EFTA00016425.pdf

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Type: Email chain / evidence processing correspondence
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Summary

This document is a chain of emails between the U.S. Attorney's Office (SDNY) and FBI technical agents regarding the processing of digital evidence seized from Jeffrey Epstein's properties in New York and the US Virgin Islands. The correspondence highlights significant technical challenges, including the large volume of data (terabytes), issues with encryption, network infrastructure problems at the lab, and difficulties ensuring 'load files' are compatible with the Relativity e-discovery platform for 'taint review'. The emails also list specific evidence identifiers (NYC numbers) for hard drives, laptops, and loose media found at the NY mansion. NOTE: While the phrase 'flight records' appears on page 8, it is used as a hypothetical example of a technical error (attachments not linking to emails) and does not contain actual flight data.

People (3)

Name Role Context
Redacted Sender Assistant U.S. Attorney (SDNY)
Main point of contact for the US Attorney's Office, requesting better organization of digital evidence.
Redacted Recipient (Technical) FBI / CART NY Agent or Contractor
Responsible for processing the seized digital evidence and dealing with the 'old network' issues.
Jeffrey Epstein Subject of Search Warrant
Deceased; his properties (NY and USVI) were searched and devices seized.

Organizations (4)

Name Type Context
U.S. Attorney's Office (SDNY)
Prosecuting authority reviewing the evidence.
FBI
Investigative agency that seized the devices and is processing the data.
CART NY
Computer Analysis Response Team, specific unit handling the digital forensics.
Relativity
E-Discovery software platform used for document review and taint review.

Timeline (3 events)

2007-07
Previous search on one of Epstein's properties where 9 IDE hard drives were found (later determined to be 3 copies of 3 drives).
Epstein Property
Law Enforcement
2020-02-24
Network replacement at FBI/Lab facility requiring deletion of 400TB of old data, causing delays.
FBI/Lab Facility
Technical Staff
2020-05-12
Phone call regarding data transfer and hard drive logistics.
Remote
SDNY Attorney FBI Agent

Locations (3)

Location Context
Location where search warrants were executed and devices (hard drives, loose media) were seized.
Location where search warrants were executed; mentions of a 'kitchen mac' and server racks.
Location where the case team was traveling in late February.

Relationships (1)

SDNY Attorney Professional/Interagency FBI Agent
Email correspondence regarding the processing and transfer of evidence.

Key Quotes (6)

"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..."
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Quote #1
"We have gotten past encryption on multiple devices."
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Quote #2
"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."
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Quote #3
"Sorry for the delay, they reduced us to 1 day a week, so things have been stretched out by a factor of 5."
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Quote #4
"The CDs from NY only contained pictures, no documents."
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Quote #5
"So if an email says, 'see the attached flight records,' for example, we have no way of linking that up with the records themselves."
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Quote #6

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