DOJ-OGR-00018647.pdf

Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 753 Filed 08/10/22 Page 49 of 264 1475 LC7Cmax2 Flatley - direct 1 BY MS. POMERANTZ: 2 Q. You mentioned digital evidence. What do you mean by digital evidence? 3 A. Things like computers, thumb drives, CDs, anything that stores information in a digital format. 4 Q. Taking a step back, what does it mean to forensically examine an electronic device? 5 A. Basically we just categorize and organize the data so it's easier to look through. 6 Q. Mr. Flatley, what is considered a computer? 7 A. To be considered a computer, a device has to have four characteristics. It has to take input, it has to give output, it has to have some kind of processor, and have some kind of storage. 8 Q. Where is information stored on a computer? 9 A. On your average computer, it's stored on the hard drive. 10 Q. What is a hard drive? 11 A. It's an electromechanical device for storing digital data. 12 Q. When you analyze digital evidence, what, if anything, do you know about the case? 13 A. Usually nothing. 14 Q. Mr. Flatley, did there come a time when you examined digital evidence in this case? 15 A. Yes, there did. 16 Q. In approximately what year or years? 17 SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 18 DOJ-OGR-00018647