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Ok- US v Joshua Schulte trial Day 7, Assistant US Attorney still questioning FBI's Michael Berger seeking to link the #Vault7 transfer to #Wikileaks to Schulte. Inner City Press is covering the case and will live tweet, thread below

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AUSA: Do you recall the size of the Confluence back up in March of 2016?
Berger: Tens of gigabytes.
AUSA: Look at Page 93 of GX 1704. What is this use for?
Berger: It's a utility to securely erase files.

AUSA: So here you can see the defendant --
Schulte: Objection - leading.
Judge Furman: Fair point but I'll allow it.
AUSA: At what time was the virtual screen saver unlocked?
Berger: 3:15 am.

Cross examination:
Schulte: Let's talk about the hard drive found at my home.
FBI Agent Berger: Ok.
Schulte: You didn't find any CIA drives in my home, did you?
FBI Agent Berger: I don't know.

Schulte: You didn't take the drives from my home and compare them to CIA numbers?
Berger: I didn't personally do that. I can't say one way or another.
Schulte: Similarly you found my evidence that my hard drives were ever connected to CIA computers, right?
A: No.

Schulte: Is it conceivable that Wikileaks could track these versions from a much later backup?
FBI's Berger: In order to only disclose some of the data? Is that what you're asking? They would need to have a copy of the March 3 data base.

Schulte: I wrote malware for the CIA, right?
FBI Berger: Yes.
Schulte: Including LINUX malware, right?
FBI Berger: I don't know.
Schulte: Wouldn't that be important, with what you've said about my Google searches?
AUSA: Objection!
Judge Furman: Ask a new question

Schulte: So you familiarized yourself with Wikileaks, right?
FBI's Berger: Yes.
Schulte: And you became aware Wikileaks tries to help people providing information to them to conceal their identities, right?
AUSA: Objection!
Judge Furman: Overruled.

Schulte: I used the Plex service, allowing uploading of videos by many users, right?
FBI's Berger: I was not aware.
Schulte: You testified about wiping a computer, right?
A: Yes. There were files on your D-drive.
Schulte: Couldn't it have been an upgrade?
A: Yes.

Judge Furman: Jurors, we'll take our break.
[Jury exits]
Judge Fruman: Who will be the next witness?
AUSA: Jeremy Weber.
Judge Furman: Ok, we'll see you back here.
Thread will continue.

They're back - and Schulte is cross examining FBI's Berger about his Amazon purchases.
Schulte: So beyond the pillow cases & pancake maker, there was a docking station, correct?
Berger: Yes.
Schulte: We see the same device purchased again, right?
Berger: Seems so.

Schulte: In your presentation you wanted to imply that my docking station was used to transmit info, right?
AUSA: Objection!
Judge Furman: Sustained.
Schulte: Okay.

Judge Furman: Can I see the parties at the sidebar?
[Note: for the next witness, Jeremy Weber, Judge Furman has said the sealed courtroom procedures will be implemented, with people asked to leave, including the jury for a moment so they are not told it's sealed]

Schulte: You never found Brutal Kangaroo on my home computers, right?
FBI's Berger: We did not.
Schulte: Solid state drivers would be wiped differently than other drives, correct?
Berger: Yes.

Schulte: Here, I was playing League of Legends, right?
FBI's Berger: Yes.
Schulte: And that's a video game, correct?
FBI Berger: It is.
Schulte: Did you find that I stayed up late often playing League of Legends?
FBI Berger: That was not part of my investigation.

Schulte: There is no evidence I transferred anything to Wikileaks, right?
FBI's Berger: Incorrect. The evidence that information was transferred to Wikileaks is the fact that they published it.
Schulte (laughs) - But that is not evidence that I transferred it.

Judge Furman: I suggest we move to re-direct while you fix your technical issues, Mr. Schulte.
AUSA: Mr. Berger, what type of forensic artifacts would be relevent -
Schulte: Objection! Form!
AUSA: Let me rephrase.

AUSA: What would happen if you removed files from the Ray 5 Array?
FBI's Berger: The data would be recoverable. But not from a single drive.
AUSA: You were asked about Google Search history-
Schulte: Objection!
Judge Furman: Overruled.

AUSA: Mr. Berger, who conducted the activity that prevented your ability to reconstruct --
Schulte: Objection.
Judge Furman: Sustained. Any brief re-cross? [It's 2:43]
Schulte: You found no artifacts of Tails, right?
Berger: It was all wiped.

Schulte: You testified that the Wikileaks URL was needed to access to TOR service, right?
FBI's Berger: Yes, through dot onion.
Schulte: But you'd have to use the regular Internet, right?
Berger: Someone could tell you what it is.

Schulte: You said this was wiped and re-formated, right?
FBI's Berger: I said that's my opinion?
Schulte: But it could have just been completely new, yes?
Berger: It's possible.

Schulte: You noted the time of April 18, 2016, correct?
FBI's Berger: I'm not sure what you mean.
Judge Furman: Mr. Schulte, we are on borrowed time.
Schulte: No further questions.
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But wait there's more - after jury leaves, Judge Furman mentioned the possibility of compensating juror(s) for changes travel plans given trial already going on.
Schulte: I got a video from the UN on June 14. It's prejudicial.
AUSA: It replaces a prior version.

AUSA: It was shown at the prior trial. It's just higher quality.
Schulte: It doesn't show me doing anything. It just shows me in prison.
AUSA: I don't recall the specifics of the video. We'll take a second look at it.

Schulte: The next witness, Weber, I may go long on the cross because it would lessen my need for the other witnesses I've called.
Judge Furman: The next witness will be subject to the courtroom closure procedures.

Schulte: GX 806 page 2, part of the notebook was redacted, it was intended for Judge Crotty. I wrote: There's been no reason over the past year we do not have access --
AUSA: We will object. He's saying the prosecutors lied.
Judge Furman: I'd like to review it.

Schulte: With this next witness I may need to reference Classified Exhibit 1.
Judge Furman: If you are asking to display it, we've litigated that, it's not necessary.
Schulte: The pages about the bar tender, I'd like to reference it with the witness.

Judge Furman: That ship has sailed. It is only admitted as a classified exhibit not to be discussed in the courtroom. So you're not doing it.
Schulte. Okay... The IRC chats, they were not admitted with years, so it's misleading.

AUSA: If Mr. Schulte intends to call himself as his expert, he had to provide notice. And he hasn't.
Judge Furman: I have not had the opportunity to research that legal question, but I would be surprised if that were not the law.

Judge Furman: OK, we are finished for the day. See you tomorrow.
Tomorrow is another sealed day (and #GhislaineMaxwell sentencing) - Inner City Press will cover both. For now, Schulte stories coming on InnerCityPress.com and patreon.com/MatthewRussell…