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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division

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IN THE MATTER OF THE SEARCH OF ONE DELL POWEREDGE 2900 SERVER, SERIAL NUMB ER G842 PC1

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Case No. l:15-SW-537

AFFIDAVIT

IN SUPPORT

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A

SEARCH

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SEIZURE WARRANT

I, , bein g duly sworn, here by depos e and state as follows: INTRODUCTION AND AGENT BACKGROUND

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The government is conducting a criminal investigation concerning the improper transmission and storage

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classified information on unclassified email systems and serve rs. The investigation began as a resul t

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a review

of

emails undertaken

by

the U.S. Department

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State in connection with Freedom

of

Information Ac t FOIA) litigatio n. During this FOIA review,

it

was determined that certain emails containing classified information were sent and received

on

systems unauthorized for the transmission or storage

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such information . On or about July

6

2015, th e Inspector General for the Intelligence Community notifi ed the Federal Bureau

of

Investigation FBI)

o f

a potential compromise

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classified information involving the emails discovered through the FOIA review. After an initial review

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the matter, the FBI -o pen ed a criminal investigation to, among other things, i dentify any unauthorized systems which the emails

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question have tran sited, identify any person s) who may have introduc ed classified information onto unauthorized systems and all circumstances surrounding such introd uction, and identify any person s) who

may

have transmitted information over any such systems.

2.

The

FBI s

investigation has established that the emails containing classified

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