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Good morning,
Today's version of the 5 AM SIOC News Briefing is attached. Research of the SIOC yielded the
following:
IMD-RIDS Releases/FOIPA Mentions:
Date
Article Title
Reportable
Information
Release(s)
Case #(s)
Media Source(s)
Hyperlink(s)
Other Releases:
Date
Article Title
Reportable
Information
IMD
February 26, 2025
Nothing additional to report.
N/A
N/A
N/A
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N/A
February 26, 2025
From the SIOC News Briefing (attached is today's copy):
Other FBI News:
• Top GOP Senators Call On DOJ to Investigate Potential
Criminal FBI Leaks to Media
Media reports reported that two senior Senate Republican
lawmakers called on Attorney General Pam Bondi and Director
Patel to investigate potential criminal leaks to the media of sensitive
and classified information ahead of the 2024 presidential election,
and to investigate former Assistant Special Agent in Charge Timothy
Thibault and his associates' potential breach of FBI information
sharing policies.
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Articles included screenshots of redacted Bureau emails sent by
Timothy Thibault. Redactions are not consistent with our office's
standards.
Release(s)
Multiple releases in the followin• litigations were located in FDPS
related to subject
No vault releases located.
Case #(s)
The
Other
following litigations were located:
have been made but met with UP3 res•onses.
FOIPA re•uests
Media Source(s)
Hyperlink(s)
SIOC, Washin•ton
Washington Times:
and Kash Patel to
Times, The New York Post, and Dail Mail
Chuck Grassley Ron Johnson call on Pam Bondi
probe FBI leaks
New
of girlfriend
York Post: Ex-FBI agent improperly shared gov info, nude photo
from bureau email account -- while allegedly shielding
Hunter Biden
exposed for sharing explosive 'sensitive'
Daily
•overnment
Mail: Ex-FBI agent
emails and nude •ics of his •irlfriend
The following subjects mentioned in the SIOC have been previously reported but remain in the news:
• Deepfakes being used in scamming schemes (previously reported 9/15/2023)
• Cocaine discovered in White House on July 2, 2023 (previously reported 11/14/2023)
• Lockbit Ransomware (previously reported on 11/22/2023)
o CyberNews: LockBit ransom gang claims to have stolen information that could "destroy' FBI
• Crossfire Hurricane (previously reported 12/18/2023)
• Chinese spy balloons (previously reported on 2/6/2024)
• Smishing scam with texts regarding unpaid tolls (reported on 4/22/2024)
• Video of man who is suspected to have planted the viable pipe bomb near the DNC
headquarters on January 6th, 2021 (reported on 8/2/2024)
• Kash Patel Sworn in as Ninth FBI Director (reported in FYSA on 12/10/2024)
• Joint Advisory regarding Ghost Ransomware (previously reported on 2/20/2025)
• GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn Demands FBI, IRS Release 'Complete, Unredacted' Epstein
Documents (previously reported in FYSA on 2/25/2025)
Research of various news sources yielded the following:
Date
Article Title
Reportable
Information
Release(s)
Case #(s)
Media Source(s)
Hyperlink(s)
February 26. 2025
Nothing additional to report.
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Please note: Due to time constraints, the information reported was reviewed and obtained from the 5:00AM draft
version of the FBI Daily News Briefing. As such, there may be some discrepancies between the articles included
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within the draft and finalized versions of the FBI Daily News Briefing.
Respectfully,
Government Information Specialist
RIDS I FOU-1
Information Management Division
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)IMD
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