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I don't see how you read Parallel Construction from there. Instead the amended declaration is responding to the claim from the defense that "there's no way FBI
by mpyne 12y ago
I don't see how you read Parallel Construction from there.
Instead the amended declaration is responding to the claim from the defense that "there's no way FBI could have found our boy's IP address without NSA hax!!!!1"
The reply to that can be direct: "DPR configured his captcha wrong, it was actually pretty easy...". This is all that's strictly needed, which is why the rest is in a footnote.
But the footnote isn't unimportant: It explains further that it's not that unlikely (again, as the defense had been claiming) for DPR to have leaked IP addresses, as the evidence on SR's own logs showed in retrospect DPR had been having difficulty with that.
This further undermines the defense claims that only mysterious NSA de-anonymity programs, but it doesn't need or even require parallel construction, as the agent clearly explained how he actually found the IP address: from the captcha routine.
- ynniv 12y agoThis is all that's strictly needed, which is why the rest is in a footnote. I'm not sure of the legal requirements, or if there even are any. But I know that I've filed irrelevant bugs with better documentation than the event which is claimed to be the seminal moment when an extremely high profile prosecution was suddenly possible. If for nothing else, whoever saw this packet should have documented it for bragging rights. It should be printed on the back of their business card, the byline to the rest of their career. Instead they said "this totes happens all the time, trust us". Bragging rights aside, this packet is the basis of a high profile international search warrant. Visiting the IP and receiving the same page is circumstantial... Anyone could be serving that same page. I'm sure you'll find plenty of them by Googling for whatever text was on the page, but you won't get a search warrant like that. It is the original packet from the source that points to that page which makes that IP crucial. It should be properly documented.
- mpyne 12y ago> Instead they said "this totes happens all the time, trust us". They're the FBI. They probably do see this all the time. Your "bragging rights" is likely just another example of the same stupid mistake that the investigator sees in criminal activities of less fame all the time...