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington." McWhorter, "one of the passengers in the truck, is a star witness for the 
prosecution in the domestic terrorism trial of Hari, which began Monday. McWhorter pleaded guilty in January 
2019 to two federal charges related to the bombing of the mosque." 
Georgia Man Charged In 9/11 Bomb Threat. 
WTOC-TV <https://www.wtoc.com/2020/11/12/vidalia-man-charged-september-th-bomb-threat> Savannah, 
GA (11/12, Bauman, 22K) reports from Savannah, Georgia, "A Vidalia man is facing charges after investigators 
say he called in a bomb threat to a building at the Port of Savannah." Elliot Sherman, 32, "is charged with 
Explosive Materials-Willfully Making a Threat. The indictment reports that Sherman is accused of calling the 
California Cartage CFS 2 building on September 11. Sherman was assigned to the facility by his employer. 
`Calling in a bomb threat, even as a hoax, wastes resources, disrupts commerce and terrifies potential threatened 
victims,' said Chris Hacker, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Atlanta. `That's why the FBI takes them seriously 
and the penalties are severe.'" 
WTGS-TV <https://fox28media.com/news/local/vidalia-man-indicted-for-calling-bomb-threat-into-port-of-
savannah-facility> Savannah, GA (11/12, Papadimas) reports from Savannah, "U.S Attorney for the Southern 
District of Georgia, Bobby Christine, said the charge carries a possible penalty of up to 10 years in prison, 
substantial penalties and a supervised release period. `Bomb threats, whether real or hoax, are dangerous and 
disruptive to work environments,' said U.S. Attorney Christine. `This one was especially inexcusable as it was 
made on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks."' WTGS-TV adds, "According to the indictment, 
the DOJ said Sherman is accused of calling a bomb threat to the California Cartage CFS 2 building on Sept. 11, 
2020. Officials said Sherman is assigned to the building by his employer." 
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IS Claims Responsibility For Attack At Saudi WWI Ceremony. 
The AP <https://wwvv.sfchronicle.corn/news/article/Islamic-State-group-claims-attack-at-Saudi-WWI-
15722150.php> (11/12) reports, "The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Thursday for the explosion 
the previous day at a cemetery in Saudi Arabia." IS "primarily targeted French diplomats attending the ceremony 
in remembrance of the end of World War I." The attack in Jiddah "wounded three people, leaving them with light 
to minor injuries." The terrorist group "primarily targeted the French consul attending the ceremony because of 
his country's publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad." IS's news agency, Aamaq, "said other 
European countries at the ceremony were also considered targets because they are part of the international 
coalition fighting Islamic State militants." 
Iran Arrests Arab Separatist Leader Suspected To Be Behind 2018 Attack. 
Reuters <https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-security-arrest/iran-captures-arab-separatist-leader-linked-to-
military-parade-attack-state-tv-idUSKBN27S260> (11/12) reports, "Iran's intelligence ministry has arrested an 
Iranian ethnic Arab separatist leader suspected of involvement" in a 2018 terrorist attack, according to state 
television. The Ahvaz National Resistance "claimed responsibility for the attack that killed 25 people, almost 
half of them members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards." Iranian state TV said, "Farajollah Chaab, the leader 
of the separatist group, has been arrested by Iran's intelligence ministry agents." The report added, "Chaab has 
planned several other major attacks in Tehran and IChuzestan province in recent years...he has recently been 
planning to launch a new terrorist operation that failed with the efforts of the intelligence ministry agents." 
Gunman Opens Fire On Saudi Embassy In The Netherlands. 
The New York Times <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/world/europe/saudi-embassy-hague-shooting.html> 
(11/12, Erdbrink, 18.61 M) reports that according to local police officials, at least one gunman opened fire at the 
Saudi Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands at 6 a.m. on Thursday. No injuries were sustained in the "rare 
attack...and it was not immediately clear whether the shooting was related to" the attack on a World War I 
commemoration attended by European officials in Saudi Arabia the day prior. The Times says that Dutch Prime 
Minister Mark Rutte "has voiced strong support for France in the aftermath of the beheading of a teacher by an 
Islamist extremist," setting the two countries "apart from the United States and other Western democracies" and 
stoking "anger in Muslim countries." 
The Wall Street Journal <https://www.wsj.corn/articles/several-shots-fired-at-saudi-embassy-in-the-hague-
netherlands-11605207438> (11/12, Abdulaziz, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) reports that Dutch police 
announced the arrest of a 40-year-old man from Zoetermeer in connection with the incident. Riyadh called the 
attack "cowardly," and has encouraged its citizens in the Netherlands to practice caution. 
Counter-Intelligence 
"Growing Number" Of GOP Senators Call For Biden To Receive PDB. 
On ABC World News Tonight 
<https://playvideo.bulletinintelligence.corn/21970c83400b445584cc754c5992605?pubid=fbi> (11/12, story 3, 
2:55, Muir, 6.57M), Muir said a "growing number of Republican senators...say it's time to start giving [Biden] 
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the intelligence briefings incoming presidents get to keep this country safe." ABC's Jonathan Karl: "There are 
signs tonight Republican support for the President's give-no-ground posture is crumbling. While most 
Republican senators have yet to acknowledge have yet to concede Joe Biden won the election, a growing number 
are now saying it's time for Biden to receive the classified intelligence briefings normally given to a president-
elect." Sen. James Lankford (R-OK): "If that's not occurring by Friday, I will step in as well to be able to push 
and to say this needs to occur so that regardless of the outcome of the election, whichever way that it goes, 
people can be ready for that actual task." Karl: "All told, at least 10 Republican senators, including Trump 
loyalist Lindsey Graham, said it's time for Biden to get those intel briefings." 
Tracy reported on the CBS Evening News 
<hftps://playvideo.bulletinintelligence.corn/4ae7192e8b974524b66bad2a35&2648?pubid=fbi> (11/12, story 5, 
2:20, O'Donnell, 4.06M), "The President's firewall of Republican support is starting to crack.... Several 
Republican senators, including Ted Cruz, now say Biden should have access to the presidential daily intelligence 
briefings, something the White House has not provided." Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX): "For the sake of protecting the 
country, you want whoever is going to assume that office to be aware of the significant threats, because the first 
responsibility of any president is to keep the American people safe." On NBC Nightly News 
<https://playvideo.bulletinintelligence.corn/d5249f2348864ffa8e1810a00abcab897pubid=fbi> (11/12, story 4, 
0:25, Holt, 4.9M), Jackson similarly said Trump's "red wall of Republican support is showing some cracks. 
More GOP lawmakers now say [Biden] should get access to classified information, briefings being blocked right 
now by the Trump Administration." 
The AP <https://apnews.corn/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-al-gore-elections-
b622c6d946d320508a4d6756fb279b93> (11/11, Riechmann) reports Trump is not allowing Biden access to the 
President's Daily Brief, the "ultra-secret daily brief of the nation's most sensitive intelligence," and "national 
security and intelligence experts hope Trump changes his mind, citing the need for an incoming president to be 
fully prepared to confront any national security issues on Day One." Politico 
<https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/12/republicans-biden-should-get-presidential-briefings-436303> 
(11/12, Levine, Desiderio, 4.29M) reports Lankford "noted that in 2000, then-President Bill Clinton allowed 
George W. Bush to begin receiving presidential-level intelligence briefings during the recount in Florida." 
According to Politico, Lankford "added that he plans to question the government agency responsible for jump-
starting the transition process if a certification is not made by Friday." The New York Daily News 
<https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/us-elections-govemment/ny-election-transition-biden-trump-
20201112-arbldwpzaffqveawead5advvcm-storyhtml> (11/12, McAuliff, Sommerfeldt, 2.52M) reports Sen. John 
Comyn (R-TX) "echoed Lankford in saying that the president should break the logjam and allow Biden access to 
national security briefings since he might `win in the end.'" 
USA Today <https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/12/republicans-begin-treating-
biden-like-president-elect-despite-trump/3761883001/> (11/12, King, 10.31M) reports "prominent and powerful 
Republicans are signaling that Joe Biden should be treated as the next president," with senators saying "they see 
no issue with Biden receiving the same daily intelligence briefings Trump is getting." Sen. Charles Grassley (R-
IA) "said he had `no problem' letting Biden have access to the briefings," and several others, "including some of 
the president's most ardent allies" like Graham and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), "quickly followed suit." CNN 
<https://www.cnn.corn/2020/11/12/politics/gop-strategy-trump-transition/index.html> (11/12, Raju, Barrett, 
83.I6M) reports Acting SSCI Chair Marco Rubio (R-FL) said, "You don't lose any of your rights in court by 
making available to a potential successor the information they would need if in fact it goes in that direction. In 
all those domestic issues, you might have a few weeks or months. But on national security, our adversaries don't 
wait for presidents to catch up." The New York Times <https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/11/12/us/joe-biden-
trump> (11/12, Sanger, Stevens, Perlroth, 18.61M) quotes Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) as saying, "I don't think they 
need to know everything. I think they do need to know some things, and national security would be one of 
them." The Hill <https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/525699-senate-gop-calls-grow-to-give-biden-access-to-
intelligence-briefings> (11/12, Carney, 2.98M) reports that Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) said, "I think it is very 
much in our national interest to have the president-elect receiving information." 
The Washington Post <https://www.washingtonpost.corn/politics/biden-trump-election-intelligence-
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briefings/2020/11/12/dIfcf4d4-250f-Ileb-952e-0c475972cfc0_story.html> (11/12, Sonmez, DeBonis, 14.2M) 
also reports that "an increasing number of Senate Republicans" say Biden "should be granted access to classified 
briefings during the presidential transition, an acknowledgment of the election results despite President Trump's 
insistence that he will win." Senate Majority Whip Thune told CNN. "I think that it probably makes sense to 
prepare for all contingencies. And as these election challenges play out in court, I don't have a problem with, and 
I think it's important from a national security standpoint, continuity." 
Asked on Fox News' Fox and Friends First <https://video.foxnews.cotn/v/6209360842001/1 
playlist_id=930909787001> (11/12, 483K) about whether the Administration is considering giving Biden access 
to the President's Daily Brief, McEnany said, "All laws are being followed with regard to an expected transition, 
though we expect to continue on as the Trump Administration. We will see how our litigation goes." 
CBS News <https://www.cbsnews.cotn/news/biden-intelligence-briefings-gop-senators-gsa-inaction/> (11/12, 
Quinn, 3.68M) reports that ODNI "said earlier this week it would not have contact with Mr. Biden's transition 
team until notified by the head of the GSA, who ascertains the likely successful candidate in the election. But the 
administrator of the GSA, Emily Murphy, has not yet determined Mr. Biden as the apparent next president, 
leaving in limbo millions of federal dollars to support the transition, government resources and Mr. Biden's 
access to high-level intelligence briefings." Still, Biden "has received lower-level intelligence briefings since 
formally becoming the Democratic nominee in August." 
However, ABC News <https://abcnews.go.corn/Politics/growing-number-senate-republicans-support-intel-
briefings-biden/story?id=74173918> (11/12, Bruggeman, 2.97M) reports that "experts said the intelligence 
community is not beholden to the GSA `ascertainment.' David Priess, a former intelligence briefer and author of 
`The President's Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings to America's Presidents,' said 
briefings could begin `independent of the GSA decision' at the direction of the Director of National intelligence 
or, of course, the president.' Priess added, "The Presidential Transition Act of 1963 and its updates do not 
mention the President's Daily Brief (PDB) or intelligence briefings for the president-elect. The custom of 
allowing the president-elect to see the PDB is just that— a custom — and it's something the president can do, or 
refuse to do, at his discretion." 
Meanwhile, Politico <https://www.politico.corn/news/2020/11/12/security-officials-warn-biden-transition-
436286> (11/12, Bertrand, 4.29M) reports that "a group of more than 150 former national security officials who 
served under [Trump] and other Republican and Democratic administrations is warning that the government's 
delay in recognizing" Biden's victory "poses a `serious risk to national security.' 
Also reporting on the PDB issue are Axios <https://wvvw.axios.corn/gop-senator-pushes-biden-transition-
ee164fed-bfl9-4ebe-8843-a24e24a1c075.html> (11/12, Arias, 521K), the Wall Street Journal 
<https://www.wsj.corn/articles/republican-senators-say-biden-should-get-intelligence-briefings-11605206279> 
(11/12, Peterson, Wise, Subscription Publication, 7.57M), Bloomberg 
<https://www.bloomberg.corn/news/articles/2020-11-12/trump-s-gop-wall-cracks-a-bit-over-biden-intelligence-
briefings?smd=premiutn> (11/12, Dennis, 4.73M), Reuters <https://www.reuters.cotn/article/us-usa-
election/republicans-urge-trump-to-allow-biden-briefings-as-u-s-election-challenges-sputter-idUSICBN27S0LV> 
(11/12, Cornwell, Chiacu, Lewis), the Washington Times 
<https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/nov/12/joe-biden-should-start-getting-access-intel-senate/> 
(11/12, Sherfinski, Meier, 492K), and NPR <https://www.npr.org/sectionillive-updates-2020-election-
results/2020/11/12/934269681/senate-republicans-back-push-for-president-elect-biden-to-get-intelligence-brief> 
(11/12, Grisales, 3.12M), among others. 
Meanwhile, according to the New York Times <https://www.nytimes.cotn/live/2020/11/12/us/joe-biden-trump> 
(11/12, Sanger, Stevens, Perlroth, 18.61M), "Deprived of access to secure government communications by the 
Trump administration, Mr. Biden's team of more than 500 former officials and outside experts has embraced 
workarounds, talking over encrypted apps like Signal to shield their conversations from the Chinese, meeting in 
outdoor coffee shops with government officials they once worked alongside." The Times adds, "The 
conversations are circumspect, both because of rules on both sides limiting how much information Mr. Biden's 
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team can seek and how much executive branch officials are allowed to say." 
In Recording, Facebook CEO Defends Decision Not To Suspend Bannon. 
Reuters <https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-facebook/zuckerberg-defends-not-suspending-ex-
trump-aide-bannon-from-facebook-recording-idUSKBN27S35P> (11/12, Paul) reports Facebook CEO Mark 
Zuckerberg "told an all-staff meeting on Thursday that former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon had 
not violated enough of the company's policies to justify his suspension when he urged beheading" Fauci and FBI 
Director Wray, "according to a recording heard by Reuters." Zuckerberg said, "We have specific rules around 
how many times you need to violate certain policies before we will deactivate your account completely.... While 
the offenses here, I think, came close to crossing that line, they clearly did not cross the line." Facebook 
"removed the video but left up Bannon's page," while Twitter "banned Bannon last week over the same content." 
BuzzFeed News <https://www.buzzfeednews.corn/article/ryanmac/mark-zuckerberg-declares-biden-preisdent-
elect-trump> (11/12, Mac, Silverman) reports, "Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees on Thursday 
that the Democratic nominee `is going to be our next president.' Zuckerberg added, "It's important that people 
have confidence that the election was fundamentally fair, and that goes for the tens of millions of people that 
voted for Trump." The CEO's comments "signify that he believes in the legitimacy of the result," and criticized 
"people claiming that a Biden victory would be overturned." Zuckerberg said "it's...quite unhelpful that people 
out there are raising expectations that there is going to be a different outcome than from what was projected." 
Opinion: "Stolen Election" Rhetoric Could Unleash Wave Of Violence. 
Albert Hunt, former executive editor of Bloomberg News, writes in an op-ed in The Hill 
<https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/525654-stolen-election-rhetoric-more-dangerous-than-you-might-think> 
(11/12, 2.98M) that white power expert Kathleen Belew "fears Donald Trump's refusal to accept the election 
results may be inciting violence." The claim "that the presidential election was `stolen' will likely become a 
rallying cry for the Trump base." Belew, a history professor at the University of Chicago, "dismisses the notion 
that this often is a `lone wolf' problem." She told Hunt, "These militant fringe groups are much more directly 
connected than is appreciated. ... They share a lot of ideas." FBI Director Wray "has said these white power 
groups are a greater danger than the left-wing anarchists oft cited by President Trump and Attorney General 
William Barr." Hunt concludes the claims of a "stolen election" not only undermine "confidence in our 
Democratic system, but...could also threaten to unleash a dangerous wave of violence." 
Wisconsin Official Says There Still Isn't Evidence Of Election Fraud. 
The Washington Post <https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/wisconsin-elections-head-says-still-no-
evidence-of-fraud/2020/11/12/5eb5adbc-2529-11eb-9c4a-0dc6242c4814_story.html> (11/12, Bauer, 14.2M) 
reports, "There remained no evidence of any wrongdoing, fraud or irregularity in Wisconsin's presidential 
election on Thursday," according to officials. Counties in the state are working "to wrap up the certification of 
their votes and their estimates of how much it would cost to recount them." Wisconsin's top elections official, 
Meagan Wolfe, said, "It's rare to see any sort of significant changes." She added, "There's always minor errors. 
... We're certainly not seeing anything unusual." Discussing why the process may look different this year, Wolfe 
cited the "counting of provisional ballots that came in after Election Day." 
Former Ohio State Researcher Pleads Guilty To Lying About Chinese Ties. 
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Ohio State University — The Lantern <https://vvwvv.thelantem.com/2020/11/former-ohio-state-researcher-pleads-
guilty-for-lying-to-fbi-about-ties-to-chinese-government/> (11/12) reports, "A former Ohio State researcher and 
professor pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday for making false claims to federal authorities as part of an 
investigation into his ties to China." Song Guo Zheng "was charged in July for using more than $4.1 million in 
federal grants to funnel research back to China to help the country develop expertise in rheumatology and 
immunology. He was also charged with making false statements about being employed in China at the same time 
as he was employed at U.S. universities, including Ohio State, according to a press release from the U.S. 
Southern District of Ohio Attorney General's Office." 
Cleveland Clinic Physician Charged With Taking Research To China. 
WEWS-TV <https://www.news5cleveland.corn/news/local-news/investigations/cleveland-clinic-doctor-accused-
of-taking-research-to-china-while-accepting-funds-from-u-s-taxpayers> Cleveland (11/12) reports, "An FBI 
investigation into a former Cleveland Clinic doctor's ties to China includes a Chinese government program that 
allegedly recruits professionals with access to foreign technology and intellectual property. `We're opening up a 
brand-new investigation every day,' says Cleveland FBI Special Agent in Charge Eric Smith." Dr. Qing Wang 
"was arrested last May after the FBI filed a probable cause affidavit charging him with false claims and wire 
fraud related to $3 million in compensation from a Chinese university that the FBI alleges Wang failed to 
disclose while receiving $3.6 million in taxpayer-funded grants at the same time. A federal grand jury 
investigation into Wang remains on hold while the COVID-19 outbreak has delayed the case from being 
presented." 
Chinese Professor Accused Of Stealing Trade Secrets For Huawei To Plead Guilty. 
The Bloomberg <https://www.scmp.corn/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3109645/us-huawei-
prosecutors-let-accused-chinese-professor> (11/12, 4.73M) reports, "A Chinese professor accused of stealing 
trade secrets for Huawei Technologies Co. will plead guilty to a reduced charge and be allowed to return to 
China, lawyers told a US judge on Thursday." Bo Mao, "a computer science professor at Xiamen University in 
China and a visiting professor at the University of Texas, will admit to a single count of making a false 
statement. US prosecutors will dismiss more serious counts of conspiracy and trade-secrets theft, they said at a 
hearing Thursday in federal court in Brooklyn, New York. The case, initiated last year, was part of a series of 
moves against Huawei by the Trump administration, which has portrayed the Chinese telecoms giant as a 
national security threat. Mao was initially held without bail in a federal lock-up. The plea is a setback in the 
federal government's battle against what it alleges is trade-secret theft by Chinese technology companies." 
House And Senate Poised To Extend Trump-Era Investigations. 
Politico <https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/12/lawmakers-continue-trump-era-investigations-436072> 
(11/12, Cheney, Desiderio, 4.29M) says President Trump "will be a private citizen in January. But Republicans 
and Democrats on Capitol Hill are poised to carry on the investigations and legal battles that helped define his 
presidency." Politico says that in the House, Democrats are "still in court fighting to obtain Trump's financial 
records and testimony from his first White House counsel Don McGahn, a key figure in the obstruction of justice 
case against Trump." Meanwhile, in the Senate, Republicans are "plotting ways to expand and intensify their 
investigations targeting the former Obama administration" and Joe and Hunter Biden, "with Senate Republicans 
saying they will use the lame duck period to ramp up their probes." 
Opinion: Prosecutors May Accelerate Hunter Biden Probe During Lame Duck Period. Jonathan Turley, the 
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Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University, writes in an op-ed in The Hill 
<https://thehill.corn/opinion/judiciary/525634-transition-marks-precarious-period-for-russia-and-hunter-biden-
probes> (11/12, 2.98M) that prosecutors involved in the Russia and Hunter Biden probes "may now face 
pressure to move faster in the final two months of the administration." Former Vice President Biden has 
"dismissed the probe as an `investigation of the investigators.' The Russia investigation "could result in new 
evidence," and could "shed light on how the initial Russia investigation started and was sustained." 
Investigations "could set the investigations into the amber of the lame duck as insurance against interference 
from the next administration." 
CNN: Internal White House Debate Over Fate Of Haspel. 
CNN <https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/12/politics/gop-defend-haspel-trump/index.html> (11/12, Cohen, Collins, 
Salama, 83.I6M) reports that while some GOP lawmakers have "publicly defended" CIA Director Haspel, 
"outside of Capitol Hill, there are conflicting views about whether Trump should follow through with his threat 
to oust Haspel, and competing factions within the administration are lobbying the President accordingly." 
National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, among others, has urged the President not to dismiss Haspel, but 
"several people inside the White House are pushing for her removal." A person "familiar with the situation" says 
that some Trump advisers "believe Haspel has been `insubordinate' to both the President and" DNI Ratcliffe, 
"arguing she routinely circumvents the chain of command to further her own agenda and that of the CIA." 
Independent Investigation Finds Bonanza Media Is A Russian Disinformation Project. 
A Bellingcat (UK) <https://www.bellingcat.corn/news/uk-and-europe/2020/11/12/the-grus-mh17-disinformation-
operations-part-1-the-bonanza-media-project/> (11/12) investigation "has discovered evidence that Bonanza 
Media" is a "disinformation project working in coordination with Russia's military intelligence." Bellingcat has 
not yet "established conclusively whether" the GRU "was behind the initial launch and funding of the Bonanza 
Media project." However, the investigative platform "established that shortly after it was launched, senior 
members of the GRU entered into direct and regular communication with the project leader." The significance of 
the findings is the "potential role of Bonanza Media as a source of evidence in the ongoing criminal trial over the 
downing of flight MH17 in 2014." The outlets authenticated "emails from the mailboxes of two senior GRU 
officers obtained by a Russian hacktivist group." It also reviewed "phone call logs of these two GRU officers 
independently obtained by us from whistle-blowers with access to Russian telecoms data." 
UC Global Spied On Assange For Ecuadorian Intelligence, Says Ex Manager. 
Computer Weekly <https://www.computerweekly.cotn/news/252491948/Company-accused-of-spying-on-
Assange-acted-for-Ecuadorian-Intelligence-says-ex-UC-Global-manager> (11/12, Goodwin) reports that UC 
Global, "the company accused of spying on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in the Embassy of Ecuador," 
acted "on the orders of Ecuador's intelligence services." Michel Wallemacq, the firm's former head of 
operations, gave "evidence to a Spanish court investigating claims the UC Global's founder David Morales 
ordered video and audio surveillance of meetings between Julian Assange and visitors, including lawyers, 
doctors and journalists." Two former UC Global staff members "have claimed in anonymous witness statements 
that the company's founder supplied surveillance footage and audio recordings to `American friends', which 
were passed on to the CIA." 
Criminal Investigations 
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US Charges South Carolina Inmate With Trying To Hire Hitman To Kill Prosecutor. 
The Columbia (SC) State <https://www.thestate.corn/news/local/crime/article247142679.html> (11/12, Monk, 
390K) reports from Columbia, South Carolina, "A plot by an inmate at the Edgefield County federal prison to 
hire a hit man to kill a federal prosecutor has been foiled, a complaint made public Thursday charged." Richard 
Gilbert, 49, "an inmate who was incarcerated at the Edgefield Federal Correctional Institute, a medium security 
facility, tried to hire a contract killer to do away with a federal prosecutor and the key witness in a Kentucky drug 
case in which Gilbert was convicted, the complaint said. Gilbert is charged with retaliating against an informant, 
murder for hire and money laundering, the complaint said. Unknown to Gilbert, the `hit man' he was talking with 
was an undercover FBI agent, the complaint said." 
The Greenwood (SC) Index-Journal <https:l/www.indexjoumal.com/news/crime/feds-inmate-tried-to-use-
canteen-funds-to-hire-hitman/article_0fcfc63f-6b7b-596f-a001-33dd235f973d.html> (11/12, 35K) reports, 
"Gilbert, who is currently confined in Edgefield Federal Correctional Institution, was indicted on counts of 
murder for hire, retaliation against an informant and money laundering. Gilbert, 51, was arrested in 2017 after 
selling methamphetamine to two undercover officers in Kentucky. Last year, he was sentenced to 130 months in 
prison." The Index-Journal adds, "Last month, a confidential informant in the prison told authorities Gilbert 
planned to have the informant associated with his 2017 arrest killed. Afterward, the affidavit said, Gilbert was 
hoping to have someone kill an assistant U.S. attorney and perhaps a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 
Explosives agent who worked his case. The informant's notes included names of the individuals. At the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation's direction, the informant arranged a number of phone conversations between Gilbert 
and an undercover agent that included discussion of how to kill the target and how Gilbert would compensate 
him. He even told the agent how to drive to the target's house while avoiding cameras." 
The Spartanburg (SC) Herald-Journal <http://www.goupstate.corn/story/news/local/south-
carolina/2020/11/12/inmate-tried-hire-hitman-kill-informant-and-prosecutor-feds-say/6264268002/> (11/12, 
Boyd, 134K) reports, "Following multiple recorded phone calls, Gilbert sent the undercover officer a $2,000 
check from his prison canteen account as a down payment for the retaliatory murder-for-hire, investigators say. 
Masking the true purpose of this payment, Gilbert attempted to mislead prison officials by saying the payment 
was for an `investment firm,' investigators say. Gilbert drew maps of where he believed the witness from 
Kentucky lived, and he provided directions on how to avoid detection by nearby surveillance cameras, 
investigators say. Gilbert planned to use the income from two rental properties in Kentucky to facilitate the 
attempted murder-for-hire and retaliation plot, according to investigators." Also reporting are WSPA-TV 
<https://vvww.wspatorn/news/federal-inmate-charged-in-plot-to-hire-hitman-to-kill-informant-and-prosecutod> 
Greenville, SC (11/12, Coburn, 30K), WYFF-TV <https://www.wyfT4.corn/article/sc-inmate-sought-to-hire-
hitman-to-kill-federal-prosecutor-and-key-witness-us-attomey-says/34655753> Greenville, SC (11/12, 398K), 
WOLO-TV <https://wvvw.abccolumbia.corn/2020/11/12/federal-inmate-in-sc-charged-for-plot-to-hire-hitman-to-
kill-informant-prosecutor-from-his-case> Columbia, SC (11/12, Olson), and WHNS-TV 
<https://www.foxcarolinatorn/investigations/u-s-attomey-federal-inmate-in-sc-tried-to-hire-hitman-to-kill-
prosecutor-key/articlefl I c9f22-2537-11eb-aldc-af7bf9ae4fd0.html> Greenville, SC (11/12, Ablon, 157K). 
Documents Show Alleged Whitmer Kidnapping Plot Ringleader Planned To Take Hostages At Capitol Building. 
WXYZ-TV <https://www.wxyz.corn/news/whitmer-kidnapping-plot/alleged-ringleader-in-whitmer-kidnapping-
plot-planned-to-take-hostages-at-capitol-building-set-it-on-fire> Detroit (11/12, 236K) reports, "According to 
newly released court documents, the alleged plot to kidnap and kill Governor Gretchen Whitmer included 
everyone watching it on TV, that it would take about a week and that no one was coming out alive." According to 
WXYZ-TV, "The plot was allegedly made by Adam Fox who state and federal officials have called the alleged 
ringleader. The documents spell out a Plan A that included recruiting 200 men, taking over the entire state 
Capitol building, taking hostages, executing `tyrants' and have it televised. A secondary plan was to lock the door 
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and set the building on fire. Fourteen men have been charged by the state and the feds in related cases. These 
documents were filed in Jackson County Court last month where Pete Musico was in tears while a judge 
considered lowering bond from $1 million to $100,000." 
The Detroit News <https://www.detroitnews.corn/story/news/local/michigan/2020/11/12/plan-a-alleged-terror-
plot-execute-tyrants-capitol-tv/6265522002/> (11/12, Dickson, 825K) reports, "The eight-page brief, filed in 
October in a bid to block a bond reduction for defendant Pete Musico, 42, of Munith was obtained Thursday by 
The Detroit News. The document sheds light on two plots the Wolverine Watchmen allegedly formed in June, 
and how, according to authorities, the group's focus shifted from storming the Capitol building in Lansing to 
kidnapping the state's chief executive. Plan A was revealed only after alleged participant Adam Fox checked the 
backs and chests of Musico, Joe Morrison, Ty Garbin, Paul Bellar, Daniel Harris and Amanda Keller for wires. 
The plan: Storm the Capitol building in Lansing, `take hostages, execute tyrants and have it televised.' Then 
there was Plan B: Storm the Capitol while the Legislature was in session, lock every door, and burn down the 
building with everyone inside." The Detroit Free Press 
<https://www.freeptotn/story/newsnocal/michigan/2020/11/11/ag-whitmer-kidnap-televise-executions-burn-
michigan-capitoU6241502002/> (11/12, 1.52M) also reports. 
FBI Arrests California Man For Hate Crime Attack On Restaurant. 
The Canyon (CA) News <https://www.canyon-news.corn/fbi-arrests-one-for-hate-crime-attack-on-local-
restaurant/137082> (11/12) reports from Beverly Hills, California, "William Stepanyan, 22, of Glendale was 
arrested on Thursday, November 12, for attacking a restaurant in Beverly Hills in what authorities described as a 
`hate crime.' The incident transpired on November 4 at around 8:30 p.m." The FBI, "along with the Los Angeles 
County Probation Department, conducted an investigation into the case, which resulted in Stepanyan's arrest in 
Glendale, the Beverly Hills Police Department noted in a news release. A probation violation hold has been 
issued for Stepanyan, who is currently being held without bail at the Beverly Hills Police Department. 
Authorities classified Stepanyan as one of the `primary suspects' responsible for the incident. On November 4, a 
group of between 6 and 8 suspects destroyed property and physically attacked the employees inside the Turkish 
Café Istanbul restaurant on South Beverly Drive. `The victims stated that the suspects made derogatory 
comments during the incident,' according to police." 
Alaska Man Arrested With Large Amounts Of Drugs. 
Alaska Native News <https://alaska-native-news.corn/man-arrested-while-traveling-to-nome-from-anchorage-
with-large-amount-of-meth-and-marijuana/52140/> (11/12) reports, "On Wednesday, Alaska State Troopers 
announced that the Nome Office of the Western Alaska Alcohol and Narcotics Team, the Anchorage Airport 
Interdiction Task Force, and the FBI Safe Streets Task Force, made another arrest in their continuing 
investigation into drugs in the Nome area that seized approximately 54.2 grams (2 ounces) of methamphetamine 
and approximately 452.6 grams (I Ibs) of marijuana bud." According to ANN, "The task force stopped 59-year-
old Robert Cahoon, who was traveling to Nome from Anchorage and found the drugs in his possession. The 
value of the methamphetamine is estimated at $54,200 and the Marijuana at $11,350." 
Another Defendant Pleads Guilty In New Jersey Drug Trafficking Case. 
Tap Into New Jersey <https://www.tapinto.net/sections/police-and-fire/articles/man-26-admits-to-trafficking-
drugs-in-camden-as-part-of-larger-operation> (11/12, Rodas) reports Jose Agron, who on Thursday pleaded 
guilty "to conspiring to distribute heroin," is the 15th defendant to admit to being part of a drug trafficking 
organization that was based in Camden, New Jersey. Tap Into News Jersey highlights that those 15 guilty pleas 
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are the result of an FBI-led investigation. 
US Charges Four In Missouri Murder-For-Hire Plot. 
KSDK-TV <https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/andre-montgomery-murder-for-hire-plot-indictment/63-
a3b68143-c2f2-46a 1 -ae43-dd17160b4667> St. Louis (11/12, Cole, 493K) reports from St. Louis, "A federal 
grand jury indicted four people in connection with the 2016 murder of Andre Montgomery." Montgomery "is the 
grandson of Sweetie Pie's owner Robbie Montgomery. Montgomery was killed by gunfire at 3964 Natural 
Bridge Avenue in the City of St. Louis on March 14, 2016 around 8 p.m. On Thursday, James Timothy Norman, 
Terica Taneisha Ellis, Waiel Rebhi Yaghnam and Travell Anthony Hill were indicted." Norman, Ellis and Hill 
"are charged with conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and murder-for hire resulting in the death of 
Montgomery. Norman and Yaghnam are charged with conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud and Yaghnam is 
charged with five counts of aggravated identity theft all in connection with Montgomery's murder-for-hire." 
Pennsylvania Woman Gets 13 Months In Prison For Drug Trafficking. 
The Pocono (PA) Record <http://www.poconorecord.comistory/news/2020/11/12/stroudsburg-woman-sentenced-
for-drug-trafficking/6269703002/> (11/12, McDonald, 51K) reports a federal judge has sentenced Pennsylvania 
resident Jennifer Annette Bush to 13 months in prison "and a three-year term of supervised release for drug 
trafficking." The case against Bush "was investigated by the FBI," the Pennsylvania State Police, and the Stroud 
Area Regional Police Department. 
Marijuana-Related Search Warrant Operation Conducted In Arizona. 
The Navajo Times (AZ) <https://navajotimes.com/reznews/coalition-of-officers-raids-benallys-hemp-farms/> 
(11/12, Becenti, 66K) reports the DEA and the FBI were involved with an investigation that led to a recent 
search warrant operation in Shiprock, Arizona. Operation Navajo Gold targeted "suspected illegal marijuana 
farming on the Navajo Nation." 
FBI Arrests Woman In Connection To Bank Robberies In Utah, Arizona. 
Gephardt Daily (UT) <https://gephardtdaily.corn/locaUwoman-wanted-by-fbi-in-utah-arizona-bank-robberies-
taken-into-custody/> (11/12) reports that the FBI Salt Lake Field Office announced Thursday the arrest of Maria 
Azevedo, who was "wanted by the FBI in connection with multiple bank robberies" throughout Utah and 
Arizona. The FBI's Violent Crimes Task Force "wanted to thank the Arizona agencies involved in the arrest." 
FBI Investigating Minnesota Robbery. 
The Brainerd (MN) Daily Dispatch <https://www.brainerddispatch.cominews/crime-and-courts/6760182-Man-
armed-with-semiautomatic-rifle-robs-Becker-County-convenience-store> (11/12) reports that the FBI 
Headwaters Safe Trail Task Force is investigating an armed robbery in Minnesota, where an armed suspect 
"made off with an undetermined amount of cash" from the M&W Convenience Store on Wednesday. 
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North Carolina Jury Convicts Foreign National Of Sexual Abuse. 
WLOS-TV <https://wlos.com/news/locaUjointly-prosecuted-nc-and-sc-case-results-in-mans-abusive-sexual-
contact-conviction> Asheville, NC (11/12, Whitehead, 103K) reports Siva K. Durbesula was sentenced Thursday 
to two years in prison after he was convicted of abusive sexual contact. Court documents said that he "was a 
passenger aboard Spirit Airlines Flight NK843 from Chicago O'Hare to Myrtle Beach International Airport on 
June 23, 2019, when he sexually assaulted the 22-year-old woman seated next to him." He "was originally 
indicted in the District of S.C. but the case was transferred to the Western District of N.C. for trial after he agreed 
that the plane traveled over N.C. and venue was appropriate in that state." 
Continuing Coverage: FBI Investigating Disappearance Of Missing Colorado Woman. 
Fox News <https://www.foxnews.corn/us/colorado-missing-mom-suzanne-morphew-six-months-disappearance> 
(11/12, Wallace, 27.59M) reports that the FBI and local police have "renewed their appeal for information about 
missing Colorado mom Suzanne Morphew on Tuesday, which marked the six-month anniversary of her 
disappearance on Mother's Day earlier this year." Chaffee County SheriffJohn A. Spezze "called on anyone who 
may have engaged with Morphew on Facebook, Instagram, Voxer, FaceTime or WhatsApp to come forward if 
they haven't already been interviewed, `regardless of how insignificant you think the information may be, or 
whether you think investigators are already aware of it.'" 
FBI Search Colorado Home In Connection To 2016 Disappearance. 
The Denver Post <hups://vvvvw.denverpost.cotn/2020/11/12/lashay-stine-search-aurora-home> (11/12, 720K) 
reports that FBI agents and Aurora police officers searched Thursday a home in connection to the disappearance 
of Lashaya Stine, who "went missing from the area in 2016 when she was 16 years old." 
New York Sex Offender Charged With Child Pornography Possession. 
WWNY-TV <https://www.wwnytv.com/2020/11/12/Iewis-county-sex-offender-accused-sharing-child-
pornography> Watertown, NY (11/12, 6K) reports convicted sex offender Randell Adsit was arrested 
Wednesday by the FBI on charges of possessing child pornography. The FBI says that he "used multiple 
usernames on the social media app Kik Messenger to trade child pornography with other people over the 
intemet." 
Iowa Man Sentenced For Child Pornography. 
KWQC-TV <https://www.kwqc.cotn/2020/11/12/iowa-man-sentenced-had-collected-550k-images-of-child-
porn> Davenport, IA (11/12, 79K) reports from Des Moines, Iowa, "A man has been sentenced to 20 years in 
prison on child pornography charges in Des Moines." KWQC-TV adds, "Officials say on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 33-
year-old Robert Joe Hennings, of Des Moines, was sentenced by the United States District Court to 240 months 
in federal prison. Following this, he was sentenced to 20 years of federal court supervision. This is for the receipt 
of child pornography. Additionally, Hennings was ordered to forfeit electronic media used in the offense, pay 
$15,000 in restitution to victims and pay $100 to the Crime Victims' Fund." KWQC-TV adds, "According to the 
record made at sentencing, officials say Hennings collected in excess of 550,000 images of child pornography 
over the span of three years. This included material involving sexual assault on prepubescent minors, including 
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Financial Crime & Corporate Scandals 
Attorney For Cincinnati Councilman Charged In Bribery Scheme To Hold Press Conference Today. 
The Cincinnati Enquirer <https://www.cincinnati.com/stoty/news/2020/11/12/councilman-jeff-pastor-attorney-
sets-friday-press-conference/6271504002/> (11/12, Coolidge, 223K) reports, "Councilman Jeff Pastor has hired 
well-known attorney Ben Dusing to represent him against federal charges of bribery, money laundering, 
attempted extortion and conspiracy in a pay-to-play scheme." According to the Enquirer, "Pastor has not spoken 
since his arrest Tuesday; he skipped City Council Thursday. Dusing has scheduled an 11:30 a.m. press 
conference at his Fort Wright office." The Enquirer adds, "The call for Pastor, a Republican, to resign has been 
swift, both inside his party and from Democrats. Ohio Republican Party Chairwoman Jane Timken and Hamilton 
County Republican Party Chairman Alex Triantafilou have called for Pastor to resign. Mayor John Cranley, a 
Democrat and two mayoral hopefuls, Democrats David Mann and P.G. Sittenfeld also are seeking Pastor's 
resignation. FBI agents arrested Pastor early Tuesday for leading what authorities describe as a brazen bribery 
scheme involving payoffs for help with city development projects." 
Cincinnati Blight Helped FBI Crack Bribery Case. WCPO-TV <https://www.wcpotorn/news/local-news/i-
team/how-downtown-blight-helped-the-fbi-crack-bribery-case> Cincinnati (11/12, 139K) reports from 
Cincinnati, "Federal prosecutors described this week's arrest of Councilman Jeff Pastor as `indicative of a culture 
of corruption' at City Hall. But the case also sheds new light on one of Cincinnati's most stubborn symbols of 
blight." According to WCPO-TV, "Convention Place Mall, an eight-story office and retail complex that brought 
squatters, drug users, mold and garbage to the corner of Fifth and Elm streets, has defied more than a decade of 
effort by city officials to revive a key corner that's literally at the front door of the Tri-State's convention 
industry. Prosecutors allege Pastor accepted bribes to help a former Cincinnati Bengal gain control of the site so 
he could redevelop it. Chinedum Ndukwe, who became a real estate developer after leaving the NFL, worked as 
a 'cooperating witness' for the FBI, US Attorney David DeVillers told reporters." 
US Arrests Nine Californians On Money Laundering Charges. 
My News LA (CA) <https://mynewsla.cornkrime/2020/11/12/feds-arrest-nine-defendants-on-money-laundering-
charges/> (11/12) reports, "Federal authorities Thursday arrested nine defendants from the Los Angeles area, 
most of whom were allegedly involved in a sophisticated money laundering scheme that moved tens of millions 
of dollars derived from tax fraud and health care fraud schemes." According to My News LA, "Two indictments 
unsealed in Los Angeles federal court allege that a total of 10 defendants participated in a large operation that 
laundered more than $30 million in tax refunds that had been obtained from 7,000 fraudulent tax returns filed 
using identities stolen from thousands of American taxpayers. Seven of the 10 defendants named in these two 
indictments were arrested Thursday, and three were still being sought by authorities, according to the U.S. 
Attorney's Office." 
US Charges California Man With Wire Fraud, Identity Theft. 
KGET-TV <https://www.kget.corn/news/local-news/bakersfield-man-indicted-for-wire-fraud-identity-theft/> 
Bakersfield, CA (11/12) reports, "Federal prosecutors say a grand jury has indicted a Bakersfield man on 
multiple counts of fraud and identity theft that funneled nearly $1 million from banks and credit card 
companies." According to KGET-TV, "The federal grand jury in Fresno indicted Nahed Mishmish, 46, on an 11-
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count indictment. Prosecutors say Mishmish used stolen identification information to open numerous credit card 
accounts to pay for a car and rent over five years between January 2015 and January 2020. He is alleged to have 
used the phony credit accounts to purchase a large amount of cigarettes from Rite Aid stores, prosecutors say. 
According to U.S. District Attorney in Fresno, a criminal complaint showed the FBI was tipped off to the scheme 
after Mishmish allegedly purchased large amounts of cigarettes from a Rite Aid in McFarland. Federal agents 
identified Mishmish and searched his home where they found 60 cellphones marked with names and other 
personal identifying information." 
Former Philadelphia Officials, Contractor's Employee Charged With Embezzlement. 
WHYY-TV <https://whyy.org/articles/forrner-philly-officials-contractors-employee-charged-with-embezzling-
parks-rec-voucher-funds/> Philadelphia (11/12, 24K) reports, "Two former Philadelphia officials, and one former 
employee of a city contractor, have been charged with fraud and embezzlement after joint investigations by the 
city's Office of the Inspector General and the FBI." Leo Dignam, 61, of Philadelphia, "who once served as 
director of the Mummers Parade and as assistant city managing director, is accused of wire fraud and embezzling 
from a program that received federal funds. His brother, Paul Dignam, 58, also of Philadelphia, is facing charges 
of mail fraud and similar embezzlement charges. Barbara Conway, 61, of Drexel Hill, has been charged with 
alleged theft of funds from a federally funded program." 
Plea Hearing For Ex-Michigan Prosecutor Moved Again Due To Coronavirus. 
The Detroit News <https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2020/11/12/former-macomb-
prosecutor-eric-smiths-plea-hearing-moved-again-amid-virus-diagnosis/6274690002/> (11/12, Hicks, 825K) 
reports, "A plea hearing in former Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith's corruption case has been 
rescheduled a second time after he was diagnosed with COVID-19, officials said Thursday." Smith "had been set 
to appear late last month but was forced into quarantine after his family was in contact with people who tested 
positive for the coronavirus. The former prosecutor has agreed to plead guilty to obstructing a federal 
investigation into whether he stole campaign funds." Smith "was expected to plead guilty at a new hearing 
Friday. However, U.S. District Judge Linda Parker issued a order Thursday to move the date to Dec. 17 after 
Smith was diagnosed and hospitalized this week. `Defendant continues to exhibit severe symptoms of the virus,' 
Parker wrote. `Defendant is in quarantine at his home pursuant to the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention's guidelines."' 
New Hampshire Attorney Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering, Wire Fraud. 
Manchester Ink Link (NH) <hftps://manchesterinklink.com/lawyer-pleads-guilty-to-taking-2-4-million-from-
clients-through-money-laundering-wire-fraud/> (11/12, Fisher) reports from Concord, New Hampshire, "Former 
Manchester attorney John Allen pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of money laundering and wire fraud for 
taking $2.4 million from several clients." Allen, 63, of Bedford, "appeared in the United States District Court in 
Concord on Thursday for the plea hearing. He allegedly took the money clients gave him for real estate 
transactions of other uses, trusting him to dispose of it in the way they wanted. 'John Allen betrayed that trust, 
took advantage of his clients, and stole their money,' said United States Attorney Scott Murry. `These are the 
actions of a white-collar criminal rather than a dedicated counselor at law.'" Allen "was arraigned last week on 
the charges, the culmination of an investigation that started when the New Hampshire Attorney Discipline Office 
found red flags in the way he dealt with client monies." 
Cyber Division 
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Two DHS Officials Reportedly "Forced To Resign"; Krebs "Expects To Be Fired." 
CNN <https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/12/politics/dhs-officials-forced-resign-white-house/index.html> (11/12, 
Marquardt, Sands, 83.16M) reports on its website that DHS Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Valerie 
Boyd and DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Assistant Director for Cybersecurity Bryan 
Ware "have been forced to resign by the White House, according to sources familiar with the resignations." CNN 
says Ware's "farewell letter to staff indicates that he did not want to step down." 
Reuters <https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-officials-exclusive/exclusive-senior-u-s-cybersecurity-
official-tells-associates-he-expects-to-be-fired-idUSKBN27S2YI> (11/12, Bing, Menn) reports that Christopher 
Krebs, who heads the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, "has told associates he expects to be 
fired by the White House." Krebs "drew the ire of the Trump White House over a website run by LISA dubbed 
'Rumor Control' which debunks misinformation about the election, according to the three people familiar with 
the matter." One LISA post rejected "a conspiracy theory that falsely claims an intelligence agency 
supercomputer and program, purportedly named Hammer and Scorecard, could have flipped votes nationally." 
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) tweeted, "Chris Krebs has done a great job protecting our elections. He is one of the 
few people in this Administration respected by everyone on both sides of the aisle. There is no possible 
justification to remove him from office." 
Bloomberg <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-12/senior-u-s-cyber-official-involved-in-
election-leaves-agency> (11/12, Courtney, Sebenius, 4.73M) reports that House Homeland Security Committee 
Chairperson Bennie Thompson (D-MS) said, "There are rumors the president may be cleaning house at LISA, 
with one high-level official reportedly asked to resign already. This is dangerous." Sen. Angus King (I-ME), co-
chair of the US Cyberspace Solarium Commission, "called Krebs' work with states on election security 
'amazing' in a recent press briefing with reporters." King said, "The state infrastructure, the registration rolls, the 
election rolls, voting machines, all of that, is much better, much stronger, much more resilient than it was four 
years ago." 
The Hill <https://thehill.corn/policy/cybersecurity/525742-director-of-dhs-cyber-agency-expecting-to-be-fired> 
(11/12, Chalfant, 2.98M) reports, "Krebs's potential ouster would leave a tremendous leadership vacuum at DHS 
and would leave the top government cybersecurity role vacant at a critical moment." If he is "forced to step 
down, his role would likely be filled by CISA Deputy Director Matthew Travis, who has served in the deputy 
director position since 2018." Ware, as well as Valerie Boyd, another DHS official, "were forced to resign due to 
pressure from the White House," according to reporting by CNN. 
Politico <https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/12/cyber-official-chris-krebs-likely-out-436342> (11/12, 
Geller, Bertrand, 4.29M) reports that CISA "has been at the forefront of federal efforts to protect U.S. elections 
from foreign hacking and interference, and his efforts have drawn praise from people in both parties." Krebs' 
ouster "could make him the latest national security leader to lose his job amid a post-election purge that has 
already forced out Defense Secretary Mark Esper and other top Pentagon officials." An unnamed official said the 
White House "has wanted to fire Krebs for a while. ... From what I've heard from the [White House], they've 
considered removing him before." 
Also reporting are CyberScoop <https://wvvw.cyberscoop.corn/chris-krebs-future-white-house-cisa-congresst> 
(11/12, Lyngaas), The Hill <https://thehill.corn/policy/cybersecurity/525721-senior-dhs-cybersecurity-official-to-
step-down-at-end-of-week> (11/12, Miller, 2.98M), the Washington Times 
<https://wwvv.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/nov/12/chris-krebs-top-dhs-cyber-official-expects-white-lik 
(11/12, Blake, 492K), and Federal News Network <https://federalnewsnetwork.corn/people/2020/11/cisas-ware-
resigns-is-director-krebs-next-out-the-door> (11/12, Miller, 220). 
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Commerce Department Will Delay Enforcement Of TikTok Shutdown Order. 
The Wall Street Journal <https://www.wsj.corn/articles/commerce-department-announces-stay-of-tiktok-
shutdown-order-11605213481> (11/12, Maher, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) reports the Commerce 
Department said Thursday it will not enforce an order that would have effectively shut down TikTok by 
prohibiting US companies from offering it as a mobile app and offering web-hosting service for the company. 
Citing a preliminary injunction against the shutdown last month from US District Judge Wendy Beetlestone in 
Philadelphia, the Department said the order will not take effect "pending further legal developments." 
The New York Times <https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/11/12/business/us-economy-coronavirus/commerce-
department-holds-off-applying-restrictions-to-tiktok> (11/12, McCabe, 18.61M) reports that the restrictions were 
announced "in September under an executive order signed by President Trump targeting TikTok and WeChat." 
App stores "would not have been able to offer TikTok, and American companies would have been forbidden 
from hosting data for the service." The Commerce Department "had indicated that it would apply the restrictions 
only to the app if ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese owner, were unable to sell its interest in the product." On 
Tuesday, the agency "said that the order `has been enjoined, and will not go into effect, pending further legal 
developments.'" 
The Washington Post <https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/12/cybersecurity-202-biden-
administration-could-mean-reset-us-war-tiktokk (11/12, Riley, 14.2M) reports that TikTok is "waiting on a 
federal judge to grant a 30-day extension on the sale as it awaits a government green light on the deal it proposed 
to set up a new company with investment from Oracle and Walmart." If a ruling is not issued, the "presidential 
election results could leave the company with more options." 
CNBC <https://wvvw.cnbc.com/2020/11/12/tiktok-can-continue-to-operate-in-the-us-commerce-department-
says.html> (11/12, Sherman, 3.62M) reports, "The Commerce Department order doesn't address the CFIUS 
mandate demanding TikTok sell its U.S. assets," but "reaffirms TikTok can continue to operate in the U.S." The 
company "continues to wait for more government guidance about how to proceed with its minority stake sale." 
President Trump agreed to the sale of 20% of TikTok Global to Walmart and Oracle in August, but "the 
transaction never got the approval of the Chinese government, and Trump administration officials have gone 
silent on their demands in the weeks leading up to the election." 
The Daily Caller <https://dailycaller.corn/2020/11/12/commerce-department-tik-tok-ban/> (11/12, Lancaster, 
716K) reports that TikTok would be "barred from using the web-hosting services of any U.S. based company, 
like Amazon and Alphabet, making the app essentially useless." The company is "asking for an injunction from 
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols because they say different plaintiffs who have different interests are involved in 
the Philadelphia case." If the preliminary junction "were lifted, it would be 'leaving Tik Tok's entire business in 
jeopardy.'" 
Also reporting is Bloomberg <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-12/tiktok-has-dec-14-
deadline-to-file-documents-in-sale-appeal> (11/12, Yaffe-Bellany, McLaughlin, 4.73M). 
Israeli Cybersecurity Firm Finds New Type Of Iranian Ransomware. 
Fox News <https://www.foxnews.com/tech/new-iranian-ransomware-revealed-israeli-cybersecurity-firm> 
(11/12, Friling, 27.59M) reports, "Check Point revealed Thursday a new type of ransomware that is traced back 
to Iran." The "Pay2Key" strain "targeted more than a dozen Israeli companies a few weeks ago," using the 
"Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) of employees who worked from home." According to the Israeli cybersecurity 
company's investigation, "four Israeli victims of the attacks have decided to pay the ransom, which enabled its 
experts to track the payment transfers between crypto wallets." Check Point's manager of threat intelligence, 
Lotem Finkelstein, said, "Pay2Key is sophisticated and far more rapid compared to other ransomware strains.... 
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