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From: To: Subject: FW: [EXTERNAL EMAIL] - FBI Public Affairs News Briefing Tuesday, August 04, 2020 Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2020 10:22:00 +0000 Importan c Normal e: From: Bulletin Intelligence Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 6:21:17 AM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) To: [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL EMAIL] - FBI Public Affairs News Briefing Tuesday, August 04, 2020 Mobile version and searchable archives available at fbi.bulletinintelligence.com. ;`.1B1 News Briefing TO: THE DIRECTOR AND SENIOR STAFF DATE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2020 6:30 AM EDT TODAY'S TABLE OF CONTENTS LEADING THE NEWS • FBI And Justice Department Say FISA Errors Did Not Influence Court's Decisions. PROTESTS • US Charges Oregon Man With Bombing Federal Courthouse. • FBI Probing Fire Outside Louisville, Kentucky's Hall Of Justice. • Artist Who Posted Philadelphia Protest Photos Is Arrested For Vandalism. • Scope, Effectiveness Of Operation LeGend Questioned After Kansas City Arrests. • Leaked Body Camera Video Shows George Floyd's Arrest. • Kentucky State Police Probe Of Barbeque Cook's Shooting During Protests Is Complete. • Louisville Lawmakers Authorize Subpoenas After Officials Decline To Testify In Taylor Probe. • Trump: Protesters Would Have Burned Down Courthouse Without Federal Intervention. • House Panel Launches Investigation Into DHS Intel Office. • Morgenstern: Democrats' Push To Defund Police Will Make Nation Less Safe. • Conway: Cities Seeing Protests Have "Strictest Gun Control Laws In The Country." • New York City Shootings Surpass 2019 Total. • Minneapolis Mayor: Governor Was Slow To Deploy National Guard During Riots. • Armed Secret Service Confronts Two Black Mothers, Children On National Mall. • Police Officers In Colorado Mistakenly Detain Black Family. • "Back The Blue" Mural Painted Outside Tampa Police Headquarters. EFTA01657983 • WPost Calls For Congress To Mandate US Park Police Wear Body Cameras. COUNTER-TERRORISM • US Attorney Mulls Appeal Of Tsarnaev Ruling. • ISIS Attacks Eastern Afghan Prison, Frees Nearly 400 Prisoners. • Israel Says It Killed Militants Planting Bombs Inside Its Border With Syria. COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE • China Accuses US Of Harassing Chinese Students, Researchers. • New FBI Documents From Mueller's Russia Investigation Revealed Following FOIA Lawsuit. • Hemingway: Media Is Silent As Steele Shown Not To Be Master Spy. • Op-Ed: Roger Stone On How His Sentence Was Commuted. • UN Report Says North Korea Has "Probably" Developed Nuclear Devices To Fit Ballistic Missiles. • NRO Chief Sees Growing Opportunities For Agency To Use Small Satellites. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS • Federal Judge Recounts Shooting Of Son, Husband. • Ninth Circuit Throws Out Oregon Man's Confession About Pointing Laser At Police Plane. • Trump Again Says He Wishes Ghislaine Maxwell Well. • Drugs Scheme Leads To More Prison Time For Man Connected To FBI Agent's Murder. • Defendant Gets 14-Year Federal Prison Sentence After Pleading Guilty To Drug Charges. • Detective Describes Unearthing Of Idaho Children's Remains. • FBI Leads Law Enforcement Operation In Indianapolis. • NJ State Senator Nicholas Scutari Says Mayor Lied To Spark Investigation For Political Ends. • Wheeling, WV Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Produce Child Pornography. • Police Investigate Shooting Outside Washington State Casino. • Suspect Arrested In Death Of Susie Zhao. • FBI Seeks Information About Boca Raton Bank Robber. • Judge Restricts Principals In Atkinson Case From Talking About It Outside Of Court. • GA Man Pleads Guilty For His Role In Cocaine Conspiracy Stretching From El Paso, Texas To Buffalo. • New Report Claims NYPD Grilled Pop Smoke About Crips Before His Death. • Saipan Casino Contractor Executives Indicted In Alleged Illegal Worker Scheme. • FBI Investigating Racist Vandalism At AME Church In North Highlands. • Suspect Out Of Prison Just One Year Before Bank Robbery. • FBI, Sheriff Take Another Look At Cold Murder Case In New Mexico. FINANCIAL CRIME & CORPORATE SCANDALS • Los Angeles Councilman Pleads Not Guilty In Corruption Probe. • Texas Woman Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud, Identity Theft. • Missouri Woman Pleads Guilty To Fraud, Money Laundering Scheme. • Kentucky Man Sentenced For Role In Fake Investment Scheme. CYBER DIVISION • Trump Says He Does Not Oppose Microsoft Buying TikTok. • DHS, Commerce Department Collaborate To Combat Botnets. • US Issues Alert About Malware Used By Chinese Government. • University of Texas Warns Donors, Contacts Possibly Affected By Ransomware Attack. • CISA Chief Wants Younger, More Experienced Hackers In Federal Government. • Pentagon Considers Adopting Zero-trust Security Approach. • CISA Releases Updated TIC 3.0 Network Security Guidance. • Op-Ed: Congress Has A Shot At Correcting Trump's Central Mistake On Cybersecurity. EFTA01657984 • NSA Reports On New Cyber Vulnerability In Computers. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES • FBI Warns Of COVID-19 Tests From Texas Facility. • Gun Background Checks Rose 79% In July. OTHER FBI NEWS • Shelby Moving FBI Staff And Resources To Alabama Facility. • Man Charged With Scaling Fence At Boston FBI Headquarters, Damaging Property. OTHER WASHINGTON NEWS • Deal On Coronavirus Relief Package Remains Elusive As Trump Mulls Direct Action. • Trump Objects To Birx's "Pathetic" Comments After Pelosi Criticized Her. • Trump: US Has Tested More People Than Any Other Country. • Trump, Pence Tout Administration's Coronavirus Response. • White House Implements Random Coronavirus Testing. • WPost Report: State Officials Say Administration Unprepared To Distribute COVID Vaccine. • Navarro Rejects Giroir And Others On Hydroxychloroquine. • In Campaign Email, Trump Urges Supporters To Wear Facemasks. • US COVID Case Count Nears 4.9M, Deaths Near 159K. • Some People Recovered From COVID Feel More Confident About Resuming Activities. • Thirteen St. Louis Cardinals Players And Staff Test Positive. • Manhattan DA May Be Probing Trump Actions Apart From Alleged "Hush Money" Payments. • Judge Rules Schiff's Impeachment Subpoenas Can Remain Concealed. • Trump Signs Another Executive Order Restricting H1B Visas. • Federal Judge Blocks DOL Rule Restricting Paid Sick Leave. • Isaias Regains Hurricane Strength As It Makes Landfall In North Carolina. • Fauci Says Most Schools Should Reopen, But Not In Some Hot Spots. • Congress Demands Universities Provide Records Of Foreign Donations. • Trump Seeks To Replace NA Chair Over Hiring Of Foreign Workers. • Aides Say Trump Is Pleased With Wolf's Performance At DHS. • Departing USAID Official Slams "Rampant Anti-Christian Sentiment" At Agency. • House Panel Subpoenas Pompeo Aides Over IG's Firing. • Democrats Object To Tata's Pentagon Appointment. • Hokason Becomes Member Of Joint Chiefs Of Staff. • Trump Blasts Nevada's Move To Universal Mail-In Voting, Threatens Court Battle. INTERNATIONAL NEWS • Trump: We Will "Never Forget" Coronavirus "Was Sent To Us By China." • Latin America Tops 5M Confirmed COVID Cases. • Iran Sanctions Former Bolton Aide. • WSJournal: Administration's Iran Policy Aiding Peace Progress In Yemen. • US Firm Secures Deal With Kurds For Syrian Oil. • Trump Says He Did Not Discuss Russian Bounties On US Troops With Putin. • Trump Says 4,000-5,000 US Troops Will Be In Afghanistan By Election Day. • Brownback: NBA "Coming Around" To Oppose Chinese Rights Abuses. • Politico Analysis: Trump Has Allowed Rubio To Shape His Latin America Policies. • European Diplomats: Turkish Aggression Is NATO's "Elephant In The Room." • Former Spanish King Flees Country Amid Financial Scandal. THE BIG PICTURE EFTA01657985 • Headlines From Today's Front Pages. WASHINGTON'S SCHEDULE • Today's Events In Washington. LEADING THE NEWS FBI And Justice Department Say FISA Errors Did Not Influence Court's Decisions. The Washington Times (8/3, Mordock, 492K) reports the Justice Department and FBI "said an investigation into 29 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court warrant applications found to be riddled with mistakes by a Justice Department watchdog concluded that the errors did not influence how the court ruled." In a filing with the FISA court unsealed Monday, the Justice Department and FBI "admitted to minor errors in the applications to spy on US citizens and foreign agents suspected of wrongdoing." They "say the mistakes did not affect the court's decisions on whether to approve surveilling the targets of the applications." They said, "The government believes the errors identified in this docket were not capable of influencing the court's probable cause determination and therefore did not render invalid, in whole or in part, electronic surveillance and physical search authorized by the court." Politico (8/3, Gerstein, 4.29M) reports, "A review by the Justice Department and FBI of their practices for seeking approval of intelligence-related surveillance found that nearly all of the inaccuracies and omissions identified in a scathing internal watchdog report issued late last year were minor or involved paperwork problems." According to Politico, "The review of a set of 29 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court applications flagged by Inspector General Michael Horowitz's office in an alarming alert last December identified a total of 203 false statements or omissions, but the Justice Department and the FBI concluded that only two of those were "material," according to a court submission released on Monday. Those two instances...were deemed by the law enforcement agencies not to have been so serious that they `invalidated' the secret surveillance warrants the court issued based on that information, wrote Melissa MacTough, the deputy assistant attorney general for national security wrote." DO) Defends Its Use Of PISA. The Washington Examiner (8/3, Dunleavy, 448K) reports that the Justice Department "defended" its use of FISA, "arguing its deep-dive review of 29 FISA applications should increase trust in the process while suggesting the surveillance of Carter Page was uniquely problematic." Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Demers said Monday, "We are pleased that our review of these applications concluded that all contained sufficient basis for probable cause and uncovered only two material errors, neither of which invalidated the authorizations granted by the FISA Court. ... These findings, together with the more than 40 corrective actions undertaken by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Division, should instill confidence in the FBI's use of FISA authorities." PROTEST!7 US Charges Oregon Man With Bombing Federal Courthouse. The Oregonian (8/3, Bernstein, 1M) reports, "An 18-year-old man is accused of tearing plywood off the front glass panes of the federal courthouse in downtown Portland and then lighting a fuse on an explosive before tossing it through the broken glass early on July 22, injuring a deputy U.S. marshal, according to federal prosecutors." Isaiah Jason Maza Jr. "made his first appearance in the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse Monday afternoon on allegations of assault on a federal officer using a dangerous weapon and depredation of federal government property. He's the second 18-year-old since Friday who is accused of federal charges stemming from a firework or other explosive ignited at the federal courthouse during recent demonstrations." Assistant US Attorney Gary Sussman "described Maza as a 'very dangerous man,' who was caught on video lighting the fuse, dropping the hand-sized explosive EFTA01657986 device inside the lobby of the courthouse 'and then watching with his cellphone for the explosion." FBI Probing Fire Outside Louisville, Kentucky's Hall Of Justice. WLKY-TV Louisville, KY (8/3, 79K) reports from Louisville, Kentucky, "Multiple fires were seen near downtown's main protest area overnight and now the FBI is investigating." The Louisville Metro Police Department "released video showing flames both right outside the Hall of Justice downtown and on a nearby street. Sgt. Lamont Washington said a group 'attempted to set the Hall of Justice on fire, unsuccessfully." The Hall of Justice "is across the street from Jefferson Square Park where people have been protesting for months in response to the death of Breonna Taylor." The Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal (8/3, Tobin, 368K) reports, "A group of roughly 30 people attempted to set the Hall of Justice on fire Sunday night, according to Louisville Metro Police. The incident occurred at the south side of the Hall of Justice's main entrance shortly before midnight, according to Louisville Metro Police Department spokesman Lamont Washington, who added that a Molotov cocktail was thrown at the building. He declined to provide additional information on how many were thrown." The Courier-Journal adds, "Louisville's FBI Office is leading the investigation, Washington said. FBI spokesman Tim Beam said the Louisville office 'is currently working with the Louisville Metro Arson Bureau to identify those responsible for these criminal acts." Artist Who Posted Philadelphia Protest Photos Is Arrested For Vandalism. The Washington Post (8/3, Shepherd, 14.2M) reports, "After weeks of photographing protests in Philadelphia, artist and activist Sammy Rivera declared last month that he would no longer post his work on Instagram to shield protesters who might be targeted by police investigating property damage and disorder during the city's massive demonstrations." The Post adds, "Less than a week later, 23-year-old Rivera was arrested along with five other people, including a teenager, for allegedly vandalizing state police vehicles on May 30. After investigators set out to find the people who had set fire to the vehicles, the FBI said it obtained photos showing six people attacking the state troopers' cars, and then compared those photos to social media posts to identify the suspects." Scope, Effectiveness Of Operation LeGend Questioned After Kansas City Arrests. KMBC-TV Kansas City, MO (8/3, Flener, 205K) reports from Kansas City, Missouri, "Nearly three weeks into a federal and local law enforcement partnership named Operation LeGend in Kansas City, the operation is receiving mixed reviews about its scope and effectiveness from community members." Operation LeGend "brought 225 federal agents from the FBI, DEA, ATF and U.S. Marshals Service to work with Kansas City police on both past unsolved cases and new crimes." US Attorney Tim Garrison "announced Friday that 97 arrests were made by local and federal law enforcement officers since the start of the operation." KMBC-TV adds, "Kansas City attorney and community activist Stacy Shaw continues to question the overall direction of the operation after Garrison's announcement about arrests for mainly drug and gun crimes. 'If they came in here for drug raids, they should've told us, "We're coming in here to do drug raids, and gun raids in Kansas City,," Shaw said." Leaked Body Camera Video Shows George Floyd's Arrest. NBC Nightly NewsVI (8/3, story 7, 2:05, Holt, 6.23M) reported, "More than two months after the death of George Floyd, tonight the clearest picture yet of what led up to the deadly confrontation from police body cam videos that have been leaked." NBC's Gabe Gutierrez added, "Seconds after rookie Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane approaches George Floyd's vehicle, he's already drawn his gun. These body camera videos were viewed in person by NBC News last month, but had not been distributed publicly. DailyMail.com says it obtained a leaked EFTA01657987 copy, apparently recorded off of a computer screen." For the first time, the videos "show how a call about an alleged fake $20 bill on Memorial Day escalated into a deadly encounter that would ignite global outrage." On the CBS Evening NewsVi (8/3, story 8, 2:05, O'Donnell, 4.37M), Jeff Pegues reported, "For the first time, two leaked body camera videos show the encounter with George Floyd from the officer's perspective. In one, officer Thomas Lane confronts Floyd, trying to get him out of an SUV, a gun aimed in his direction. Later in the footage, Floyd drops to the ground as officers lead him toward a squad car." George Floyd: "I'm claustrophobic, man. Please, man." Pegues: "The other video...appears to come from body cam worn by rookie officer Alexander Keung. It shows Floyd resisting officers trying to place him in the squad car. You hear him pleading." Floyd: "God, I'm claustrophobic, man. Can I get in the front?" Pegues: "There is now an investigation into the leak of that body camera video." Kentucky State Police Probe Of Barbeque Cook's Shooting During Protests Is Complete. The AP (8/3) reports from Louisville, Kentucky, "A Kentucky State Police investigation into the fatal shooting of a Louisville barbecue cook during street protests against racism has been completed and handed over to prosecutors." The AP adds, "Investigators turned over the findings in David McAtee's May 31 shooting death to the Commonwealth's Attorney in Louisville for review, said J. Michael Brown, secretary of the state's executive Cabinet. Brown said the file would be shared with the FBI, which is conducting a separate investigation. 'There's nothing to suggest, from the evidence collected so far, that there's any significant difference between the sequence of events and actions that were previously reported or captured on videos,' Brown said during a governor's news briefing Monday." The Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal (8/3, Ladd, 368K) reports, "The McAtee file isn't closed, Brown said, adding there is "nothing to suggest" in the evidence that there is 'significant difference' between what has been reported and shown in videos from the night McAtee was shot." McAtee, 53, "who often fed police at YaYa's BBQ, was fatally shot by the Kentucky National Guard in the doorway to his West End business at about 12:15 a.m. on June 1. Louisville Metro Police and the Guard were sent to disperse a crowd after curfew in the parking lot at 26th Street and Broadway next to YaYa's BBQ, where McAtee worked and lived. The curfew was in place because of protests - some marred by violence - over the police shooting of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman who died in her South End apartment." WHAS-TV Louisville, KY (8/3, Daniels, 99K) reports, "Brown said the findings were not different from what they revealed in June. He confirmed the popular barbecue business owner was killed by a bullet from the gun of a Kentucky National Guardsman. Despite the forensics, they may not be able to determine which guardsman fired the fatal shot. He said McAtee did have a gun during the incident and had gunshot residue on his hands." Louisville Lawmakers Authorize Subpoenas After Officials Decline To Testify In Taylor Probe. The Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal (8/3, Costello, 368K) reports, "The Metro Council committee investigating Mayor Greg Fischer's handling of the Breonna Taylor case and ongoing racial justice protests authorized its first subpoenas on Monday, after administration officials declined to testify in open session." The Courier-Journal adds, "Louisville's chief of public safety and interim police chief appeared in person for Monday's special hearing, but their attorneys said both would be unable to testify unless the committee went into closed session, citing a recently filed federal lawsuit and state law around open meetings. That legal argument didn't convince many committee members, with the chairman, Councilman Brent Ackerson, D-26th District, suggesting the mayor's administration was trying to hide behind the lawsuit." EFTA01657988 Trump: Protesters Would Have Burned Down Courthouse Without Federal Intervention. Asked in an interview with Axios on HBOVI (8/3) about the federal response to protesters in Portland, President Trump said, "For 59 days, these people were anarchists and agitators and some protesters. But these were anarchists. These people were beating the hell out of the city. They were beating up our federal buildings and federal courthouse. We told the police to stop it. And the police wouldn't do it. ... If we didn't have people at our courthouse - and they're strong, tough people and they don't want - they try and be very good. believe me. But if we didn't have people there, you would have your federal courthouse, $600 million building, you would have that thing burned to the ground right now." Portland Police Chief: Officers Committed To Protecting City. Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell writes in the New York Times (8/3, 18.61M) that "Portland is a beautiful and vibrant city with smart, progressive people, and I am hopeful we can come together to move beyond the unrest and refocus on critical issues." The Portland Police, he adds, "remains committed to protecting life and responding to events as appropriate. I am proud of our efforts in extreme circumstances few in the country have faced." Lovell adds, "I have confidence in our community and the people who have dedicated their lives to building relationships with police. They have stood up and said no more violence. I stand with them with a servant's heart, committed to being leaders in police reform." McGurn Credits Trump With Reduction In Violence. Wall Street Journal (8/3, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) columnist William McGurn writes in a piece titled "Trump Wins In Portland" that the reduction in violence in Portland over the weekend is not because - as some have claimed - federal agents left the city. McGurn argues the violence has reduced because state and local police have stepped up under a deal reached with federal officials last week. House Panel Launches Investigation Into DHS Intel Office. Reuters (8/3, Chiacu, Hosenball) reports the House Intelligence Committee launched an investigation on Monday into "the Department of Homeland Security's intelligence office, including its actions in Portland, Oregon, and its involvement in other anti-racism protests across the country." In a letter to top DHS officials, Chairman Adam Schiff wrote, "The reporting regarding the monitoring of peaceful protesters, creating and disseminating intelligence reports about journalists and protesters, and potential exploitation of electronic devices is deeply troubling." In his letter, Schiff "requested detailed intelligence reporting documents that informed a recommendation by the then-chief of the DHS intelligence operation on July 25 requesting that DHS reports on anarchist-related Portland protesters refer to them as 'Violent Antifa Anarchists Inspired." Morgenstern: Democrats' Push To Defund Police Will Make Nation Less Safe. Deputy White House Communications Director Brian Morgenstern said on the John Fredericks ShowVi (8/3), "People want their communities to be peaceful and we're seeing around the country that is not the case and how does Joe Biden and his party respond? It is defund the police. It is take away the force that is going to help people to feel safe and be safe? ... This whole debate over whether redirecting money from the police is the same thing as defunding the police, it sort of makes your brain hurt doesn't it? If you are redirecting your salary out of your pocket, I think you would call that defunding wouldn't you?" Conway: Cities Seeing Protests Have "Strictest Gun Control Laws In The Country." White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway was asked on Fox News Outnumbered Overtime (8/3) about Sen. Tammy Duckworth's (D-IL) call for President Trump to push for gun control legislation. Conway said that "some of these cities have the strictest gun control laws in the EFTA01657989 country, and this is what is happening. ... So, the President has said that he would be happy to send in the feds. The feds have been in some of these cities, and what has happened? Some of these mayors get in a petty, peevish Twitter spat with the President about it. Others just refuse to allow them. What do we have in Portland? We are in the third month of nightly violence. These are peaceful protesters. I think peaceful protesters have every right under the First Amendment. But we, long ago, left that pretense. You can't help but see what all these cities have in common, which is strict gun control laws and Democratic mayors." NYTimes Analysis: Anti-Gun Youth Absent From Protests. The New York Times (8/3, Russonello, 18.61M) reports that after the mass shooting in 2018 at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, "the massacre's young survivors converted their outrage into political organizing." However, since then "Congress passed no gun legislation," and "now, with the country swept up in a reckoning over racial justice driven largely by young protesters, the youthful voices that propelled a movement just two years ago find themselves less squarely focused on issues around gun violence." Polls, the Times notes, show that racial justice, the coronavirus pandemic and the economic downturn "far outpace guns as top issues of concern for young people." New York City Shootings Surpass 2019 Total. The Washington Free Beacon (8/3, Nester, 78K) reports New York City "has already had more shootings this year than in all of 2019, with the city's 777th shooting this weekend." Last year's total of 776 shootings "was eclipsed Saturday night as a wave of gun violence continues to hit New York City. By Sunday night, the city's total shooting incidents for the year rose to 784." NYPD Commissioner Blasts De Blasio's Law Enforcement Policies. The New York Times (8/3, Al, Fitzsimmons, 18.61M) reports the "criticism of Mayor Bill de Blasio's law enforcement policies was stinging. A law banning the use of chokeholds and similar types of restraints by police officers was 'insane: Agreeing to cut the Police Department budget was a 'bow to mob rule.' Those who failed to 'stand up for what's right' were 'cowards." The "outspoken critic," however, was de Blasio's own police commissioner, Dermot F. Shea, "a trusted ally who went rogue in media interviews and in a private address to police brass." To the Times, "the commissioner's comments - and the fact that he still has his job - speak to the fraught relationship that Mr. de Blasio has maintained with the Police Department throughout his tenure." Minneapolis Mayor: Governor Was Slow To Deploy National Guard During Riots. The Minneapolis Star Tribune (8/3, Bjorhus, Navratil, 1.04M) reports that "Jacob Frey has been cast as the mayor who lost control of his city, enduring criticism from the state's governor that the Minneapolis response to rioting in May over the police killing of George Floyd was an 'abject failure.' Now Frey is speaking out, saying Gov. Tim Walz failed to take his requests for help seriously until it was too late." In an interview Monday, Frey "said that Walz hesitated to send in the National Guard to quell the growing violence, and then blamed him for allowing the city to burn." Said Frey, "Through an extremely difficult situation, I told the truth. I relayed information as best I could to state partners. And we did what was demanded for the sake of our city." Armed Secret Service Confronts Two Black Mothers, Children On National Mall. The Washington Post (8/3, Mettler, 14.2M) reports that during a visit to the National Mall with "their babies," India Johnson, 26, and Yasmeen Winston, 25, parked on Constitution Avenue near the White House. After returning to their car, a "Secret Service cruiser had driven into their front left bumper, Winston told The Washington Post. Within seconds, Winston recalled, a uniformed Secret Service officer was pointing a rifle at them, yelling 'Get out!' and 'Put your hands in the air!' More officers surrounded them with guns pulled, the women said." Over the next hour, "Winston and Johnson said, they were handcuffed without reason, separated from their crying babies, and handled by police who, at first, did not wear masks to protect against" EFTA01657990 the coronavirus. In a statement to The Post, the Secret Service said it is "looking into the matter" and "has no further comment at this time." Police Officers In Colorado Mistakenly Detain Black Family. ABC World News TonightVi (8/3, story 8, 1:30, Muir, 7.08M) reported on "new allegations against the Aurora, Colorado Police Department. Officers now accused of confronting a Black family, mistakenly believing they were in a stolen vehicle. Children forced to the ground." ABC's Clayton Sandell added, "Tonight, confusion and questions about why police in Aurora, Colorado, responding to reports of a stolen vehicle, approached a Black family in their car, handcuffing several children on the pavement. Police say a license plate scanner alerted them that Brittany Gilliam's car was stolen. ... But the department now says Gilliam's license plate had the same number as the real stolen vehicle, but that was a motorcycle from another state." The department is "already under fire for several high profile cases." "Back The Blue" Mural Painted Outside Tampa Police Headquarters. WTVT-TV Tampa, FL (8/3, Holton, 51K) reports that a "Back the Blue" street mural painted over the weekend outside the Tampa Police Department's headquarters "is drawing praise and criticism." Organizers say they "want to show their support for law enforcement," but "critics say the mural flies in the face of the Black Lives Matter movement." WPost Calls For Congress To Mandate US Park Police Wear Body Cameras. The Washington Post (8/3, 14.2M) editorializes that "given its execrable recent record, you'd think the Park Police would be doing everything in its power to regain the public's trust and confidence." The Post argues that "body-worn cameras, standard equipment at many major police departments across the country, would be a useful first step to signal that the Park Police is determined to make itself accountable for its actions. A bill to mandate their use for all federal police officers is included in a legislative police package introduced in the House of Representatives. Its passage would be a tonic - whether or not the Park Police thinks it is 'in a position' to comply." COUNTER-TERRORISM US Attorney Mulls Appeal Of Tsarnaev Ruling. The Boston Herald (8/3, Tiernan, 410K) reports, "The day after President Trump called for a 'do-over' in seeking the death penalty against convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the U.S. attorney said his office is still mulling an appeal." US Attorney Andrew Lelling "said his office is continuing to review a federal appellate court's Friday decision to toss out the death sentence and would 'have more information in the coming days and weeks: The government has two weeks to file a petition for an appeal, but could request an extension." The Herald adds, "The ruling ripped open old wounds for the families of the three people who died and the more than 260 who were injured in the April 15, 2013, twin bombings on Boylston Street at the end of the Boston Marathon route." ISIS Attacks Eastern Afghan Prison, Frees Nearly 400 Prisoners. The AP (8/3, Gul, Faiez) reports that "militants affiliated with the Islamic State group stormed a prison in eastern Afghanistan in a daylong siege that left at least 39 people dead, including the assailants, and freed nearly 400 of their fighters before security forces restored order." The AP adds "the attack underscored that the Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan is still a formidable presence, and it highlighted the challenges ahead as U.S. and NATO forces begin to withdraw following Washington's peace deal with the Taliban." The AP also reports "the peace accord aims to recruit the Taliban to battle the militants from IS, which US officials have told The Associated EFTA01657991 Press is the Americans' biggest foe in Afghanistan." The AP describes the Taliban and ISIS as "staunch rivals." Reuters (8/3, Sultan, Sediqi) reports Afghan security forces "killed at least 10 Islamic State fighters who had taken control of [the] prison in the eastern city of Jalalabad, ending a siege in which hundreds of prisoners escaped." Reuters adds, "More than 300 prisoners were still at large, Attaullah Khugyani, spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar province, said. Of the 1,793 prisoners, more than 1,025 had tried to escape and been recaptured and 430 had remained inside. `The rest are missing,' he said." The New York limes (8/3, Ghazi, Mashal, 18.61M) reports that Gen. Yasin Zia, "the chief of the Afghan army who arrived in the city to lead the last stretch of the operations, said ten assailants were involved in the attack and all were killed." The assault, "which left much of the prison's security barriers destroyed and brought the city to a standstill, was one of the most complicated operations claimed by the Islamic State's chapter in Afghanistan." The Times reports that "as its territory has been constricted significantly by a campaign of military operations over the past couple of years, the group has largely turned to gruesome attacks on soft-targets, such as civilians with little protection." The Washington Post (8/3, George, Hassan, 14.2M) reports that "the attack began just hours before a three-day cease-fire between the Taliban and Afghan government forces was set to expire," and "a Taliban spokesman quickly tweeted a brief statement denying responsibility," although "the target choice and complexity of the attack mirrored past Taliban assaults." Trump Says He "Took Out"ISIS. President Trump said in an interview with Axios on HBOVi (8/3), "In Syria, we took out ISIS, 100% of the caliphate. When i took over, Obama, it was totally rampant. ISIS was all over the place. we took them out. we captured them. we killed them. ... We took out Soleimani. We took out al-Baghdadi. We took out people that nobody thought possible." Israel Says It Killed Militants Planting Bombs Inside Its Border With Syria. The New York Times (8/3, Kershner, 18.61M) reports that Israeli soldiers "ambushed four militants as they planted bombs along Israel's boundary with Syria around midnight. ... The militants, whose identity or affiliation were not immediately known, were assumed to have been killed on the spot by a combination of ground and air fire, said Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, an army spokesman." According to the Times, "Israeli forces have been on elevated alert in the north in recent weeks, and particularly over the past week, after Israel said it had thwarted a raid by a Hezbollah `terrorist squad' armed with assault rifles in a disputed area along its northern border with Lebanon." The Washington Post (8/3, Eglash, Dadouch, 14.2M) reports that "overnight Sunday, Israel said it struck targets in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip to the south, following rocket fire into its territory that caused damage in the Israeli town of Sderot. " Reuters (8/2) reports an Israeli military statement "said Monday's strikes hit Syrian observation posts, intelligence collection systems, anti-aircraft batteries and command-and- control bases." Syrian state media "said Israeli helicopters fired at Syrian checkpoints in al- Qunaitra, on the Golan Heights, causing material losses." The Israeli military "said it was responding to an attempt by a group of four people to plant explosives on a patrolled fence along the Golan armistice line between Israel and Syria." COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE China Accuses US Of Harassing Chinese Students, Researchers. The AP (8/3) reports, "China on Monday accused the United States of 'monitoring, harassing and willfully detaining' Chinese students and researchers in the U.S." According to the AP, "Foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin's comments follow the denial of a bail request in EFTA01657992 California for a university researcher accused of lying about her ties to China's military and governing Communist Party to gain access to the United States. Wang also criticized the Trump administration for imposing sanctions on a major paramilitary organization in the country's western Xinjiang region and on two officials for alleged human rights abuses against ethnic and religious minorities." Wang "said China had no intention of helping Juan Tang escape from the United States, but did not otherwise comment directly on the accusations against her," but "he said China urges the U.S. to handle the case fairly in accordance with the law and ensure the safety and legitimate rights and interests' due to Tang." New FBI Documents From Mueller's Russia Investigation Revealed Following FOIA Lawsuit. BuzzFeed News (8/3) reports a new cache of "witness interview summaries from special counsel Robert Mueller's two-year probe into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election was released Monday in response to FOIA lawsuits by BuzzFeed News and CNN." The documents include "five pages of Jared Kushner's FBI interview summary - but all five are completely redacted." The FBI's notations "indicate that much of the material relates to an ongoing law enforcement investigation." Interview summaries for "former deputy national security adviser K.T. McFarland, former White House lawyer and senior Justice Department official James Burnham, and former Stone associate Randy Credico are also almost entirely redacted." McFarland and Credico's summaries include "markings that indicate redacted information relates to ongoing investigations." A chunk of the 412 pages of interview summaries "relates to the special counsel's investigation of Roger Stone." Hemingway: Media Is Silent As Steele Shown Not To Be Master Spy. Mollie Hemingway writes for The Federalist (8/3, 126K) that the media repeatedly "assured Americans that the dossier alleging treasonous collusion between Donald Trump and Russia was based on the scrupulous work of a mastermind British ex-spy," Christopher Steele, "and his vast network of credible and well-connected sources spread throughout Europe. It wasn't true." Hemingway argues that the media "have a problem, then, given that they repeatedly led viewers and readers to believe Steele was a master spy. ... As the sophisticated fabrication continues to unravel, the media that won Pulitzers and acclaim for hyping it are strikingly silent." White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Fox News' Hannity (8/3, 535K), "Instead of retracting those stories, they won Pulitzers of those stories of the Washington Post and the New York Times for lying about the witch hunt against the President of the United States. They were dead wrong but they don't apologize. They don't give back the Pulitzers as they should." Op-Ed: Roger Stone On How His Sentence Was Commuted. In an op-ed in the Daily Caller (8/3, 716K), former Trump campaign manager Roger Stone writes, "The tragic death of Herman Cain reminded me how closely I myself came to what I believe would have been my demise. The controversy over President Trump's courageous decision to commute my sentence so I could avoid immediate incarceration in a COVID-19 infested prison was a humanitarian act of both mercy and justice, but at the same time it blocked out news of my own efforts to avoid this peril and the extraordinary lengths to which the government went to give me `special treatment." He concludes, "I wrote this piece to demonstrate that the courageous act of commuting my prison sentence saved me from near certain death in a COVID-19 infested prison and preserved my right to live long enough to appeal an unjust verdict." UN Report Says North Korea Has "Probably" Developed Nuclear Devices To Fit Ballistic Missiles. EFTA01657993 Reuters (8/3, Nichols) reports that, according to a confidential UN report, North Korea is "pressing on with its nuclear weapons program and several countries believe it has 'probably developed miniaturized nuclear devices to fit into the warheads of its ballistic missiles." The report by an independent panel of experts monitoring UN sanctions "said the countries, which it did not identify, believed North Korea's past six nuclear tests had likely helped it develop miniaturized nuclear devices." Pyongyang has not "conducted a nuclear test since September 2017." The interim report "was submitted to the 15-member UN Security Council North Korea sanctions committee on Monday." The report said, "The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is continuing its nuclear program, including the production of highly enriched uranium and construction of an experimental light water reactor. A Member State assessed that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is continuing production of nuclear weapons." NRO Chief Sees Growing Opportunities For Agency To Use Small Satellites. Space News (8/3, Subscription Publication) reports NRO director Christopher Scolese "said the agency is becoming more reliant on small satellites for fast and low cost experiments." Scolese said August 3 on a live webcast at the 2020 Small Satellite Conference which is a virtual event this year, "Cubesats allow us to respond more quickly. Smallsats can provide lots of opportunities to do science, to provide information for the intelligence community and to allow us to develop technologies and capabilities. At the NRO, satellite systems of all sizes are important to us, large and small. Ultimately, physics determines how big, how many, and where a satellite is located." Scolese "said he could not discuss specific plans to develop a 'hybrid architecture' of government and commercial remote sensing satellites, but insisted the agency wants to take advantage of privately funded innovation and intends to procure more data from the commercial sector." CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS Federal Judge Recounts Shooting Of Son, Husband. NBC Nightly NewsVi (8/3, story 6, 2:10, Holt, 6.23M) reported, "Two weeks after a gunman shot and killed the son of a federal judge in New Jersey, and wounded her husband, that judge is now speaking out in a powerful and heart-breaking video statement." NBC (Thompson) added, "Painfully, angrily, federal judge Esther Salas describes the weekend she and her husband Mark Anderl celebrated their son Daniel's 20th birthday and lost him." Sales: "And Daniel said, 'Mom, let's keep talking. I love talking to you, mom.' And it was at that exact moment that the doorbell rang. And Daniel looked at me and said, 'Who is that?' And before I could say a word, he sprinted upstairs. Within seconds, I heard the sound of bullets and someone screaming, 'No!' But Daniel being Daniel, protected his father, and he took the shooter's first bullet directly to the chest. The monster then turns his attention to my husband and began to shoot at my husband, one shot after another." The CBS Evening NewsVi (8/3, story 10, 1:45, O'Donnell, 4.24M) reported, "Her husband was also shot, but lived. Her son died." Salas: "We are living every parent's worst nightmare, making preparations to bury our only child." CBS (Axelrod) added, "Salas also demanded better protection for judges, but her extraordinary poise and strength seemed, remarkably, focused on gratitude." ABC World News TonightVi (8/3, story 7, 1:50, Muir, 7.2M) reported, "Police say the alleged gunman, self-described anti-feminist Manhattan attorney Roy den Hollander, killed himself the next day." Salas: "In my case, the monster knew where I lived, and what church we attended, and had a complete dossier on me and my family. At the moment, there is nothing we can do to stop it, and that is unacceptable." ABC (Llamas) added that , "the threats against judges are real. The US marshals say they are increasing every year, and Judge Sales' family is proof sometimes these threats become a reality." EFTA01657994 Ninth Circuit Throws Out Oregon Man's Confession About Pointing Laser At Police Plane. The Oregonian (8/3, Bernstein, 1M) reports that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals "has thrown out a Gresham man's confession to Multnomah County sheriff's deputies that he shined a laser at a police plane, finding they violated his Fourth Amendment rights by not telling him he was under arrest and questioning him without giving him Miranda warnings. Eight months later, an FBI agent arrived at the Gresham man's door, saying he was there to ask 'follow-up' questions about the laser incident, which led to an indictment." The appeals court "found that the constitutional violations from the Gresham man's first encounter with sheriff's deputies tainted the second encounter with the FBI agent. The court said all of the Gresham man's statements to investigators should have been suppressed." The Oregonian notes that "in July 2019, Nikolay P. Bocharnikov was sentenced to three years of federal probation for aiming the laser pointer at an aircraft." Trump Again Says He Wishes Ghislaine Maxwell Well. President Trump was asked in an interview with Axios on HBOVI (8/3) why he said he wishes Ghislaine Maxwell - who faces charges of enticement of minors and sex trafficking of children - well. Trump said, "Her friend or boyfriend was either killed or committed suicide in jail. She's now in jail. Yeah, I wish her well. I'd wish you well. I'd wish a lot of people well. Good luck. Let them prove somebody was guilty.... And I do wish her well. I'm not looking for anything bad for her. I'm not looking bad for anybody." Drugs Scheme Leads To More Prison Time For Man Connected To FBI Agent's Murder. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (8/3, Ove, 616K) reports, "Robert Korbe, whose drug dealing operation led to the murder of" FBI Agent Sam Hicks during a 2008 raid operation, "will spend another four years behind bars for dealing drugs inside the prison where he's been held." On Monday, US District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan said Korbe will serve that time after his current, 25-year sentence ends. The KDKA-TV Pittsburgh (8/3, 144K) website also covers this story. Defendant Gets 14-Year Federal Prison Sentence After Pleading Guilty To Drug Charges. The Fayetteville (NC) Observer (8/3, Brown-Peyton, 151K) reports Elbert Tojuan McNeill has been sentenced "to 14 years in federal prison." The FBI was involved with the investigation that led to Monday's sentence, which came after McNeill pleaded guilty "to charges of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 280 grams or more of cocaine; possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine; and possession of a firearm for trafficking in drugs." Detective Describes Unearthing Of Idaho Children's Remains. The CBS Evening NewsVi (8/3, story 11, 0:25, O'Donnell, 4.24M) reported, "Raw emotion today in an Idaho courtroom. A detective described in painful detail how the remains of two children, one wrapped in duct tape, were unearthed on the property of Chad Daybell, who recently married their mother. The children's grandparents wept during the testimony. A judge is deciding whether to hold Daybell for trial. He and wife Lori Vallow-Daybell are accused of concealing evidence in connection with the deaths and will likely face additional charges." The AP (8/3, Ridler, Boone) reports from Boise, Idaho, "A detective Monday described in excruciating details how investigators unearthed the remains of two children who had been missing for months while searching the rural Idaho property of a man charged with concealing evidence." According to the AP, "The testimony came during a preliminary hearing where a judge will decide whether there is enough evidence to hold Chad Daybell for trial. He and the children's mother face charges related to the hiding of the remains of 17-year-old Tylee Ryan EFTA01657995 and 7-year-old Joshua IA' Vallow, although authorities have yet to say how the two died, or whether homicide charges will be filed in the case that has attracted worldwide headlines." Inside Edition (8/3, 342K) reports, "Three FBI agents from the bureau's Salt Lake City division - Special Agent Benjamin Dean, Special Agent Steven Daniels and Agent Gary Lyu - have been called to testify during Chad's preliminary hearing Monday and Tuesday, according to court documents. A member of the Idaho State Police Forensic Services team, Rylene Nowlin, has also been subpoenaed. Authorities believe the children were killed shortly after they were last seen and buried in Chad's yard by their uncle, Alex Cox. Cox himself died on Dec. 12. An Arizona medical examiner ruled that he died of natural causes, but Cox's death remains under investigation." Courthouse News (8/3, McCullough, 2K