United States vs. Manning

A timeline of the U.S. investigation between 2006 to 2013

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2010-05-29
 
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Upon questioning, Robinson related that he had received a call on 29 May 2010. Based on the information in that call, he traveled to Baghdad to take control of digital evidence, conducted a preliminary forensic examination, and then transported it elsewhere for further forensic examination. He traveled to Camp Liberty in Baghdad, which was considered the best nearby place to collect the data and conduct a preliminary forensic analysis. Robinson's main role was to obtain forensic images of the evidence and conduct the preliminary examination. He was asked what physical evidence specifically there was, and he had to refer to his notes.

After a moment looking at his notes, Robison related that he had dealt with

-- a laptop belonging to Bigelow,
-- the personal laptop and hard drive of Bradley Manning,
-several optical discs including one marked secret,
-- 2 SIPR machines (1 the assigned work station of Manning and 1 from the supply area),
-- 1 SIPR machine from another soldier
...

Robinson explained that he imaged the hard drives and did a preliminary forensic examination. Imaging, he explained, was creating a bit-by-bit copy of the data on a device so that it could not be lost if the device was lost or damaged. The thoroughness of the imaging was verified because he created a secure hash of the data on both the original machine and the imaged copy, and compared the two hashes. If they were identical, he knew the copy was complete and identical. He used EnCase to image all of the computers and the 1 optical disc marked 'secret'.
  Name(s:) Rainey Reitman
  Agency(ies): Bradley Manning Support Network
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