Clifton shared with The Baltimore Sun a copy of his appeal of his dismissal, which included an interim report by the inspector general’s office from April that offers more details of the investigation than the public summary. It also included an email from a security officer in the city's IT department to Cumming. The security officer wrote that Clifton took steps to configure Chow's computer in such a way that even if Clifton lost access to it, he still would be able to see the data on it.