From: To: Subject: [EXTERNAL EMAIL] - FBI Public Affairs 08, 2020 Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2020 11:24:57 +0000 c Importan e: Normal News Briefing Tuesday, December Mobile version and searchable archives available at fbi.bulletinintelligence.com. ; ATBI News Briefing TO: THE DIRECTOR AND SENIOR STAFF DATE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2020 6:30 AM EST TODAY'S TABLE OF CONTENTS LEADING THE NEWS • Georgia Recertifies Election Results As Trump Legal Efforts Continue Elsewhere. PROTESTS • Activists: Some Georgia-Related Federal Prosecutions Aim To Blunt Future Protests. • Growing Number Of Prosecutors Join Effort To Revisit Lengthy Prison Sentences. • Northam Signs Virginia No-Knock Search Warrant Ban. COUNTER-TERRORISM • FBI Spoke To IS Fighter About Australian Terrorist. • Opinion: Al-Qaeda Persists Despite Shifting US Priorities, Is Poised For "Comeback." • New Zealand Commission: "No Plausible Way" Mosque Attacker's Plans Could Have Been Detected. COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE • Senate GOP Set To Link Durham Appointment To Confirmation Of Next AG. • Appeals Court Denies Request For NSA Leaker To Leave Prison Early. • Ratcliffe: "No Greater Threat" To US Than China. • Report Concludes Directed Pulse Microwave Energy Likely Responsible For Diplomats' Illnesses. • NDAA Would Alter Reporting Structure Of JAIC. • DISA Planning "Grey Network" To Support Classified Remote Programs. • Reports: Iran's Supreme Leader May Have Transferred Power To Son. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS • Sentencing Hearing In Nebraska Murder Rescheduled Over COVID Concerns. • Marijuana Subpoena May Have Been Linked To Missouri FBI Probe. • FBI, BIA Probing Discovery Of Body On Montana Reservation. • FBI Joins Search For Missing Florida Teacher. • Ohio Firefighter Arrested On Child Pandering Charges. • Attorneys Seek Bail For Ghislaine Maxwell. • FBI Seizes 40 Pounds Of Meth, Two Pounds Of Heroin In New Mexico. • Resident Of State Of New York Sentenced To Decade In Prison For Selling Crack.