EFTA00032141.pdf

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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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Type: Email chain/correspondence
File Size: 418 KB
Summary

This document is a chain of emails between the FBI (NY Field Office/CART) and the US Attorney's Office (SDNY) regarding the chaotic processing of digital evidence seized from Jeffrey Epstein. The US Attorney's office complains that over 1.3 million documents were provided in a disorganized manner, with emails unlinked from attachments (specifically citing flight records as an example of unlinked data), making review impossible. The FBI cites technical issues, including a network replacement where they were mandated to delete 400TB of old data, and clarifies that some evidence originated from a July 2007 search.

People (6)

Name Role Context
spwatson@fbi.gov FBI Agent / Recipient / Sender
Active participant in the email chain discussed technical issues with data.
Christopher Rozier Contractor, US Attorney's Office (USANYS)
CC'd on emails regarding data processing.
Mandy Unknown (likely courier or staff)
Dropped off a hard drive with Epstein search warrant materials.
Flatley FBI/DOJ Supervisor
Mentioned as someone to resolve issues with; suggested to join a meeting.
Redacted Name (Assistant U.S. Attorney) Assistant U.S. Attorney, SDNY
Author of detailed complaints regarding data organization and review difficulties.
Redacted Name (NY CART Coordinator) Senior Forensic Examiner, FBI NY CART
Responsible for processing the digital evidence and providing load files.

Organizations (4)

Name Type Context
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation, specifically NY Field Office and CART (Computer Analysis Response Team).
USANYS
US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.
CART
Computer Analysis Response Team (FBI unit handling digital forensics).
Relativity
Software platform used for document review.

Timeline (3 events)

2007-07-XX
Search on one of Epstein's properties resulting in seizure of 9 IDE hard drives (3 copies of 3 drives).
Unknown Property
FBI
2020-02-24
FBI NY Network Replacement involving deletion of 400TB of old data.
FBI New York Office
FBI NY
2020-03-31
COVID-19 Impact: FBI and US Attorney staff working from home/teleworking.
New York

Locations (3)

Location Context
Location of FBI office, US Attorney's office, and Epstein's Manhattan mansion/apartment.
referred to as "the Island"; location of seized servers and devices.
Location where the case team was traveling in late February/early March.

Relationships (1)

USANYS (Redacted AUSA) Professional/Adversarial regarding technical competence FBI (CART Coordinator)
AUSA expresses frustration about disorganized data ('total disaster', 'dumped into one big pile') provided by FBI CART.

Key Quotes (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 #1
"imagine if we had seized papers from approximately 100,000 filings cabinets... all 1.3 million documents (so far) just got dumped into one big pile"
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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
"They are tearing out our old network and giving us a new one, they mandated we delete old stuff (about 400 TB worth)."
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Quote #4
"It’s all the issues from my March 9 email, below, which [Redacted] never responded to. And it’s only 1.4 million documents out of what are presumably tens of millions total"
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Quote #5

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