EFTA00022331.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
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Summary
This document is a chain of emails between the FBI's Computer Analysis Response Team (CART) and the US Attorney's Office (SDNY) regarding the technical processing and transfer of digital evidence seized from Jeffrey Epstein's properties in New York and the Virgin Islands. The correspondence reveals significant technical challenges, including the handling of encrypted devices, the volume of data (terabytes), and compatibility issues between forensic tools and the 'Relativity' e-discovery platform used by prosecutors. It mentions specific evidence including servers, hard drives from a 2007 search, and the inability to link emails to attachments like 'flight records' in the provided data dumps.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Redacted (FBI NY CART Coordinator) | Senior Examiner / Coordinator |
Leading the technical forensic examination of Epstein's devices; communicating with US Attorney's office.
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| Redacted (Assistant U.S. Attorney) | Prosecutor/Attorney |
Requesting evidence in specific formats for the Southern District of New York.
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| BYRNE | Unknown (likely Law Enforcement or Legal) |
Mentioned in CC lines of the email chain.
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| Redacted (USANYS Contractor) | Contractor |
Involved in processing data for the US Attorney's office.
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Timeline (3 events)
2020-02
FBI NY CART team deletes ~400TB of old data due to network replacement/mandate.
FBI NY Office
FBI NY CART
2020-05-12
FBI confirms they have bypassed encryption on multiple devices seized from Epstein.
FBI Lab
FBI NY CART
Locations (3)
Relationships (1)
FBI NY CART Coordinator
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Professional/Adversarial
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Assistant U.S. Attorney
Tense email exchange regarding the format of data delivery and technical capabilities of review software.
Key Quotes (7)
"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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"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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Quote #2
"We have gotten past encryption on multiple devices."Source
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Quote #3
"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 #4
"I think FBI was going to do an initial screen to make sure no CP [Child Pornography], and since I think the answer was no, we’ll need to get those to be able to review them as well."Source
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Quote #5
"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 #6
"There are approximately 40 devices that would have storage (computers, hard drives, thumb drives, etc.) and that's not even counting at least 60+ CDs. And then from the Virgin Islands... at least more than 25 devices, including multiple servers / server racks."Source
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Quote #7
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