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at this time that there has been evidence of child pornography collected or that the SBDA's office will want any outside agency to become involved in any aspect of this case related to the prosecution of Jackson, including child pornography. With the exception of duplicating recorded video media, all offers of assistance regarding review and analysis of evidence collected during the SBSD search of the Neverland Ranch have been respectfully declined. The FBI was asked to provide assistance in the area of certain Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) inspections at the SBSD facility. That assistance was provided. The SBSD has also requested assistance concerning federal witness protection for the victims and their family. However, there is insufficient information at this time for the U.S. Attorney's office in los Angeles to be able to recommend to the Attorney General that . federal witness protection should be provided. Victim Witness Assistance is being provided to the family through the SBDA's office. The SBSD and the SMRA are continuing to seek any intelligence concerning any threat of violence relative to this case by the "Jackson people," the Nation of Islam (NOI), or the Fruits of Islam (the NOI security component). Results thus far are negative. The SBDA's office and the SBSD have received threats via mail and e-mail against Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon, Santa Barb riff Jim Anderson, Jackson, and Jackson's attorney, [| SBDA investigators and the SBSD are handling those threats at this time. There is nothing developed to date to indicate the threats are credible, nor that they should be disregarded. Threats received in the city of Santa Barbara are being referred to the Ventura RA (which covers matters occurring in the city of Santa Barbara) for whatever handling is deemed appropriate. The Jackson arraignment will take place at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse in the city of Santa Maria at 8:30am (PST) on January 16, 2004. The arraignment and related motions could last as long as three hours. The SMPD requested FBI involvement in the preparation and planning for the Jackson arraignment because of the belief that the Jackson court proceedings could represent a soft target for terrorism due to the worldwide media attention the case is receiving. Fans of Jackson are reported to be traveling to Santa Maria from all over the world for the arraignment. Various demonstrations and protests are expected and the crowd could number in the thousands. However, as mentioned above, there is no intelligence to indicate that there is a threat of violence b6 b7C