EFTA00009941.pdf
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Extraction Summary
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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Document Information
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Email chain / correspondence log
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Summary
This document is a chain of emails between the FBI's NY CART team and the US Attorney's Office (SDNY) regarding the technical challenges of processing digital evidence seized from Jeffrey Epstein. The correspondence details friction over data compatibility between forensic tools and the 'Relativity' e-discovery platform, with the FBI explaining delays due to encryption and the sheer volume of terabytes of data from servers, computers, and loose media found in Epstein's New York and Virgin Islands properties. A significant detail reveals that 9 hard drives found in his NY apartment were actually copies of drives from a previous July 2007 search.
People (5)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Christopher Rozier | Contractor |
USANYS Contractor involved in data processing; email explicitly visible as Christopher.Rozier@usdoj.gov
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| Redacted Name (NY CART Coordinator) | Senior Forensic Examiner |
FBI agent responsible for extracting data from Epstein's devices and transferring it to USANYS. Located in NY.
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| Redacted Name (AUSA) | Assistant U.S. Attorney |
Prosecutor for SDNY managing the discovery process and communicating with the FBI regarding evidence.
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| Berman | Likely US Attorney (Geoffrey Berman) |
Mentioned in context of 'VOSR check-ins with Berman' on July 14, 2020.
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Subject of Investigation |
Deceased. Evidence is referred to as 'Epstein search warrant documents' and 'Epstein's residences'.
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| FBI |
Federal Bureau of Investigation, specifically NY CART (Computer Analysis Response Team)
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| USANYS |
United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York
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| Relativity |
E-Discovery software platform used by USANYS for reviewing evidence
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Timeline (3 events)
2020-02-24
FBI mentions tearing out old network and deleting 400TB of old stuff, limiting them to local work.
FBI NY Office
FBI NY CART
Locations (3)
| Location | Context |
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Location of Epstein's mansion/apartment where evidence was seized.
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Location of Epstein's property ('The Island') where servers and devices were seized.
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Location where the 'case team' was traveling in late February 2020.
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Relationships (2)
FBI NY CART Coordinator
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Professional/Adversarial
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USANYS (AUSA)
Tension over data formats and timelines; FBI agent stating 'You insisted we do it this way' and 'round peg into this square hole'.
Seizure of devices from his residences in NY and USVI.
Key Quotes (5)
"Relativity is NOT a forensic tool. It is incapable of dealing with many things that are found forensically on a computer like free space, slack space, and system files"Source
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"There were 9 IDE hard drives found in the Manhattan apartment, they turned out to be 3 copies of 3 drives (9 drives in total) from a July 2007 search on one of his properties."Source
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Quote #2
"We have gotten past encryption on multiple devices."Source
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Quote #3
"Sorry for the delayed response. They are tearing out our old network and giving us a new one, they mandated we delete old stuff (about 400 TB worth)."Source
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Quote #4
"So if an email says, 'see the attached flight records,' for example, we have no way of linking that up with the records themselves."Source
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