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I didn’t know about this case before a few days ago, but according to this story at TPM from a few months ago, Office of Special Counsel head, Scott Bloch, it was known that Bloch had two thumb drives in his possession but was refusing to turn over during an investigation of him. Authorities (read: FBI) has come to believe that those drives contain files that Bloch had erased by Geeks on Call.
Today, NPR reports that those two drives were taken off of Bloch earlier this week when the FBI raided the Office of Special Counsel. From the POGO Blog:
NPR HAS LEARNED THAT THE SEARCH OF SPECIAL COUNSEL SCOTT BLOCH’S HOME AND OFFICE THIS WEEK INCLUDED A PHYSICAL SEARCH OF BLOCH’S BODY. INVESTIGATORS SEIZED TWO THUMB DRIVES FROM BLOCH WHEN THEY TOOK BOXES OF COMPUTERS AND DOCUMENTS FROM ON TUESDAY. NPR’S ARI SHAPIRO REPORTS.Criminal investigators are looking into whether Bloch destroyed evidence to obstruct an inspector general investigation into whether Bloch abused his power.
Bloch is in charge of pursuing government whistleblower complaints.
A couple years ago, Bloch hired the firm “geeks on call” to scrub his computers.
He says it was to eliminate a virus.
But investigators suspect it was to destroy evidence.
Now NPR has learned that before the scrub, Bloch saved certain electronic documents onto two portable thumb drives.
He carried those drives with him.
During the raid on Tuesday, agents physically searched Bloch and seized both drives.
Ari Shapiro, NPR News, Washington.
What on earth would be on two thumb drives that someone would carry on their person at most times, for two years?? Sigh - I suppose they could be nothing more than Matthew Barrett’s pictures.
Sphere: Related ContentBy Jill Miller Zimon at 6:37 pm May 8th, 2008 in George Bush, Scandal, Government, Tech, Politics
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