EFTA00027444.pdf
Extraction Summary
Document Information
This document is a chain of emails between the US Attorney's Office (SDNY) and the FBI regarding the digital forensics processing of evidence seized from Jeffrey Epstein's properties in New York and the Virgin Islands. The correspondence highlights significant technical and logistical friction; the USANYS required data in a processed format compatible with the 'Relativity' review platform for legal discovery, while the FBI provided raw forensic dumps (phone extractions, hard drive clones) which were difficult to review. The text mentions terabytes of data, including 50+ devices, servers, and older evidence from a 2007 search, but contains no actual flight logs or passenger manifests (flight records are only mentioned hypothetically as an example of file-linking errors).
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Russell | Unknown (likely FBI or USANYS) |
Mentioned as putting an issue on the radar of the new ASAC.
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| Rozier | Unknown |
Mentioned as able to join a conference call.
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Subject of Investigation |
Subject of search warrants and seized devices.
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| [REDACTED] ASAC | Assistant Special Agent in Charge (FBI) |
New ASAC briefed on the data processing delays.
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Organizations (7)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| USANYS |
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (Sender/Recipient of emails).
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| FBI |
Federal Bureau of Investigation (Seized the evidence, responsible for processing).
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| CART |
Computer Analysis and Response Team (FBI forensic unit).
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| PAE |
Vendor mentioned for data processing.
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| Relativity |
E-Discovery software platform used for document review.
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| Everlaw |
E-Discovery software platform (mentioned as example).
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| Logikcull |
E-Discovery software platform (mentioned as example).
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Timeline (4 events)
Locations (5)
| Location | Context |
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Location of Epstein's mansion/apartment where devices were seized.
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Specific location of apartment.
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Location of Epstein's property (Little St. James) where devices/servers were seized.
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Location where the case team traveled in late Feb 2020.
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Jurisdiction of the US Attorney's Office.
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Key Quotes (5)
"Instead, the FBI is going to basically just give us copies of the original files from the collected devices and drives — effectively the equivalent of a phone dump, or a copy of a hard drive."Source
"It's sort of like if I spent nine months working on what you expected would be a 300-page memo on a legal issue, and then instead sent you a list of a thousand relevant case citations."Source
"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
"The data we've received has no way to put any emails and attachments together. 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
"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 to name a few."Source
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