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From: To: Subject: u is airs ews rie mg on ay, uy , Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2020 10:29:41 +0000 c Importan e: Normal Mobile version and searchable archives available at fbi.bulletinintelligence.com. LeiFBI News Briefing TO: THE DIRECTOR AND SENIOR STAFF DATE: MONDAY, JULY 6, 2020 6:30 AM EDT TODAY'S TABLE OF CONTENTS LEADING THE NEWS • Media Reports Call Trump's Independence Day Speeches "Divisive," "Dark." PROTESTS • Authorities Arrest "Ringleader" Of Attempt To Take Down Jackson Statue. • One Dead, Another Person Injured After Man Drives Into Protest On 1-5 In Seattle. • Three Colorado Police Officers Fired After Reenacting Chokehold Used On McClain. • Trump: Democrats "Crazy" For Wanting To Defund Police. • Anti-Coronavirus Shutdown Facebook Groups Shift To Attacks On BLM. • State Of Emergency Declared In Portland After Protests Turn Violent. • Officer Charged In Floyd's Death Released On $750K Bond. • Massachusetts Police Detective Says She Was Fired Over Pro-BLM Instagram Post. • Protesters To Return To St. Louis Home Where Couple Brandished Guns. • Black Protesters March Through Confederate Memorial Park In Georgia. • Protesters In Baltimore Topple Columbus Statue. • Virginia Orders American Flag Removed From Richmond Construction Site. • Vandals Deface Frederick Douglass Statue In New York. • Current And Former Employees, Donors Say Planned Parenthood "Steeped In White Supremacy." • Differing Portraits Emerge Of Philadelphia Woman Charged With Torching Police Cars. • Man Accused Of Breaking Windows At Nevada Courthouse During Protest. • Woman Who Allegedly Tossed Molotov Cocktail At NYPD Officers Blamed Attack On Blacks. • FBI Seeking Several Individuals Who Looted Louisville, Kentucky Grocery. • Newspaper Cartoon Depicting Swastika-Wearing Trump Sparks Criticism In Florida. • Black South Carolina Police Chief Tries To Navigate The Divide Between His Department, Community. • Oklahoma Police Officers Charged With Murder After Using Stun Gun On Man More Than 50 Times. • NYTimes Al: A Month After George Floyd's Death, Minneapolis Still Struggles To Understand Violent Aftermath. • Kansas Police Officer Was Paid A $70,000 Severance After Killing Unarmed Teen Driver. • Dallas County, Texas May Be Indicative Of Cultural Shift In Police Killings Of Blacks. • Debate Swirls Around Whether Breonna Taylor Memes Bring Needed Attention Or Trivialize Her Death. EFTA00148620 • Michigan Couple Charged With Assault After Videos Show White Woman Pulling Gun On Black Woman. • Black Women's Claims Of Discrimination Belie Pinterest's Kinder, Gentler Reputation. • WYNC Employees Express Betrayal Over Editor-In-Chief Pick That Ignores Calls For Diversity. • NYTimes Al: Latino Activists Struggle With Entrenched Assumption That Racism Is A Black-And- White Issue. • Washington Redskins Open Review Into Changing Controversial Name. • Judge Who Delayed Removal Of Confederate Statue In Richmond Appears To Recuse Himself. • Push To Rename "Bloody Sunday" Bridge In Selma For John Lewis Faces Opposition. • Trump Orders Federal Government To Create Park Honoring "American Heroes." • Stone Mountain Sculpture May Outlast Other Confederate Monuments. • WPost Al Discusses How Trump Era Has Affected Political Discourse At Retirement Community Where Trump Supporter Yelled "White Power." COUNTER-TERRORISM • DO) Seeks To Block Release Of Terrorist Who Completed Sentence. • Judge Delays Trial For Minnesota Militia Leader Allegedly Behind Mosque Bombing. • Op-Ed: The Next American Terrorist. • Artificial Intelligence Linked To Bin Laden Raid Used To Identify Future Threats. • Ignatius: The Dazzling Rise And Tragic Fall Of Saudi Arabia's Mohammed Bin Nayef. • New Iraqi Leader Confronts Challenge of Containing Iran-backed Militias. • Duterte Signs Contentious Antiterrorism Legislation Despite Concerns About Human Rights Abuses. • Canadian Police: Armed Military Man Who Rammed Gates Outside Trudeau's Residence Acted Alone, Faces 22 Charges. • German Intelligence Officials Investigating Far-Right Infiltration Of Military, Police Forces. • Turkish Court Convicts Four Human Rights Activists On Terrorism Charges. COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE • Intelligence Chiefs Brief "Gang Of Eight" On Russia Bounty Intelligence. • Grassley Seeks To Reduce Budget Of Think Tank That Awarded Contracts To Halper. • Officials Say It Is Hard For Intelligence Officials To Speak Honestly To Trump About National Security Dangers. • Swalwell Feels Trump Makes House Democrats "Look Like Geniuses Every Day For Impeaching Him." • Flynn Posts Video Of Himself Reciting Oath Of Office Using QAnon Slogan. • Senator Warns Against "Political Interference" Into Probe Of Private Firm That Spied On Environmental Groups. • Jankowicz: Anti-Trump Flash Mob Infiltrated By Russian Election Meddling. • Tennessee Professor Charged With Hiding Ties To China Wants Case Dismissed. • Op-Ed: Putin Still Plays By The Ruthless Rules Of The Cold War. • Russians Arrested In Austria Over Killing Of Chechen Dissident. • Southern Command Rebuilds Intelligence Relationship With Brazil Years After Snowden Damage. • Declassified Navy Videos Create Renewed Interest In UFOs From Congress. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS • Epstein Associate Maxwell Charged With Trafficking Minors. • Family Says Remains Found In Texas Are Those Of Fort Hood Soldier. • Death Of Inmate At Metropolitan Detention Center In Los Angeles Ruled A Homicide. • Georgia Prosecutor In Ahmaud Arbery Death Feels Special Responsibility. • Mall Shootings Occur In Alabama, Massachusetts. • FBI Seeks Clues In 2002 Disappearance Of New Mexico Woman. EFTA00148621 • Florida Convict Pleads Guilty To Tennessee Rapes In 1980s. • FBI Supporting Hate Crime Investigation In Michigan. • FBI Investigating Racist Graffiti In Nebraska. • Drug Case Defendant Gets 20-Year Prison Sentence. • North Carolina Gang Leader Sentenced For Murder. • Continuing Coverage: FBI Investigating Disappearance Of Amish Girl. • Continuing Coverage: Georgia Man Pleads Guilty To Threatening Schools. • North Carolina Man Sentenced For Child Pornography. • Kentucky Man Charged With Enticement Of Minor. • Continuing Coverage: New Mexico Teenager Charged With Making Threats. • Ohio Man Pleads Guilty To Threatening Ohio State Football Team. • FBI Investigating California Bank Robbery. • FBI Civil Rights Unit Investigating Assault On Black Connecticut Hotel Clerk. • California Men Sentenced For Bank Robbery. • New York Man Arrested For Bank Robbery. • New Hampshire Police Captain Charged With Fraud. • Continuing Coverage: Kentucky Men Charged In Connection To Sex Trafficking. FINANCIAL CRIME & CORPORATE SCANDALS • Attorney Charged In Alleged Toledo, Ohio Bribery Scheme To Remain Free Until Trial. • Another Cohort Of Virginia Money-Launderer Pleads Guilty. • Utah Business Owner Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering. • Indiana Man Sentenced For Bank Fraud. • Former Colorado Judge Pleads Guilty To Obstruction. • Florida Family Arrested On Suspicion Of Kickback Scheme. CYBER DIVISION • Ransomware Attackers Pressure Knoxville, Tennessee By Posting City Data Online. • French Cyber Chief Says France Won't Ban Huawei. • CISA Releases Chapter 2 Of Cyber Essentials Toolkit. • Senators Push For Local Cybersecurity Support In Defense Bill. • CISA Stands To Gain Powers Under Both Versions Of The Defense Authorization Bill. • NSA Warns That VPNs Could Be Vulnerable To Cyberattacks. • Record Number Of Teens Enroll In Online NCSC CyberFirst Courses. • Cyber Experts Say Ransomware Gang Hacked Fort Worth Transportation Agency. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS • FBI Arrests Nigerian National For Cyber Fraud. LAWFUL ACCESS • Senate Panel Unanimously Backs End Of Legal Protections For Hosts Of Child Pornography. OTHER FBI NEWS • Berman To Testify In Closed-Door House Judiciary Hearing. • Donoghue Taking Over As Rosen's Top Deputy. • Man Whose Wrongful Conviction Revealed FBI Forensic Flaws Dies At 59. • Report: FBI Investigated Former Chicago Mayor Daley Over O'Hare Airport Bribery Allegations. • California City To Attempt Recovery Of "Illegal Profits" From Permit Expeditor. • FBI Discusses Election Fraud Threats In Texas. OTHER WASHINGTON NEWS • Seven-Day US Average Sets Record For 27th Straight Day. EFTA00148622 • In Response To Coronavirus, States And Cities Cancel, Limit Fourth Of July Celebrations. • Trump Again Blames Testing For Rising US COVID-19 Cases. • Trump To Hold Rally In New Hampshire This Weekend. • Hahn Declines To Discuss Trump Assertion Of "Harmless" Coronavirus Cases. • Hahn: "Too Early To Tell" If Jacksonville Can Safely Host GOP Convention. • Hahn Says US Will "Surge" Remdesivir To "Areas That Most Need It." • Some Coronavirus Vaccine Developers Trying New RNA-Based Technology. • Federal Data Show Massive Racial Disparities In COVID-19 Infections And Deaths. • Houston Hospitals Facing Similar Issues As New York Ones Previously Did. • Miami-Dade County Mayor: Demonstrations Contributed To Coronavirus Spike. • Kavanaugh Denies Application From Illinois GOP Contesting Ban On Sizable Political Gatherings. • Coronavirus Impacting West Texas, Where Some Have No Trust In Government. • Resort Communities Working To Bring Guests Back. • Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Features Various Coronavirus Precautions. • Doctors Learning That COVID Can Take Months To Recover From. • WPost Analysis: CDC's Zika Response "Unheeded Prequel For How" Agency Stumbled In Face Of Coronavirus. • Politico Analysis: Kentucky Avoided Problems Experienced By Other Places That Have Held Elections Amid Pandemic. • More Pro Athletes Testing Positive For Coronavirus. • WSJournal Analysis Highlights How Caregivers Are Contributing To Fight Against COVID. • Kansas Newspaper Posts Cartoon Likening Mask Requirement To Holocaust. • NYTimes Al: Theaters Discovering Ways To Have Live Shows Amid Coronavirus. • Fauci, Other Epidemiologists Discuss Managing Coronavirus Risks In Daily Life. • Wilkie Highlights Efforts Of VA To Provide Medical Care Amid Pandemic. • FDA Authorizes Test To Differentiate Between Flu, COVID-19. • CBS Highlights Type Of Plasma Therapy Being Utilized On Some COVID-19 Patients. • New Study Says Hydroxychloroquine Reduced COVID Mortality Rate. • Coronavirus Prompts Cancellation Of MLB All-Star Game. • Number Of Coronavirus Cases Among Inmates Passes 50,000. • Several Democrats Renew Call To End Senate Filibuster To Pass Priority Legislation. • Migrant Workers Unable To Send Remittances Home Due To Pandemic. • Immigrant Workers Say Employer Cheated Them And Tricked Them Into Deportation. • Duckworth Holds Up Military Confirmations To Ensure Vindman Promotion Is Not Blocked. • Supreme Court Watchers On Both Sides Say Roberts' Recent Moves Were Political. • Cabinet Members Making Official Visits To Swing States. INTERNATIONAL NEWS • WHO: In New Record, 212,000 Daily Coronavirus Cases Reported Globally. • Scientists Call On WHO To Address Airborne Spread Of COVID-19. • Mexican Border Town Blocks Americans From Entering. • UK Begins Easing Lockdown Measures. • China Poised To Dominate Global Medical Supply Production Following Pandemic. • AP Analysis: France-Turkey Dispute Over Libyan Arms Exposes NATO's Limits. • Iran Says It Has Built Underground "Missile Cities" Along Gulf Coast. • Spokesman: Fire At Iran's Natanz Nuclear Facility Caused Significant Damage. • WSJournal: Iranian Military-Owned Conglomerate Opens In Venezuela. • Pearl's Killers Could Soon Be Free. • Men Of Color Say They Are Singled Out By French Police. EFTA00148623 • Two US Carriers In South China Sea For Drills. • Africans Outraged Over Killing Of George Floyd Call Attention To Abuses In Own Countries. • Analyst: Foreigners At Risk Under New Hong Kong Security Laws. • Guatemala Emerging As New Drug Route. THE BIG PICTURE • Headlines From Today's Front Pages. WASHINGTON'S SCHEDULE • Today's Events In Washington. LEADING THE NEWS Media Reports Call Trump's Independence Day Speeches "Divisive," "Dark." Media reports cast President Trump's speeches at Mt. Rushmore on Friday and on the South Lawn of the White House in a generally negative light. The speeches are described as "divisive" and "dark" and Trump is portrayed as stoking division in order to motivate his base ahead of a difficult reelection battle. While the CBS Weekend NewsVi (7/5, story 2, 2:15, Garrett, 2.32M) focused its coverage on Trump's discussion of "his Administration's efforts to combat the coronavirus virus," other reports are much more critical. For example, ABC World News TonightVI (7/5, story 3, 2:15, Johnson, 4.78M) reported that the President used the July Fourth holiday "to go on the attack" in "a pair of divisive speeches comparing Nazis and fascists to his harshest critics and protesters demanding change." The Washington Post (7/5, Balz, 14.2M) says Trump "has turned the Fourth of July from a joyful and unifying patriotic celebration of America's founding values into a partisan political event," and "the damage could outlast his presidency." The Post says Trump "tried to write himself into the history of America as an implacable wartime president." But his enemy "is not the Nazis of the 20th century or terrorists of the 21st century," but "those in America who disagree with him - a caricatured blue America." Phil Mattingly said on CNN's Inside PoliticsVI (7/5, 731K) that at Mt. Rushmore, Trump delivered "an often dark speech, a clear base-driven speech from a President whose reelection effort is increasingly in jeopardy and sees a divisive culture war as a key to turning it around." The Wall Street Journal (7/5, Lucey, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) reports that Trump has zeroed in on defending statues and monuments as a winning campaign issue. The Journal says Trump's exploitation of cultural divisions is a tactic he has used before. In a prerecorded interview with America This Week (7/5), Trump was asked about the Administration's push to increase federal penalties for taking down statues. Trump said, "It is not only that we are pushing. We already have it. I took out an old act. ... I took it out and we used it and you see the difference. We haven't seen any riots. You haven't seen people doing things lately and the reason is 10 years in prison." Trump added, "If I weren't here, all of Washington would have been knocked down. ... With somebody like a Biden, where there is no law, there is no order, everything would have been knocked down. But I am here." Trump Says CNN Manipulated "The Words And Meaning" Of His July Fourth Speech. In a tweet early Sunday morning, Trump wrote, "Wow. @CNN got caught cold manipulating the words and meaning of my 4th of July Speech. They were brazen, desperate. Watch what happens!" At Mount Rushmore, Trump Denounces "Merciless Campaign To Wipe Out Our History." President Trump on Friday traveled to South Dakota for a fireworks display ahead of the Fourth of July and pledged to resist the "merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values, and indoctrinate our children." Although the network newscasts that broadcast ahead of his 10 p.m. speech focused on the apparent lack of social distancing and masks among attendees, reporting in print and online after cast Trump's EFTA00148624 remarks as portraying Confederate leaders and racists among the American "heroes" while highlighting that Kimberly Guilfoyle, the girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr. and a top fundraiser for the President's reelection campaign, had tested positive for the coronavirus. However, conservative outlets provided far more favorable coverage. Typical of the tone of the reporting, an AP (7/3, Groves, Superville) article headlined "Trump Pushes Racial Division, Flouts Virus Rules At Rushmore" says that the President "made a direct appeal to disaffected white voters four months before Election Day, accusing protesters who have pushed for racial justice of engaging in a `merciless campaign to wipe out our history." The AP adds that as Trump "zeroed in on the desecration by some protesters of monuments and statues across the country that honor those who have benefited from slavery, including some past presidents," he "offer[ed] a discordant tone to an electorate battered by a pandemic and wounded by racial injustice following the high-profile killings of Black people." In a front-page article titled "Trump Delivers Divisive Culture War Message At Mount Rushmore," the New York Times (7/3, Al, Karni, 18.61M) says that the President "delivered a dark and divisive speech that cast his struggling effort to win a second term as a battle against a "new far-left fascism" seeking to wipe out the nation's values and history." The Times adds his remarks "amounted to a fiery reboot of his re-election effort, using the holiday and an official presidential address to mount a full-on culture war against a straw-man version of the left that he portrayed as inciting mayhem and moving the country toward totalitarianism." According to the limes, "Trump barely mentioned the pandemic, even as the country surpassed 53,000 new cases of the coronavirus and health officials across the country urged Americans to scale back their Fourth of July plans as the pandemic made a frightening resurgence." Similarly, CNN (7/3, Klein, 83.16M) reports on its website that the President "made an impassioned appeal to his base while in the shadow of Mount Rushmore instead of striking a unifying tone, railing against what he called a `merciless campaign' by his political foes to erase history by removing monuments some say are symbols of racial oppression." Per CNN, "Much of the speech centered on remembering the country's past and casting it in a glorious light, and Trump repeatedly decried attempts to examine the faults in that past." Fox News (7/3, McFall, 27.59M) reports that the President "declared the United States to be `the most just and exceptional nation ever to exist on Earth' and claim that `no nation has done more to advance the human condition than the United States of America and no people have done more to promote human progress than the CITIZENS [emphasis original] of our great nation." Fox News adds Trump "castigated left-wing activists and practitioners of so- called `cancel culture' who have targeted statues and monuments of historical figures across America in recent weeks." The Washington Times (7/3, Munoz, 492K) reports the President "is attempting to crack down on those destroying statues, and signed an executive order last month protecting U.S. monuments and calling for prison terms of up to 10 years for damage to federal property." The Hill (7/3, Axelrod, 2.98M) quotes Trump as saying, "There is a new far-left fascism that demands absolute allegiance. If you do not speak its language, perform its rituals, recite its mantras and follow its commandments, then you will be censored, banished, blacklisted, persecuted and punished. Not going to happen to us." He added, "Make no mistake, this left- wing cultural revolution is designed to overthrow the American Revolution. In so doing, they would destroy the very civilization that rescued billions from poverty, disease, violence and hunger and that lifted humanity to new heights of achievement, discovery and progress." Trump continued, "To make this possible, they are determined to tear down every statue, symbol and memory of our national heritage." In another article, The Hill (7/3, Seipel, 2.98M) reports the President pledged Mount Rushmore "will never be desecrated. These heroes will never be disgraced. Their legacy will never, ever be destroyed. Their achievements will never be forgotten." He added, "Mount Rushmore will stand forever as an eternal tribute to our forefathers and our freedom." EFTA00148625 KELO-TV Sioux Falls, SD (7/3, 110K) reports the President "was joined by First Lady Melania Trump along with other family members," while Sens. John Thune (R-SC) and Mike Rounds (R-SC) "were among the politicians in the dignitary box." The Hill (7/3, Chalfant, Samuels, 2.98M) reports the President on Saturday will "deliver remarks from the White House on Saturday at the 2020 'Salute to America,' an event that will feature flyovers from the Air Force Thunderbirds and the Navy Blue Angels." Meanwhile, Rachel Scott reported on ABC World News TonightVI (7/3, story 3, 2:31, Llamas, 6.84M) that while face masks at the event were "optional, the Trump Administration, including Vice President Mike Pence, have recently been encouraging Americans to wear them." Pence: "We are all in this together. Washing your hands, wearing a mask when it's indicated, or when social distancing is not possible is how every single person can do their part." On NBC's TodayVi (7/3, 4:52, 3.01M), Surgeon General Jerome Adams said, "The most important thing I would say to people is if you do go out to a gathering or in public, please wear a face covering." On NBC Nightly NewsVI (7/3, story 3, 1:54, Melvin, 5.85M), Kristen Welker reported the President "has only been pictured wearing a mask once, fueling criticism he and his Administration are sending mixed signals as concerns mount about rising COVID cases across the country." However, Weijia Jiang said on the CBS Evening NewsVi (7/3, story 3, 2:14, Brennan, 4.19M) that Trump's speech in South Dakota followed "reports that eight Secret Service agents tested positive for the virus and forced...Pence to rearrange his trip to Arizona earlier this week." Jiang said that although the President attributed the latest spike in coronavirus cases to increased testing, Assistant HHS Secretary for Health Adm. Brett Giroir on Thursday "testified on Capitol Hill that's only partly true." Giroir: "There is no question that the more testing you get, the more you will uncover, but we do believe this is a real increase in cases because the percent positivities are going up." In addition, Reuters (7/3, Mason) reports the coronavirus "has even reached Trump's inner circle. Kimberly Guilfoyle, a senior campaign official and the girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr., tested positive in South Dakota before attending the Mount Rushmore event, according to a source familiar with the situation. Trump Jr. has tested negative, the source said." The New York Times (7/3, Haberman, 18.61M) reports Guilfoyle "traveled to South Dakota with Mr. Trump's son Donald Trump Jr., in anticipation of attending a huge fireworks display where the president was set to speak. They did not travel aboard Air Force One, according to the person familiar with her condition, and she was the only person in the group who tested positive." However, the limes highlights that Guilfoyle "is the third person in possible proximity to Mr. Trump known to have contracted the virus." The Washington Post (7/3, Nakamura, Parker, Itkowitz, Sacchetti, 14.2M) says that Guilfoyle's diagnosis and Trump Jr.'s negative result "came amid concerns from medical experts about the president's event before a crowd of several thousand supporters, most not wearing masks and seated close together, at the foot of the famous monument featuring the images of four U.S. president carved into granite. Some experts cautioned that the event could present conditions in which the coronavirus could spread, although it was taking place outdoors, where risks are mitigated to a degree." Swan: Carlson Monologues Provided The "Rhetorical Roots" Of Trump's Mt. Rushmore Speech. Jonathan Swan writes in an analysis on Axios (7/5, 521K) that Fox News host Tucker Carlson's monologues over the past six weeks provide "the rhetorical roots of Trump's Independence Day speech at Mount Rushmore." To Swan, Trump's speechwriter Stephen Miller "framed the president's opposition to the Black Lives Matter protest movement using the same imagery Carlson has been laying out night after night on Fox." Swan goes on to provide "grabs from Carlson monologues over the past month, followed by quotes from Trump's July 3 speech." Noem Denounces Calls To Remove Confederate Statues. The Hill (7/3, Axelrod, 2.98M) reports South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) on Friday "hammered activists calling for the EFTA00148626 removal of Confederate statues, saying they are trying to 'discredit' America's founding fathers." Noem said, "Across America these last several weeks, we have been witnessing a very troubling situation unfold. In real time, we are watching an organized, coordinated campaign to remove and eliminate all references to our nation's founding and many other points in our history." Noem added, "The approach focuses exclusively on our forefathers' flaws, but it fails to capitalize on the opportunity to learn from their virtues." She continued, "Make no mistake, this is being done deliberately to discredit America's founding principles by discrediting the individuals who formed them, so that America can be remade into a different political image." Local Police, National Guard Pepper Spray Protesters Blocking Road To Mount Rushmore. The Sioux Falls (SD) Argus Leader (7/3, Bormett, 179K) reports protests over the President's visit to Mount Rushmore "were met with resistance from law enforcement, pepper sprayed and arrested after they blocked a highway to the monument with vans for nearly three hours Friday." The Washington Times (7/3, Munoz, 492K) says local reports estimated "about 150 demonstrators" had "removed wheels from their vehicles to make it harder to remove them. Local authorities and National Guard were called on to clear the vehicles and start to disperse the protesters." Meanwhile, Politico (7/3, Kumar, 4.29M) says Trump's visit to Mount Rushmore fueled "strife and contention," given the national landmark was "built on land stolen from Native Americans at the same time the country is reassessing the offensiveness of such monuments." According to Politico, "Tribal leaders have criticized the president for what they describe as harmful policies, delayed and watered-down measures to help their community and his offensive language." Politico adds that although the White House and Trump campaign "offered a list of policies the president has pushed that they say have benefited Native Americans: the first proclamation recognizing missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives; a task force on protecting Native American children; a reactivated White House Council on Native American Affairs; and collaborating on rural broadband efforts," tribal leaders "tell a different story." Liberal Group To Stage Fourth Of July Protests Against Trump In 13 Cities. The Washington Times (7/3, Swoyer, 492K) reports the progressive group Refuse Fascism on Thursday announced it has "organized protests on Saturday in Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland, Honolulu, Detroit, Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles, Houston, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Seattle" to "oppose President Trump's 'battle to save a heritage and history of slavery:" Media Analyses: Trump Takes Aim At "Radical Left" During 2020 "Salute To America." In a speech from the White House, President Trump on Saturday delivered his annual "Salute to America" and declared that his Administration is "in the process of defeating the radical left - the Marxists, the anarchists, the agitators, the looters." While media coverage of the President's address was limited, reporting characterized Trump's remarks as an update from his "American carnage" comments made during his inaugural address. To the New York Times (7/4, Karni, Haberman, 18.61M), the President "used the spotlight of the Fourth of July weekend to sow national divide during a national crisis, denying his failings in containing the worsening coronavirus pandemic while delivering a harsh diatribe against what he branded the 'new far-left fascism." The Times adds that Trump "promoted a version of the 'American carnage' vision for the country that he laid out during his inaugural address - updated to include an ominous depiction of the recent protests over racial justice." The AP (7/4, Berry, Madhani) reports that rather than dedicate the day to "unity and celebration," Trump "vowed to 'safeguard our values' from enemies within - leftists, looters, agitators, he said - in a Fourth of July speech packed with all the grievances and combativeness of his political rallies." The AP adds that while the President "watched paratroopers float to the ground in a tribute to America, greeted his audience of front-line medical workers and others central in responding to the coronavirus pandemic, and opened up on those who "slander" him and disrespect the country's past," he "did not mention the dead from the pandemic" and USA EFTA00148627 Today (7/4, Jackson, 10.31M) reports Trump "claimed progress is being made - `we've learned how to put out the flame' - even though new U.S. cases are on a record pace, including more than 50,000 in the last three days." Meanwhile, Kelly O'Donnell said on NBC Nightly NewsVi (7/4, story 3, 1:47, Alexander, 3.61M) that the event on the White House South Lawn was "the largest...since the pandemic," and "attempts" were made "social distancing," though the White House said masks were "not required." O'Donnell added the President was "insistent on spectacle, starting with the show in the sky over Mount Rushmore Friday night. The nation's birthday is usually a unifying event but...Trump was on the attack." On ABC World News TonightVi (7/4, story 3, 1:55, Johnson, 4.56M), Rachel Scott similarly said the President at Mount Rushmore "delivered a divisive speech, railing against the toppling of controversial monuments." Bloomberg (7/4, Sink, Satter, 4.73M) also reports Trump "reprised themes from a speech he delivered in South Dakota the day before, by lashing out at those protesting statues of certain historical figures and other symbols they say celebrate racial injustice," while The Hill (7/4, Moreno, 2.98M) reports the President "took aggressive swipes at the `radical left' and news media." The Hill adds that Trump "said U.S. media outlets `slander' him and his allies by calling them or their actions racist" and "described news coverage regarding the toppling and removal of Confederate monuments as disrespectful of the U.S. armed forces." Washington Post (7/4, Nakamura, 14.2M) White House reporter David Nakamura says that while Trump's inaugural address "sketched the picture of `American carnage' - a nation ransacked by marauders from abroad who breached U.S. borders in pursuit of jobs and crime, lured its companies offshore and bogged down its military in faraway conflicts," his "dark and divisive" remarks this weekend reveal the President believes "the carnage is still underway but this time the enemy is closer to home - other Americans whose racial identity and cultural beliefs are toppling the nation's heritage and founding ideals." Nakamura adds Trump "made clear that he will do little to try to heal or unify the country ahead of the November presidential election but rather aims to drive a deeper wedge into the country's fractures." In an analysis, CNN (7/4, 83.16M) national political reporter Maeve Reston describes the President as "attempting to drag America backward - stirring fear of cultural change while flouting the most basic scientific evidence about disease transmission." However, in more favorable coverage, the Washington Times (7/4, Howell, Boyer, 492K) reports the President "used the second edition of his `Salute to America' to defend everyone from Christopher Columbus to law enforcement officers who've faced assaults from `very bad people' amid protests over racial injustice that have ranged from peaceful to fiery and violent." The Times says Trump "proposed a statue garden for America's heroes, from George Washington to Amelia Earhart, scolded those who question the country's forefathers and claimed 99% of coronavirus cases are `totally harmless' in a July 4 speech to a packed White House lawn - even as many Americans hunkered in their homes or forfeited holiday revelry." The Wall Street Journal (7/4, Lucey, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) quotes the President as saying, "We are now in the process of defeating the radical left, the marxists, the anarchists, the agitators, the looters, and people who in many instances have absolutely no idea what they are doing." He added, "Our past is not a burden to be cast away. It is not a miraculous foundation that will lift us to the next great summit of human endeavor. This incredible story of American progress is the story of each generation picking up where the last finished." Trump Touts July 4th Air Show, Speech. The President on Saturday tweeted, "Big 4th of July Air Show soon coming down the East Coast. Get ready to look up to the sky. Check local listings!" He added, "Will be speaking at 7:00 P.M. Thank you for all of the nice comments on the Mount Rushmore speech last night!!!" Bernhardt Touts Mount Rushmore July Fourth Celebrations. KNBN-TV Rapid City, SD (7/3) provided coverage of the July Fourth celebration held at Mount Rushmore. During the event, Secretary of the Interior Bernhardt spoke and touted the efforts of President Trump, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R), and park service employees to put on the event. Moreover, EFTA00148628 Bernhardt highlighted the efforts of the Department of the Interior to preserve national parks and monuments in the US. Speaking to KOTA-TV Rapid City, SD (7/3), Bernhardt said, "Mount Rushmore is a monument who will be here 'til the end of time. Our job at the Department of the Interior is to be the guardian and the steward for these great monuments to ensure that they are here." Biden Draws Contrast To Trump In Fourth Of July Message. The Washington Post (7/4, Linskey, 14.2M) reports Joe Biden on Saturday "offered a counterpoint to the dark and defiant Fourth of July message President Trump delivered at Mount Rushmore, striking notes of unity in a video and op-ed released on the nation's 244th birthday." The Post says that in a "stark contrast with Trump," Biden "noted that the Founding Fathers were flawed, pointing out that President Thomas Jefferson owned slaves and that women were not granted the full rights of citizenship until 1920. But he said their ideas still offer hope." According to the Post, "The dueling Independence Day messages highlight the vastly different ways Biden and Trump have responded to the country's racial reckoning in the wake of George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis police custody." Meanwhile, Nikole Killion said on CBS Weekend NewsVi (7/4, story 3, 1:21, Garrett, 2.42M) that Biden's address "made no mention of [Trump's speech at Mount Rushmore), but his campaign called the President 'negligent and divisive." "Far-Left Protesters" Burn American Flag Outside White House. Reuters (7/4, Johnson) reports that "just steps from where Trump spoke, peaceful protesters marched down blocked-off streets around the White House, Black Lives Matter Plaza and the Lincoln Memorial." While Reuters adds they "were confronted by counter-protesters chanting, 'USA! USA!" and "there were no reports of violence," The Hill (7/4, Seipel, 2.98M) says that "far-left protesters burned an American flag near the White House" just after the President finished his speech. The Hill adds the activists "can be heard chanting: 'One, two, three, four, slavery, genocide and war. Five, six, seven, eight, America was never great." USA Today (7/4, Hauck, 10.31M) reports protesters "held rallies, marches and sit-ins Saturday in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and more than a dozen other U.S. cities and towns." USA Today adds "several demonstrations" were held in DC despite "the 90-degree heat. Dozens of veterans marched in support of Black lives near the National Mall. Some organizers camped out in tents along Black Lives Matter Plaza." Turnout For DC Fireworks Was "Markedly Thinner" Than Normal. The Washington Post (7/4, Al, Davies, Boorstein, Jouvenal, Balingit, Trent, 14.2M) reports on its front page that Americans "converged on the Mall on Saturday for the Fourth of July during a season of protests over racial injustice, bringing with them clashing notions of what freedom means." According to the Post, "The crowds that typically flow into the District on Independence Day to line the streets for a parade or to get a prime spot on the Mall to see the fireworks were markedly thinner this year." The Post adds that while "warnings" from health officials "and fear of the novel coronavirus dampened enthusiasm for the nation's signature Fourth of July event, those who ventured out - most masked, some without - represented a kaleidoscope of Americans. Some were there simply to catch a break and celebrate, in red, white and blue garb and waving flags as they chatted amiably and spread out in the shade to await the show." However, the Washington Post (7/4, Hedgpeth, 14.2M) reports a 33-year-old man died in Washington, DC "after he ignited a firework and held it over his head, according to fire officials." The Post adds, "The death is the second tragic incident involving fireworks in the past few days in the city." WPost Al: Republicans "Unnerved" By Trump's Desire To Preserve "Legacy Of White Domination." In a nearly 2,400-word front-page article, the Washington Post (7/4, Al, Costa, Rucker, 14.2M) says the President's "unyielding push to preserve Confederate symbols and the legacy of white domination, crystallized by his harsh denunciation of the racial justice movement Friday night at Mount Rushmore, has unnerved Republicans who have long enabled him but now fear losing power and forever associating their party with his racial EFTA00148629 animus." According to the Post, "Trump has left little doubt through his utterances the past few weeks that he sees himself not only as the Republican standard-bearer but as leader of a modern grievance movement animated by civic strife and marked by calls for 'white power,' the phrase chanted by one of his supporters in a video the president shared last weekend on Twitter. He later deleted the video but did not disavow its message." However, White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews "rejected the suggestion that the president has amplified racism." Americans Remain Optimistic About Country. In a nearly 2,200-word piece, Washington Post (7/4, 14.2M) Senior Editor Marc Fisher says the 244th birthday of the US was "a muted celebration by people who are frustrated and strained, yet intriguingly, persistently hopeful about the future." According to Fisher, "A triple whammy of deadly disease, wholesale economic paralysis and a searing reckoning with racial inequality has largely canceled the nation's birthday bash. But despite depression-level unemployment and pervasive sadness, polling and interviews across the country reveal an enduring - even renewed - reservoir of optimism, a sense that despite the coronavirus and perhaps as a result of protests in big cities and small towns alike, the United States can still right itself." PROTESTS Authorities Arrest "Ringleader" Of Attempt To Take Down Jackson Statue. Fox News (7/2, Gibson, 27.59M) reports on its website, "Federal law enforcement officials on Thursday arrested a man in Washington they call a 'ringleader' in the recent attempt to destroy the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Square near the White House." Law enforcement sources said that Jason Charter has "connections to Antifa and was in a leadership role on the night of June 22 when a large group of protesters tried to pull down the statue." Charter was reportedly "arrested at his residence Thursday morning, without incident, and charged with destruction of federal property." The New York Post (7/2, Bowden, 4.57M) reports, "The suspect was also seen on local TV news footage pouring flammable liquid on a toppled statue of Albert Pike in downtown DC and is alleged to have assaulted someone at another demonstration calling for the removal of a statue honoring Abraham Lincoln in Washington's Lincoln Park." Townhall (7/2, Pavlich, 177K) reports, "Last weekend the Department of Justice announced four individuals involved in the situation were arrested and charged for attempting to tear down the statue." Fox News (7/2, Re, 27.59M) reports that Charter "was also allegedly involved in the destruction of the Albert Pike Historical Statue in Washington on June 20 - and even lit a cigarette in the flames engulfing that monument. That's according to court documents that underscore federal authorities' ongoing efforts to unmask and punish individuals who deface national monuments." Fox News adds, "In Charter's case, the FBI's charging documents make clear that open-source surveillance footage and interagency cooperations were again critical to making an arrest. One of the many head-turning revelations in the documents, for example, is that a Washington, D.C. police officer who had given Charter a ride in the past was able to confirm his identity, along with social media commenters." Law Enforcement Searching For Individuals That Vandalized Statue Of Andrew Jackson, Brought Down Sculpture Of Confederate General. The Washington Post (7/3, Lang, 14.2M) reports, "For the third time in as many weeks, federal law enforcement agencies have sought to enlist the public in identifying individuals police say are responsible for vandalizing a statue of President Andrew Jackson and tearing down a sculpture of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike during June protests in Washington." US Park Police and the FBI "released 34 posters Friday featuring photos of demonstrators - several of whom were depicted in a previous batch of images the agencies released last week - and asked community members to contact law enforcement with identifying information." The Post adds that "federal officials and EFTA00148630 protesters have for weeks been at odds over several statues in the nation's capital." A total of 6 people "have been arrested and charged with destroying federal property in connection with efforts to bring down statues in the District - a crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison." One Dead, Another Person Injured After Man Drives Into Protest On I-5 In Seattle. The Seattle Times (7/4, Bazzaz, Fields, Lacitis, 935K) reports, "One person was killed and another was seriously injured after a driver plowed into a nightly protest on a closed stretch of Interstate 5 in Seattle early Saturday." According to Harborview Medical Center spokeswoman Susan Gregg, 24-year-old Summer Taylor died Saturday at the facility. The Times adds that meanwhile, 32-year-old Diaz Love "was in serious condition in the intensive-care unit Saturday night." Washington State Patrol indicated that the driver was 27-year-old Dawit Kelete, who "was booked into King County Jail Saturday morning on investigation of felony vehicular assault." The Times adds, "Troopers don't believe impairment was a factor and said Kelete drove the wrong way on an off-ramp to enter the interstate, which had been partially shut down in response to protesters." On ABC World News TonightVi (7/4, story 6, 1:29, Johnson, 4.56M), correspondent Zohreen Shah reported, "The motive for the alleged crime [is] unknown." Three Colorado Police Officers Fired After Reenacting Chokehold Used On McClain. The AP (7/3, Nieberg, Slevin) reports Aurora Interim Police Chief Vanessa Wilson on Friday fired three officers "over photos showing police reenact a chokehold used on Elijah McClain, a 23- year-old Black man who died last year after police stopped him on the street in a Denver suburb." On ABC World News TonightVi (7/3, story 5, 1:57, Llamas, 6.84M), Clayton Sandell reported police "say McClain tried to grab an officer's gun. They used a carotid chokehold to subdue him, as he pleaded for his life." Sandell added McClain "was given a heavy sedative and died three days after a caller reported a man in a ski mask. McClain's family says he wore it because of a blood condition that made him feel cold." On the CBS Evening NewsVi (7/3, story 2, 1:22, Brennan, 4.19M), Jamie Yuccas reported McClain "was not accused of any crime when officers used a chokehold on him." According to the Washington Post (7/3, Miroff, 14.2M), "McClain's death has been a focus of the street protests in Colorado that erupted after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis." The Post adds, "The renewed attention on the case in the wake of Floyd's death has prompted Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) to appoint a special prosecutor to reopen the investigation into McClain's killing. The U.S. Department of Justice announced this week it would review the case as a possible civil rights violation." On the lead NBC Nightly NewsVi (7/3, lead story, 2:20, Melvin, 5.85M) broadcast, Gabe Gutierrez reported two officers were "fired for conduct unbecoming. A third would have been fired but resigned first. A fourth was also let go after getting the photos in a group text and responding, 'haha.' That fourth officer, Jason Rosenblatt, had also been involved in the initial encounter with McClain." However, Gutierrez said the Aurora Police Union on Friday "released a statement calling the internal investigation a rush to judgment, and saying that the Aurora Police Chief was unfit for her position." Demonstrators Call For Justice For McClain. On ABC World News TonightVi (7/4, story 7, 1:31, Johnson, 4.56M), correspondent Stephanie Ramos reported protesters in Colorado on Saturday night were calling for justice for Elijah McClain. Ramos added, "Protesters fac[ed] off with police outside the station in Aurora. Outrage boiling over, amid a new scandal rocking the department. Officers Erica Marrero and Kyle Dittrich, both fired, and officer Jaron Jones resigning, over" selfies in which they're "smiling and simulating the chokehold used on McClain, taken two months after the massage therapist's death." McClain "was walking home last August after buying iced tea at a convenience store when someone called 911 to report him EFTA00148631 as suspicious. Officers later putting him in a chokehold as he begged for his life. ... McClain died days later at the hospital." Trump: Democrats "Crazy" For Wanting To Defund Police. The President tweeted Sunday, "Democrats want to Defund & Abolish Police. This despite poor crime numbers in cities that they run. CRAZY!" In a second tweet, Trump wrote, "Chicago and New York City crime numbers are way up. 67 people shot in Chicago, 13 killed. Shootings up significantly in NYC where people are demanding that @NYGovCuomo & @NYCMayor act now. Federal Government ready, willing and able to help, if asked!" Citing the tweet, the New York Post (7/5, Lapin, 4.57M) reports Trump on Sunday "said the federal government was 'ready, willing and able' to intervene over the surge of shootings in New York City and Chicago." Trump said in a prerecorded interview with America This Week (7/5) that Joe Biden "wants to defund and abolish police because that's what he's being told to do. He is not making his own decisions. The radical left is...telling him what to do. He wants to defund and abolish the police." More Than 14 Killed In Weekend Violence. The Fox News (7/5, Fedschun, 27.59M) website reports the "Fourth of July holiday weekend across the U.S. was marred by violence as more than 14 were killed and dozens were injured in shootings." In Chicago, "more than 67 people were shot over the holiday weekend and at least 13 were killed, including a 7-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy." The Chicago Sun-Times (7/5, 875K) reports that "nine of the weekend's victims were minors." The Chicago Tribune (7/5, Fry, Gorner, Sherry, 2.65M) and New York Times (7/5, MacFarquhar, Chiarito, 18.61M), among other media outlets, also report the shootings, while the Washington Examiner (7/5, Colton, 448K) reports that "an uptick in violence has also been seen in New York City in recent weeks." ABC World News TonightVI (7/5, story 7, 1:30, Johnson, 4.78M) reported "a manhunt under way in South Carolina for suspects involved in a nightclub shooting that killed two. ... And it doesn't stop there. Memphis, Cleveland, Baton Rouge, and Omaha all reported multiple shootings, several ending in deaths and many people hurt." Shootings In New York City Up 205% Since Disbandment Of Plainclothes Unit. The Washington Examiner (7/5, Smith, 448K) reports that "after making the decision to disband its plainclothes 'anti-crime' unit, New York City has seen a 205% increase in shootings in comparison to the same time period last year." According to the New York Post, "116 shootings took place in the city since the officers were reassigned on June 15 to July 2, a 205% increase from the same period in 2019 when there were 38 shootings." Minneapolis, Atlanta See Increase In Shootings Following Floyd Protests. The Minneapolis Star Tribune (7/5, Rao, 1.04M) reports on "tensions between [police] officers and those closest to the surge in shootings in recent weeks as Minneapolis City Hall discusses how to overhaul law enforcement following the police killing of George Floyd." While residents "recognize the limits of the police in addressing crime, they are calling for civilians to take more responsibility - and finding that, too, is not always enough." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (7/5, Sharpe, 895K) reports, "Ninety-three people were shot in Atlanta during the four-week period of May 31 to June 27, up drastically from 46 in the same period last year, the latest complete data available. And fourteen people died of homicide in that span, compared to six during the same time frame in 2019." Anti-Coronavirus Shutdown Facebook Groups Shift To Attacks On BLM. The AP (7/5, Seitz) reports that a "loose network of Facebook groups" started "in April to organize protests over coronavirus stay-at-home orders has become a hub of misinformation and conspiracy theories that have pivoted to a variety of new targets. Their latest: Black Lives Matter and the nationwide protests of racial injustice." One group changed its name last month EFTA00148632 from "Reopen California" to "California Patriots Pro Law & Order," and now includes post "mocking Black Lives Matter or changing the slogan to 'White Lives Matter:" Other groups "have become gathering grounds for promoting conspiracy theories about the protests, suggesting protesters were paid to go to demonstrations and that even the death of George Floyd...was staged." the AP adds, "Facebook said it is aware of the collection of reopen groups, and is using technology as well as relying on users to identify problematic posts." State Of Emergency Declared In Portland After Protests Turn Violent. The CBS Weekend NewsVI (7/5, story 5, 0:25, Garrett, 2.32M) reported, "In Oregon, Portland police declared last night's clash with demonstrators a riot, doing so for the second time in two days. Protestors launched fireworks and threw bricks at the federal courthouse. Police fired tear gas and arrested at least a dozen. For 38 straight days, Portland has seen mostly peaceful protest for racial justice, many in that movement blamed a fringe of white protesters for the violence." ABC World News TonightVi (7/5, story 5, 1:40, Johnson, 4.78M) reported "a state of emergency [was] declared after police say rioters blocked roads and hurled commercial grade fireworks at several government buildings. Authorities confirming officers deployed tear gas to quote, 'defend themselves from serious injury." Portland Protests Frustrate Some Blacks Who Say "White Fringe Element" Is Distracting From Message. The AP (7/3, Flaccus) reports protesters in Portland, Oregon "have taken to the streets peacefully every day for more than five weeks to decry police brutality. But violence by smaller groups is dividing the movement and drawing complaints that some white demonstrators are co-opting the moment." The situation "has angered and frustrated some in the Black community, who say a 'white fringe element' is distracting from their message with senseless destruction in a city where nearly three-quarters of residents are white and less than 6% are Black." Officer Charged In Floyd's Death Released On $750K Bond. The Washington Examiner (7/5, Smith, 448K) reports former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao, who is charged in the death of George Floyd, "has been released from jail after posting $750,000 bond." Thao, who was "one of the officers involved in arresting Floyd, during which he was filmed standing between bystanders and three of his fellow now-former officers," left prison Saturday morning. Massachusetts Police Detective Says She Was Fired Over Pro-BLM Instagram Post. The New York Times (7/5, Pietsch, 18.61M) reports Springfield, Massachusetts police detective Florissa Fuentes "said she was fired after sharing a photo of her niece at a Black Lives Matter protest on Instagram." Some of her colleagues were upset about the post, which included an individual holding a sign that "implied that people should shoot back at the police." Fuentes removed the post and apologized to her peers, but says she was fired after complaints continued. Protesters To Return To St. Louis Home Where Couple Brandished Guns. The AP (7/5, Salter) reports that "several hundred protesters" returned Friday to the St. Louis home of Mark and Patricia McCloskey, "a white couple whose armed defense of their home during an earlier demonstration earned them both scorn and support." The AP says "chanting protesters" stopped at the gate outside the home for about 15 minutes. Inside, "more than a dozen men in plain clothes walked the grounds and peered out from a second-floor balcony of the couple's home." The protesters "carried signs reading 'Black Lives Matter,' 1Defund the Police' and 'No Justice, No Peace,' and chanted slogans including, 'when Black lives are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back,' and 'this is what democracy looks like:" Black Protesters March Through Confederate Memorial Park In Georgia. EFTA00148633 Reuters (7/5, Gorman) reports that a "predominantly Black group of heavily armed protesters marched through Stone Mountain Park near Atlanta on Saturday, calling for removal of the giant Confederate rock carving at the site that civil rights activists consider a monument to racism." Video footage of the rally "posted on social media showed scores of demonstrators dressed in black - many in paramilitary-style clothing and all wearing face scarves - quietly parading several abreast down a sidewalk at the park." The Washington Examiner (7/5, Dibble, 448K) reports the group of "more than 100 armed protesters" marched "to stand before the Confederate carving as part of a demonstration against racism." Protesters In Baltimore Topple Columbus Statue. The Hill (7/4, Seipel, 2.98M) says demonstrators in Baltimore "tore down a statue of Christopher Columbus on Saturday then threw it into the city's Inner Harbor, The Baltimore Sun Reports." Video shows the statue being toppled "near Baltimore's Little Italy neighborhood as Fourth of July fireworks explode in the distance." The Sun "reports the statue was owned by the city and dedicated in 1984." Hogan Urges Baltimore Officials To "Regain Control Of Their Own Streets" After Statue Toppled. The Washington Examiner (7/5, Dibble, 448K) reports Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) Sunday "called on the leaders of Baltimore to step in and take back control of the city from protesters after a group toppled a statue of Christopher Columbus." In a statement, Hogan "said that the city of Baltimore was responsible for maintaining peace and stepping in when public property is destroyed." The Baltimore Sun (7/5, Wood, 1.33M) reports Hogan "did not say whether the Columbus statue should stay or go, only that destroying it wasn't appropriate." Lester Davis, a spokesman for Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. "Jack" Young, "dismissed the governor's statement," saying, "The governor has made a practice out of engaging in hot rhetoric that we largely ignore because it's not productive and not helpful." The AP (7/5) quotes Davis as saying, "We understand the dynamics that are playing out in Baltimore are part of a national narrative." The CBS Weekend NewsVi (7/5, story 4, 1:45, Garrett, 2.32M) reported that in addition to the statue in Baltimore, "in Waterbury, Connecticut, protestors there beheaded another Columbus statue." Confederate Statue Brought Down In Maryland Placed In Storage. The Washington Post (7/4, Tan, 14.2M) reports that after it "was defaced and toppled on June 16," a family removed a Confederate statue at White's Ferry near Poolesville, Maryland and put "it in storage, where they say it will stay indefinitely." That family, the Browns, owns White's Ferry, "the last of the more than 100 ferries that used to traverse the Potomac River." A family member "who accepted the statue of a Confederate soldier from a county government that wanted it gone" passed away during January. The Post adds that the Browns "also recently took down a sign on" White's Ferry, "which for years bore the name 'Gen. Jubal A. Early' - a Confederate general and white supremacist who spent his life promoting the 'Lost Cause' mythology." A new sign reads, "Historic White's Ferry." Virginia Orders American Flag Removed From Richmond Construction Site. The AP (7/5) reports, "State officials in Virginia ordered the removal of a large American flag from a construction site ahead of the Fourth of July, calling it a potential target for people protesting racial injustice and police brutality." Dena Potter, spokeswoman for the state Department of General Services, "said officials asked a contractor to take down the flag from a new office building for state lawmakers under construction in Richmond," citing a series of recent incidents of vandalism in the city. Vandals Deface Frederick Douglass Statue In New York. The Washington Times (7/5, Morton, 492K) reports that a statue of Frederick Douglass "in Rochester, New York - the site of his famous July 4 address - was damaged and removed over EFTA00148634 the Independence Day weekend, according to news reports backed by social-media pictures from the site." The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reported that "there was damage to the lower part of the statue and to Douglass' hand." Current And Former Employees, Donors Say Planned Parenthood "Steeped In White Supremacy." The Washington Times (7/5, Richardson, 492K) reports Planned Parenthood is facing "a reckoning led by hundreds of employees and supporters who have charged the organization with being 'steeped in white supremacy.' A letter signed by more than 350 'current and former staffers" and about 800 donors of Planned Parenthood of Greater New York "declared that founder Margaret Sanger was 'a racist, white woman' and that the organization suffers from 'institutional racism." Differing Portraits Emerge Of Philadelphia Woman Charged With Torching Police Cars. The Inquirer (PA). (7/2, Roebuck, 347K) reports, "More than two weeks after FBI agents arrested Lore-Elisabeth Blumenthal - the Philadelphia woman accused of torching two police cars during May 30 protests outside City Hall - her case has emerged as a cause célèbre on the fringes of both sides of the ongoing debate over policing in the United States." The Inquirer adds, "Anarchist websites and zines have held her up as a martyr for their cause, while far right message boards have picked apart her background, labeling her - with no evidence - as a member of antifa." According to the Inquirer, "despite the attention Blumenthal's case has received from extremists online, friends and family members say the woman they know bears little resemblance to the caricatures drawn by those sympathizers and detractors - or the portrait of a premeditated arsonist described by prosecutors in court." Man Accused Of Breaking Windows At Nevada Courthouse During Protest. The Las Vegas Sun (7/2, Torres-Cortez, 170K) reported, "One of the people accused of bashing in windows at a Reno courthouse during a George Floyd-inspired protest, causing nearly $45,000 in damages, allegedly told an acquaintance that 'the cops are not smart enough to find him," but "by the time he was in federal custody, Keith Leroy Moreno, 27, had been identified through media footage, a police officer who had recognized him from previous interactions, and two acquaintances and an anonymous tipster who had heard him boasting about the crime, according to court documents." According to the Sun, "Thirty to 40 protesters gathered at the Reno Federal Courthouse late on May 30. Video caught several protesters throwing objects through the glass windows. An FBI agent gathered screenshots of news media footage from the incident and spotted a burly man in glasses, dark pants, white sneakers and the red sweatshirt, the documents said." Woman Who Allegedly Tossed Molotov Cocktail At NYPD Officers Blamed Attack On Blacks. The New York Post (7/4, Dorn, 4.57M) reports, "The white Catskills woman who allegedly attacked the NYPD with a molotov cocktail during the height of the George Floyd protests in the city claimed three masked black people pressured her into the explosive act, according to new court documents." The Post adds, "In a series of recorded video interviews, Samantha Shader, 27, admitted she threw the device, court papers say - but said she did so at the behest of a two black men and a black woman and that she felt compelled to comply because she was 'the only white person in the area,' Shader said." The Post adds, "The revelation was made in a criminal complaint unsealed Saturday announcing the arrest of Shader's pal, Saugerties painter Timothy Amerman, 29." The AP (7/4, Sisak) reports, "In court papers, prosecutors said Tim Amerman admitted to law enforcement agents that he invited Samantha Shader to take bottles from his recycling bin as she headed to the protests on May 29, but didn't think she'd be using them to create an EFTA00148635 incendiary device." Amerman, 29, of Saugerties, New York, "said he also gave Shader masks, rope, plastic baggies, marijuana and $10 in gas money, and that she took a hammer from his tool bucket, according to prosecutors. Amerman is charged with civil disorder and civil disorder conspiracy. He was ordered jailed following an initial court appearance Saturday in Albany and is due back in court Monday for a hearing to move the case to Brooklyn." The Albany (NY) Times Union (7/4, Gavin, 457K) reports, "The FBI traced fingerprints found on a note to" Amerman. The Times Union adds, "In searching a vehicle that Shader and others drove to the protest, investigators found a note that stated: 'I found a few more glass bottles Than I thought I had, Though still not many. I'm giving you my mask in hopes That helps. Wish I had more. There's also a bag in here for you. BE SAFE Please. Really[.] Good Luck, - Love Tim,' the complaint said. An FBI forensic examiner from the bureau's latent print unit in Quantico, Va. examined the note for latent fingerprints. The examiner found one palm print on it that matched Shader and nine latent fingerprints matching Amerman." FBI Seeking Several Individuals Who Looted Louisville, Kentucky Grocery. WLKY-TV Louisville, KY (7/2, 79K) reported from Louisville, Kentucky, "The FBI in Louisville is looking for several individuals who looted a Kroger, taking more than $18,000 worth of controlled substances, officials said." According to WLKY-TV, "The burglary was reported just before 1 a.m. June 2 at the Kroger on West Broadway, according to information released by the FBI. The looting incident followed the shooting death of David McAtee. Investigators said at least 14 people made their way into the store by forcefully breaking into the front of the business. At least one of the individuals had a firearm, officials said." Newspaper Cartoon Depicting Swastika-Wearing Trump Sparks Criticism In Florida. The Washington Post (7/3, Cavna, 14.2M) reports the leadership of the weekly Islander News in Key Biscayne, Florida "has stood by its decision to run a hot-button cartoon, while running numerous letters over the past several weeks to let its tight-knit community air their views on why the artwork was so incendiary." The June 11 cartoon, "created by veteran contributing cartoonist Peter Evans, depicts President Trump" and some of his statements about Black Lives Matter along with "a partially obscured swastika on Trump's suit jacket." The "opposition to his use of the Nazi symbol was swift and sizable." Black South Carolina Police Chief Tries To Navigate The Divide Between His Department, Community. The Wall Street Journal (7/3, Frosch, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) reports on the efforts of North Charleston, South Carolina Police Chief Reggie Burgess to diversify his department so that it more closely hews to the city's demographics. Burgess is the first African American to lead the department, where relations with the black community were strained. Oklahoma Police Officers Charged With Murder After Using Stun Gun On Man More Than 50 Times. AP (7/3, Press) reports two police officers in the town of Wilson, Oklahoma "have been charged with second-degree murder after being accused of using their stun guns more than 50 times on a 28-year-old man who died." Officers Joshua Taylor, 26, and Brandon Dingman, 34, "were charged Wednesday in the death last year of Jared Lakey, according to court documents." Taylor and Dingman "had come into contact with Lakey after responding to a call that he was acting in a disorderly way, (the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation] said." Court documents "said the two officers used their stun guns on Lakey more than 50 times, 'which greatly exceeded what would have been necessary or warranted by the attendant circumstances,' and was a 'substantial factor' in Lakey's death." EFTA00148636 NYTimes Al: A Month After George Floyd's Death, Minneapolis Still Struggles To Understand Violent Aftermath. In a front-page article, the New York Times (7/3, Al, Stockman, 18.61M) reports that a month after the death of George Floyd at the hands of white Minneapolis police officers sparked protests that morphed into destruction, "the city is still struggling to understand what happened and why: Not since the 1992 unrest in Los Angeles has an American city suffered such destructive riots." To many, the damage "was an understandable response to years of injustice at the hands of the Minneapolis police, an explosion of anger that activists had warned was coming if the city did not reform law enforcement." But it also "struck a close-knit, civic-minded community that was already struggling under the coronavirus pandemic." Kansas Police Officer Was Paid A $70,000 Severance After Killing Unarmed Teen Driver. The Washington Post (7/3, Jackman, 14.2M) reports, "About six weeks after an Overland Park, Kan., police officer fired 13 shots into a minivan driven by an unarmed 17-year-old in 2018, killing him, the city paid the officer $70,000 in a severance agreement, the teen's mother recently discovered." The "killing of John Albers by Clayton Jenison, in the driveway of Albers's family home in a suburb of Kansas City, was captured by two police dash cameras and a Ring home security camera across the street." In February 2018, the Johnson County district attorney "announced that the officer would not be charged and that the slaying was justifiable." City spokesman Sean Reilly "said Thursday that `in the best interest of the community,' the city negotiated an agreement with Jenison `which resulted in his voluntary resignation; to include $8,000 in pay, $3,040 in unused vacation and comp time, and a $70,000 severance payment." Dallas County, Texas May Be Indicative Of Cultural Shift In Police Killings Of Blacks. The Los Angeles Times (7/3, Lee, 4.64M) reports that while "the size and prolonged nature of recent demonstrations" sparked by the killing of black people by police officers "may indicate a cultural shift" in the US, "it is unclear whether the ferment will translate into more guilty verdicts against police officers who kill citizens." If "it does, Dallas County [Texas] could prove an early indicator of that shift." Since 2018, juries in Dallas County "have convicted two police officers of murder." Debate Swirls Around Whether Breonna Taylor Memes Bring Needed Attention Or Trivialize Her Death. The Washington Post (7/3, Andrews, 14.2M) reports that attempts to keep Breonna Taylor's name "in the spotlight bore a new variety of meme" with the purpose of shocking "the viewer into remembering Taylor's death and the fact that the three police involved have not been charged with a crime." Taylor "was sleeping when Louisville police executed a no-knock search warrant on her home after midnight on March 13 and fatally shot her at least eight times." It is "difficult to deny the memes' effectiveness on an individual user who might be caught off guard." But some people "question if they're able to actually spark societal change - or if they trivialize Taylor's death." Michigan Couple Charged With Assault After Videos Show White Woman Pulling Gun On Black Woman. The New York Times (7/2, Yuhas, Levenson, 18.61M) reports a Michigan couple "have been charged with felonious assault after widely circulated videos showed a white woman pointing a gun at a Black woman in a parking lot in Michigan, the authorities said on Thursday." In the videos, "the Black woman and her teenage daughter confront a white man and woman outside a Chipotle restaurant in Orion Township, Mich., on Wednesday." The exchange "quickly escalates from an argument about an apology into accusations of racism, with a gun held only a few feet from the Black woman as she filmed with her cellphone." At a July 3 news conference, Sheriff EFTA00148637 Michael Bouchard of Oakland County, Michigan "said the woman who had pointed the gun and her husband had each been charged with felonious assault, which carries a maximum penalty of four years in prison." Black Women's Claims Of Discrimination Belie Pinterest's Kinder, Gentler Reputation. The Washington Post (7/3, Tiku, 14.2M) reports, "Two days after two black female ex-Pinterest public policy officials claimed in viral Twitter posts that they were underpaid, faced racist comments from their manager and were subject to retaliation, Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann tried to assuage outraged employees." The image of Pinterest "as a kinder, gentler social media juggernaut grew out of the site's predominantly female user base and soft-spoken CEO - a reputation held aloft in recent years by the company's commitments to racial and gender diversity." But "since Ifeoma Ozoma and Aerica Shimizu Banks, two of the three people on Pinterest's policy team, quit together at the end of May and soon went public with their claims, that image has grown harder for Pinterest to maintain." WYNC Employees Express Betrayal Over Editor-In-Chief Pick That Ignores Calls For Diversity. The New York Times (7/3, Bellafante, 18.61M) reports that when management at WNYC last year asked staff "who should lead WNYC's daily news coverage," the response "was unambiguous: Reporters and producers sought a person of color, someone who deeply understood New York and who had experience in public radio." So it "was with great consternation that the staff greeted the news, delivered on June 11, when the rest of the world would hear it as well...that the editor in chief of WNYC was going to be" Audrey Cooper, "a white woman who lived in California, grew up in Kansas and was not from the world of audio." In a letter "delivered to top management and the board of trustees on July 1, which has since amassed more than 145 signatures - including those of high-profile figures like Brian Lehrer - staff members expressed a sense of betrayal." NYTimes Al: Latino Activists Struggle With Entrenched Assumption That Racism Is A Black-And-White Issue. In a front-page article, the New York Times (7/3, Al, Medina, 18.61M) says that many "liberal Latino voters and activists...are trying to figure out where they fit in the national conversation about racial and ethnic discrimination." And while Latinos "want people to understand how systemic racism in education, housing and wealth affects them, they are also grappling with an entrenched assumption that racism is a black-and-white issue, which can make it challenging to gain a foothold in the national conversation." They "often find themselves frustrated and implicitly left out." Washington Redskins Open Review Into Changing Controversial Name. In a front-page article, the Washington Post (7/3, Al, Maese, Maske, Clarke, 14.2M) says the Washington Redskins on Friday "moved...toward what team owner Daniel Snyder once vowed was unthinkable: changing their controversial name in a bow to pressure from their largest corporate sponsors and the fierce winds of societal reckoning sweeping the country." The Post reports the team "said it was launching a thorough review of the name. It did not share any details of the process, but two people familiar with discussions among Snyder, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and league officials that led to Friday's announcement said the review is expected to result in a new team name and mascot." The New York Times (7/3, Draper, 18.61M) similarly says that while Snyder "has been steadfast in his insistence to keep the name, even in the face of governmental and activist pressure to change it," and Goodell just two years ago "said that the team's name should remain," over the past month "the ground underneath their feet has shifted. American society is undergoing a wide uprising over police brutality and systemic racism that flared after the killing EFTA00148638 of George Floyd in police custody, a widespread movement that has led to a reconsideration of statues, flags, symbols and mascots considered to be racist or celebrating racist history." Meanwhile, Geoff Bennett said on NBC Nightly NewsVi (7/3, story 4, 1:41, Melvin, 5.85M) that the announcement of the review "comes just one day after FedEx, the team's most prominent sponsor, asked the team to change its name. FedEx owns the naming rights to where the team plays in Maryland. Also on Thursday, Nike appeared to remove the team's products from its website." On the CBS Evening NewsVi (7/3, story 4, 2:01, Brennan, 4.19M), Nikole Killion reported FedEx "says it has communicated its request to the team to change its name and appreciates the team's willingness to review the matter. It's unclear when a decision will be made, but some believe it should happen before the start of the season." In addition, the Washington Post (7/3, Carpenter, Clarke, Maese, Maske, 14.2M) reports that following the team's announcement, "many" Native American leaders and activists "were pleased." The Wall Street Journal (7/3, Beaton, Radnofsky, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) and a brief ABC World News TonightVI (7/3, story 9, 0:29, Llamas, 6.84M) broadcast provided similar coverage. Professional Sports Teams Consider Changing Native American-Themed Names. The Wall Street Journal (7/5, Beaton, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) reports that the current social unrest over systemic racism has prompted professional sports organizations to address calls to change Native American-themed team names. On Friday, the Washington Redskins announced they were reviewing their name and the Cleveland Indians said they were considering a new name. GOP Lawmakers, Others Call For Boycott Over Reported NFL Plans To Play "Black National Anthem." The Washington Times (7/3, Richardson, 492K) reports that calls to "boycott the NFL trended Friday on social media following reports that the league plans to play the song known as the Black national anthem before all Week 1 regular season games." Multiple media outlets, "including The Associated Press and the Undefeated, cited sources saying that 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing,' known as the Black national anthem, would be played or performed before the first week's games, immediately before 'The Star-Spangled Banner:" The hashtag #BoycottNFL "trended on Friday morning as some Republican lawmakers and others condemned the idea, saying it promoted the concept of a nation divided by race." Judge Who Delayed Removal Of Confederate Statue In Richmond Appears To Recuse Himself. The Washington Post (7/3, Schneider, 14.2M) reports that Circuit Court Judge Bradley B. Cavedo, "who imposed an indefinite injunction against removing the statue of Robert E. Lee on state property appears to have recused himself from the case." Cavedo on Wednesday "filed a 'disqualification order' saying that because a related case had sought to be combined with his case, he could no longer preside and was stepping down." It "was unclear Friday night if the case had merged with his case." Push To Rename "Bloody Sunday" Bridge In Selma For John Lewis Faces Opposition. The AP (7/3, Reeves) reports that, "with thousands protesting nationwide against racial injustice, a years-old push is gaining steam to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge" in Selma, Alabama "in honor of Rep. John Lewis, who led the 1965 marchers on 'Bloody Sunday." But that idea "is drawing opposition in Selma, including from some who marched with Lewis that day." Pettus, "a Confederate general and reputed Ku Klux Klan leader," has "ironically come to also symbolize Black freedom and shouldn't be painted over, some say." Others "oppose the move because Lewis was an outsider who followed in the footsteps of locals who had worked to end segregation for years before he arrived." And some "fear a change would hurt tourism in a poor town with little going for it other than its civil rights history." Trump Orders Federal Government To Create Park Honoring "American Heroes." EFTA00148639 The New York Times (7/4, Crowley, 18.61M) reports President Trump "ordered the federal government late Friday to design and construct a statuary park honoring 'American heroes,' his latest embrace of American heritage in opposition to what he has described as a revolutionary leftist movement that would 'erase our values." The executive order was issued not long after the President "delivered a combatively political speech at Mount Rushmore denouncing recent acts by anti-racism protesters who destroyed or defaced national monuments." The order says Trump won't "abide an assault on our collective national memory." The Times adds, "Since the start of mass protests over the killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis, protesters have toppled several statues to confederate generals and leaders, but in some instances have also spray painted or otherwise vandalized monuments to national icons like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln." The President on Saturday also tweeted, "'Change Hearts Not Stones. There is no end to historical purification.' Great historian Doug Wead." Scalia Says "It Would Mean A Lot" To Have His Father In Trump's Proposed Hero Garden. The New York Post (7/5, Moore, 4.57M) reports that Labor Secretary Scalia said that "it would mean a lot" to have his father, the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in President Trump's proposed national garden remembering scores of American heroes. Scalia said on Fox News Sunday (7/5), "It would mean a lot. I didn't see that one coming...and it was really touching to hear. I hope it would mean a lot to the American people, too. We need heroes. We need to admire our forebears and recognize what is great and good in our past. That is what the President is emphasizing right now." Stone Mountain Sculpture May Outlast Other Confederate Monuments. The AP (7/4, Brumback, Bynum) says, "Some statues of figures from America's slave-owning past have been yanked down by protesters, others dismantled by order of governors or city leaders." However, the biggest Confederate monument "may outlast them all," with that monument being "Stone Mountain's supersized sculpture depicting Gen. Robert E. Lee, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Gen. Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson mounted on horseback." The monument "has special protection enshrined in Georgia law," and even in the even its demolition was to be authorized, "the monument's sheer size poses serious challenges." According to the AP, "The carving measures 190 feet (58 meters) across and 90 feet (27 meters) tall. An old photo shows a worker on scaffolding just below Lee's chin barely reaching his nose." WPost Al Discusses How Trump Era Has Affected Political Discourse At Retirement Community Where Trump Supporter Yelled "White Power." A front-page Washington Post (7/4, Al, Wootson, 14.2M) analysis says Sharon Sandler, a resident of The Villages, a retirement development in Florida, "was already irritated as she walked toward the growing line of golf carts preparing to parade around one of" The Village's "town squares for President Trump's birthday." Sandler had been "at an anti-racism vigil that sought to honor the memory of people killed by police, but whoever controlled the Villages' sound system wouldn't lower the volume, she said, so a solemn moment was pierced with a hydrant of Fox News." Sandler's silent protest degenerated into a "screaming match" which would "draw international outrage when Trump...shared a video showing one of his supporters at the parade pumping his fist and screaming, 'White power!" The Post adds that to Sander, "the episode showed what Trump's presidency has done to political discourse in a community that bills itself as a friendly, laid-back place." COUNTER-TERRORISM DO) Seeks To Block Release Of Terrorist Who Completed Sentence. EFTA00148640 The New York Times (7/2, Rosenberg, 18.61M) reports that the Justice Department is trying to block the release of Adham Hassoun, from immigration custody. Hassoun "was convicted of providing material support for terrorism in 2007 for sending aid to Muslim militants in conflicts in places like Bosnia, Kosovo and Chechnya in the 1990s." He "completed a prison sentence early for good behavior in 2017." But because he was stateless, he could not be deported. DO) "put him in an immigration prison" but a federal judge "ruled Monday that the Trump administration had provided no proof that he was dangerous and ordered him to be released on Thursday." DO) lawyers "notified two different federal appeals courts of their intent to challenge" the order and were "given a deadline of July 15 to provide written arguments on why Mr. Hassoun should not go free while they appeal." Judge Delays Trial For Minnesota Militia Leader Allegedly Behind Mosque Bombing. The Minneapolis Star Tribune (7/2, Montemayor, 1.04M) reports, "Citing the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic," US District Judge Donovan Frank "on Thursday postponed the trial of an Illinois militia leader charged with orchestrating the 2017 bombing of a Bloomington mosque." Michael Hari "was scheduled to stand trial on hate crime and explosives charges later this month, making his the first federal trial to take place since the district's chief judge suspended jury trials in March," but Judge Frank "postponed Hari's trial date to Sept. 21." The Star Tribune adds, "Last week, Chief Judge John Tunheim issued an order allowing in-person hearings to resume on a limited basis on July 13. The federal bench in Minnesota also plans to resume criminal jury trials after July 6." Hari "is the sole member of the White Rabbits militia group left to stand trial after the other two Illinois men charged in 2018 - Michael McWhorter and Joe Morris - pleaded guilty." Op-Ed: The Next American Terrorist. In an op-ed in the Cipher Brief (7/2), Bruce Hoffman, professor at Georgetown University, and Colin P. Clarke, a Senior Fellow at The Soufan Center, wrote, "For decades, America's primary terrorist threat came from groups based abroad. Today, a new crop of terrorist actors is emerging from within our own borders. What was mostly a monochromatic threat from Salafi- jihadist groups like al-Qaeda, the Islamic State (IS), and those individuals they sought to inspire, has now become a kaleidoscope with new threats from Iboogaloo bois,' white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and shadowy anarchist elements." They concluded, "Yet now, as evidenced by events that have played out over the first half of this year, there is a renewed sense of urgency to deal with actual terrorist threats percolating on American soil. Policymakers could consider the appropriate laws, authorities, and policies to ensure that the country is prepared to meet the ever-changing terrorism threat, including its most recent domestic permutations." Artificial Intelligence Linked To Bin Laden Raid Used To Identify Future Threats. Fox News (7/2, Crothers, 27.59M) reported that, "after raiding Usama Bin Laden's compound, the government used artificial intelligence to discover future al-Qaida plans." According to Brian Drake, DIA's Science and Technology director of artificial intelligence, "said that among those materials was a treasure trove of documents." Drake went on "to explain that for the last 15 years, NMEC has been investing in AI." He said, "They've made investments in text recognition technology, object detection, machine translation, audio and image categorization...what that allows them to do is go through petabytes of data they get from document exploitation. That results in tens of billions of pieces of data. What they have successfully done is deployed a capability to go through all of those pieces of data and then drive the kind of insights we got from the [Bin Laden's) Abbottabad compound raid and do it extremely quickly." Ignatius: The Dazzling Rise And Tragic Fall Of Saudi Arabia's Mohammed Bin Nayef. EFTA00148641 In his column in the Washington Post (7/5, 14.2M), David Ignatius writes, "A grim new chapter in the Saudi `Game of Thrones' battle for control of the kingdom appears to be underway, as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman prepares corruption and disloyalty charges against his predecessor and onetime rival, former crown prince Mohammed bin Nayef - a man who was once the US' champion in the war against Islamist terrorism. ... Saudi and US sources say that MBS's anti-corruption committee is nearing completion of a detailed investigation of allegations that MBN improperly diverted billions of Saudi riyals through a network of front companies and private accounts." He concludes, "Whatever MBN's failings, the US intelligence officers who worked with him regard him still as a hero who helped save his country when it was mortally threatened." New Iraqi Leader Confronts Challenge of Containing Iran-backed Militias. The Washington Post (7/2, Salim, Loveluck, 14.2M) reported a raid "ordered by Iraq's new prime minister on militiamen accused of planning an attack against Baghdad's international zone could mark a turning point in his government's efforts to bring Iran-backed groups to heel." The arrest of 14 members of Kataib Hezbollah late last month "marked the boldest move yet by any Iraqi leader against the Iran-linked militias, which often operate in Iraq outside the law." Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, who took office in May, "has vowed to halt their attacks on foreign forces in the country, primarily US troops." But the response "of the powerful militia to the June 26 raid underscores how challenging it will be for Kadhimi to recast the relationship between Iraq's government and some of the country's armed groups." Most were "let go, and then welcomed back to the group's headquarters as heroes." Duterte Signs Contentious Antiterrorism Legislation Despite Concerns About Human Rights Abuses. The New York Times (7/3, Gutierrez, 18.61M) reports Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday "signed a contentious antiterrorism bill...aimed at combating Islamic militancy in the south, a measure that critics warned could lead to more widespread human rights abuses." The legislation "allows for terrorism suspects to be detained without a warrant, prolongs the amount of time that they can be detained without being charged in court, and removes a requirement that the police present suspects before a judge to assess whether they have been subjected to physical or mental torture. Rights groups and activists say the new law is designed to give Mr. Duterte's police and military forces more powers to stifle dissent against his populist rule amid his war on drugs, which has killed thousands of people." Meanwhile, Duterte spokesperson Harry Roque "said the new law was necessary to crack down on terrorism." Canadian Police: Armed Military Man Who Rammed Gates Outside Trudeau's Residence Acted Alone, Faces 22 Charges. Reuters (7/3, Ljunggren) reports 46-year-old Corey Hurren, the "armed member of the Canadian military who drove a truck through gates protecting the part of Ottawa where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lives" on Thursday morning, "was acting alone and now faces 22 charges, police said on Friday." Royal Canadian Mounted Police Deputy Commissioner Mike Duheme told a news conference told a news conference, "There is no risk to the public and from what (information) we have, he was acting alone." The 22 charges against Hurren "include uttering threats, `possession of a weapon for dangerous purpose' and contravening rules on the transportation of firearms. He is next due in court on July 17." German Intelligence Officials Investigating Far-Right Infiltration Of Military, Police Forces. In a roughly 3,300-word article, the New York Times (7/3, Bennhold, 18.61M) reports the number of cases involving far-right extremists infiltrating Germany's military and police forces "have multiplied alarmingly" in recent years, connected in part to "the emergence of the EFTA00148642 Alternative for Germany party, or AfD. ... Most concerning to the authorities is that the extremists appear to be concentrated in the military unit that is supposed to be the most elite and dedicated to the German state, the special forces, known by their German acronym, the KSK." The nation's military counterintelligence agency is currently "investigating more than 600 soldiers for far-right extremism, out of 184,000 in the military...but the German authorities are concerned that the problem may be far larger and that other security institutions have been infiltrated as well." Turkish Court Convicts Four Human Rights Activists On Terrorism Charges. The New York Times (7/3, Specia, 18.61M) reports that on Friday, "a Turkish court...convicted four human rights activists of terrorism charges, including two former leaders of Amnesty International, as part of a broader crackdown on opposition voices in the country. One defendant, Taner Kilic, who once led Amnesty Turkey...was convicted on charges of being a member of a terrorist organization and sentenced to six years and three months in prison," while "three others - Ozlem Dalkiran, Idil Eser and Gunal Kursun - were convicted of 'assisting a terrorist organization' and each sentenced to 25 months in jail." According to the Times, "Their cases are the latest in a widespread crackdown on dissent in Turkey in the wake of a failed 2016 coup attempt" that "has seen hundreds put on trial and deepened political divisions within the country." COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE Intelligence Chiefs Brief "Gang Of Eight" On Russia Bounty Intelligence. The AP (7/2, Jalonick, Daly) reports that CIA Director Haspel and DNI Ratcliffe gave classified briefings Thursday to "congressional leaders who have demanded more answers about intelligence assessments that Russia offered bounties for killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan." The intelligence officials "conducted the closed-door briefing for a group of lawmakers dubbed the 'gang of eights" - Senate Majority Leader McConnell, House Speaker Pelosi, "and the top Republicans and Democrats on the two intelligence committees." While none of the lawmakers would comment on the briefing, Senate Minority Leader Schumer said that "independent of the briefing, I don't think the President is close to tough enough on Vladimir Putin." ABC World News TonightVi (7/2, story 4, 0:30, Llamas, 7.26M) reported that Pelosi "is calling for tougher sanctions on Russia." While the White House "maintains that the intelligence never rose to the level of a formal presidential briefing," and the President "has called it a hoax," Pelosi "called that a con, contending the President should have been verbally briefed." The Washington Times (7/2, Meier, 492K) reports that Pelosi and Schumer said any reports of threats against American troops "must be pursued relentlessly." They said in a statement, "These reports are coming to light in the context of the President being soft on Vladimir Putin when it comes to NATO, the G7, Crimea, Ukraine and the ongoing undermining of the integrity of our elections. ... Our Armed Forces would be better served if President Trump spent more time reading his daily briefing and less time planning military parades and defending relics of the Confederacy." Newly Produced Memo Emphasizes Uncertainties, Gaps In Evidence Surrounding Intelligence On Russian Bounties. The New York Times (7/3, Savage, Schmitt, Callimachi, Goldman, 18.61M) reports a recent memo produced by the National Intelligence Council "acknowledged that the C.I.A. and top counterterrorism officials have assessed that Russia appears to have offered bounties to kill American and coalition troops in Afghanistan, but emphasized uncertainties and gaps in evidence, according to three officials. The memo is said to contain no new information, and both its timing and its stressing of doubts suggested that it was intended to bolster the Trump administration's attempts to justify its inaction on the months-old assessment, the officials said." Moreover, "some former national security officials EFTA00148643 said the account of the memo indicated that politics may have influenced its production." According to two of the officials briefed on its contents, the memo said different parts of the intelligence community expressed varying levels of confidence in the conclusion that the Russian military intelligence service offered the bounties. Intelligence Officials: Russia's Grievances Against American Interference May Explain Bounty Allegations. The New York Times (7/3, Higgins, Kramer, 18.61M) reports, "Russian officials and commentators reacted with fury" to the news that "American intelligence officials had concluded that Russia's military intelligence agency had gone so far as to pay bounties to the Taliban and criminal elements linked to it to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan." However, "amid a torrent of outraged denials...there have been pointed reminders that, in Russia's view, the United States, because of its overreach overseas, deserves to taste some of its own medicine." According to the Times, "Russia's grievances against what it sees as American bullying and expansion into its own zones of influence have been stacking up for decades," and the "deep well of bitterness created by past and current conflicts in Afghanistan, Ukraine and more recently Syria, where U.S. forces killed scores of Russian mercenaries in 2018, help[s] explain why Russia, according to U.S. intelligence officials, has become so closely entangled with the Taliban." Graham Says Russia Bounties Controversy Is "B.S." Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said on Fox News' Fox & Friends (7/2, 831K), "Russia has been up to no good in a lot of different places, and I haven't had a whole lot of affection for Putin's Russia. But I do understand the military. I think the system got it right. You had contradictory intelligence. We increased force protection just to be cautious. But, I can't imagine briefing the President of the United States about this allegation given the nature of the intelligence." Graham added, "It's all B.S. He wasn't briefed and there was no consensus. As a matter of fact, the most reliable form of intelligence gathered around this episode was against Russia giving money to the Taliban." Bounty Revelations Revive Attention On 2019 Car Bomb Deaths Of Three Marines. The Washington Post (7/2, Lamothe, Ryan, Sonne, 14.2M) reports that the April 2019 deaths of three US Marines in a car bombing outside a US base in Afghanistan "has been thrust into the spotlight in recent days amid revelations that intelligence analysts believe those who planned it may have been paid a bounty by a Russian military intelligence unit to kill Americans. ... Caught in the firestorm are the families and friends of the three Marines - Staff Sgt. Christopher Slutman, Staff Sgt. Benjamin Hines and Sgt. Robert Hendriks - who were just a few weeks from returning home to the United States when they were killed." Schiff Took No Action After Staff Was Briefed On Bounty Intelligence In February. The Federalist (7/2, Davis, Hemingway, 126K) reports that top staff for House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff "were briefed in February" on the intelligence, but Schiff "took no action in response to the briefing, multiple intelligence sources familiar with the briefing told The Federalist." Schiff staff was briefed "during a congressional delegation, or CODEL, trip to Afghanistan in February," but Schiff, "who has acknowledged President Donald Trump was never briefed on the so-called intelligence, has thus far refused to disclose that his staff was personally briefed." NYTimes Analysis: Bounty Revelations Undermining Trump's "Qualified Success" In Afghanistan. A New York Times (7/2, Crowley, 18.61M) analysis says that although President Trump "has not achieved his goal of a full American withdrawal from Afghanistan, he has drawn down thousands of U.S. troops and struck a deal with the Taliban intended to pave the way for a complete exit and an end to the 19-year conflict." But, "the uproar" over the Russian bounties "is renewing focus on a conflict that had drifted to the political back burner, and turning what had been a qualified success story for the president into at least a short-term political disaster." The Times cites a "person familiar with the president's thinking" who "said he had repeatedly spoken of having all American soldiers out of the country by the end of the year. That prospect may become even more likely now that the United States' continuing presence in EFTA00148644 Afghanistan has badly stung a president who lost patience with the American mission there long ago." WPost Analysis: Controversy Over Alleged Bounty Payments Drives Russia Into US Election Politics. A Washington Post (7/3, Sonne, 14.2M) analysis says Russia "is once again threatening to become a major factor in a U.S. presidential election as long-standing fears about Pres