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Ashley M. Gjøvik Profile picture
@ashleygjovik
Mar 16 • 22 tweets • 13 min read • Read on X
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You guys... this case is *WILD*

This guy seemed insane, but I got curious cause all the Apple blogs are smearing him so I went into PACER...

21 month long trial, 176 docket entries, including finding of warrantless search & unlawful arrest, & sealed ex parte (Apple?) filings
U.S. District Court, California Northern District (San Jose), Case No. 5:22-cr-00251-EJD-1

1/x Docket Report


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Here's the Judge finding the FBI illegally tracked the guy via his Tesla, illegally spied on the guy with AT&T data, and illegally arrested him without a warrant or probable cause, and then illegally searched his storage locker & car too.


2/x Docket: casetext.com/case/united-st…



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Docket report 4/4:
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This guy was convicted of 1x communicating a threat to injure (18 U.S.C. § 875c)

Only claim still standing at the end was that guy lurked around the FBI building & said he'd take go "beyond taking [an agent's] livelihood"

Apple said far worse shit to me & FBI won't call me back
I remember reading Apple's restraining order requests against this guy and the guy did seem unhinged, and it does sound like he probably illegally threatened the FBI, which is bad

But this case is so incredibly suspect if you start reading the docket entries - I have a lot of qs
Here was a request for a restraining order filed by the Santa Cruz PD in December 2021. The Police Officer explains that "an Apple employee" called them and reported this guy & asked for a psych assessment. PD called the guy who said Apple was conspiring against him. image of filing
Santa Cruz PD's star witness is an anonymous Apple employee (assumably Workplace Violence), and they cite other Apple employees but refuse to give the cops the other employee's names.

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When the Santa Cruz PD petitioned for a gun violence restraining order, the police department noted that they were represented by a private law firm... ?

Apparently the private firm's managing partner is City Attorney for the City of Santa Cruz....?
abc-law.com/firm-overview
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FBI affidavit confirms it was Apple Global Security who reported the guy to the FBI

Lead FBI investigator is Special Agent in charge of Violent Crime, ex-DOD, specializing in firearms & narcotics

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When this guy was pulled over in June 2022 (the later found illegal de facto arrest and illegal search) he had a huge amount of Apple products with him

Guy used to be an AppleCare advisor
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Guys lawyer complained in September 2023 that the police will not tell them what is happening with the devices

& refuses to produce evidence, including emails with FBI and AT&T, or any records of the FBI tracking the guy's Tesla, or any records of the data provided by AT&T
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FBI agent for violent crimes & gangs says guy was posting YouTube videos calling for an "insurgency"

After request for an interview, guy emails FBI crazy (but prob not Illegal?) emails such as: “YOU OBSTRUCTED THE WRONG INVESTIGATION,” and “YOU OFFENDED THE WRONG AMERICAN"
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During the trial, FBI / DOJ attempted to suppress any evidence that would prove the guy had no actual intention to carry out his threats, and/or guy had no actual ability to carry out his threats. Sounds like Judge would allow the evidence so then DOJ dropped the YouTube videos

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When they arrested this guy, they apparently sent a US Marshal to Alabama. Court filings extensively reference referrals from Apple Global Security

Does this guy sounds like someone who should have weapons? DEFINITELY NOT

Did a US Marshal need to track him down in Alabama? ....
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In Feb 2024, guy's lawyers complained everyone agrees guy had a mental breakdown, so wtf

& complains about gross violations of the guy's 4th Amendment rights, including:

FBI getting surveillance data from AT&T as part of "an informal phone call" & lying to Tesla to get car data


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There's a lot going on in this case, but we should prob talk about the FBI SF Office orchestrating (per the Judge) illegal searches, illegal arrests, getting illegal warrants; & getting personal data from AT&T via "informal phone call" & from Tesla by lying about an subpoena... Once the Government finally did produce this discovery, it revealed that the Government’s position throughout the suppression litigation—that the FBI had relied on § 2702(c)(4) of the Stored Communications Act—was false. The Government produced no record of the FBI having relied on the SCA. Nor did the Government produce any evidence of its fallback argument, that the FBI requested the information from AT&T on an exigency basis. Indeed, Government counsel acknowledged to defense counsel that the FBI made its request as part of an informal phone call.
US Gov argued they can track people's GPS whenevs & 4th Amendment isn't implicated in real-time CSLI tracking

US judge: "It is well-established that individuals have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their historical CSLI under the 4th Amendment"
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III. CONCLUSION The Court GRANTS the motion to suppress the information obtained pursuant to the March 11, 2022, prolonged detention and de facto arrest, including the observations, materials, objects, and any other evidence that flows from the stop. The Court defers ruling on the motion to suppress the information obtained pursuant to the warrantless search of Defendant's real-time CLSI and the evidence obtained from the June 3, 2022, and June 8, 2022, warrants.
First, regarding the Government's argument that the Fourth Amendment is not implicated in its real-time CSLI tracking, it is well-established that individuals have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their historical CSLI under the Fourth Amendment. See, e.g., Carpenter v. United States, 138 S.Ct. 2206 (2018) (holding that “an individual maintains a legitimate expectation of privacy in the record of his physical movements as captured through CLSI”). Although Carpenter addressed only historical CSLI, many courts in this District and across the country have found that “its reasoning appli...
Third, regarding the Government's argument that the FBI relied in good faith on the SCA, the Court observes that there are numerous cases warning the FBI that real-time CSLI is not data contemplated under the SCA. See, e.g., Cooper, 2015 WL 88157, at *5; Espudo, 954 F.Supp.2d at 1036. More importantly, however, there is no evidence that the FBI relied on the SCA at all. The SCA is not cited in its communications with Tesla, and the Court cannot make the determination of what the agents relied on in obtaining the information from AT&T because the Government has failed to provide the agents' ...
Apparently US gov's key evidence against this ex-Apple employee included vid of employee lurking / stalking FBI outside their office, supporting the "true threat" claim

In the video, guy said he was watching FBI "because they don't work hard enough" & cheers "catch those crims" In this video, Mr. Broderick is depicted in his vehicle; he appears to be outside of the FBI building and is commenting on the individuals entering the building.5 He comments that he is “surveilling” the FBI because “they don’t work hard enough.” He further comments at one point in the video that he should “smoke” because “relaxed people smoke.” He further comments on one individual and praises her for arriving to work at 7:15 am, adding “[t]hat is exactly the kind of ambition that I want earning my tax money. You deserve it. Catch those crims.” Later in the video, Mr. Broderick speaks dis...
"During the grand jury proceedings, several grand jurors expressed concern about Broderick’s mental health. One inquired whether he had been offered a psychiatrist & opined the Gov should focus on whether Broderick needed help, instead of wasting the grand jury’s money & time..." During the grand jury proceedings, several grand jurors expressed concern about Mr. Broderick’s mental health. One inquired whether Mr. Broderick had been offered a psychiatrist and opined that the Government should focus on whether Mr. Broderick needed help, instead of wasting the grand jury’s money and time. Despite having presented enough information about Mr. Broderick’s mental health crisis to raise these concerns, the AUSA instructed the grand jury that it was not to consider Mr. Broderick’s mental health issues. Litigation regarding the Government’s Fourth Amendment violations began ...
This guy reminds me of the "Jerry" character from the 1997 "Conspiracy Theory" movie

Is he insane? Yes.

But, also - are they actually all out to get him? Yes.

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Sep 20, 2023
There's something I want to write about in depth, but don't have time now, yet its too timely to skip

I dug deep into the ebooks antitrust suit against Apple

Apple harassed, & got smear articles published about, & harassing emails sent to...their federal court-appointed monitor
When the US Court appointed a monitor to ensure Apple stops violating the Sherman act, Apple didn't respond well

The monitor? A prior DOJ Inspector General, & special counsel on Iran-Contra

Apple's response to him included direct & indirect harassment, intimidation, & smears Apple Excoriates E-Book Antitrust Monitor "He is acting like an FBI agent ... not a judge." By John Paczkowski Jan 8, 2014, 10:30am EST Share this story Share this on Facebook (opens in new window) Share this on Twitter (opens in new window)
What caught my eye on this, was Apple's initial response to the court order, of trying to 'DARVO' their monitor, Michael Bromwich, in retaliation after he refused to act as Apple's subordinate & not a literal rep of the US gov. Apple tried to sue him & orchestrated FUD & smears. As an owner of shares of Apple stock (purchased years ago by my wife, when she was a stockbroker), I keep an eye on the news about this holding in our nest egg. Because I am also an author—working on a twelfth book—I followed particularly closely the antitrust case against Apple, charging them with conspiring to price fix e-books, which are the future for authors. Also, I love my iPhone, which has become essentially a body part.
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🧵 Remember in May 2021, when Apple entered into a real estate 'mega deal' w/ my ex-landlord Irvine Co, for property on toxic waste clean-up sites, the same weekend Apple mysteriously closed my worker's comp claim abt toxic waste chemical exposure?

Let's see how they're doing... Apple mega deal: Tech titan expansion that could accommodate thousands
Here's a map of the area: Apple, Synopsys, LinkedIn

For ex-coworkers who were there or moved in later, this includes: Mary 5-6, 12, 14-18; Palomar 1; & Almanor 1

The area is a toxic hellstew & the county environmental health dept keeps yelling at them about a half-arse cleanup map of the area, as described
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Groundwater testing in 2018 showed PCE, TCE, & 1,2-DCE in shallow-ish groundwater

Soil vapor testing in 2016, 2018, & 2020 showed PCE, TCE, Benzene, Arsenic, Lead, DDT, DDE, DDD, Chlordane, & Dieldrin

map of test findings as described
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Jul 17, 2023
🧵 I'm reviewing my 2020 medical records now I know Apple was venting silicon fab poison in my apartment windows at the time of my mystery illness

Things that didn't make sense with a Brownfield clean-up site, now make a lot of sense with ongoing releases

Like Arsenic poisoning image of heavy metals profile test results showing arsenic level of 7ug/L
On September 9 2020, I went to the hospital for a big blood draw to conduct my own medical monitoring program on myself - after exposing myself to the chemicals in my apartment the night before

& that night I had a 3am death spell

v-blog of that night:
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First, there was Arsenic known to be at the cleanup site, but heavy metals are heavy - how would it travel up 3 floors? (Apple's Arsine gas!)

Arsenic was high in my serum but none in my urine.

We all brushed it off at the time. image of test results for urine showing none detected
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May 31, 2023
Apple's hazardous waste training manual says that in case of a hazardous waste spill or leak

1) employees SHOULD NOT clean up the spill

2) employees SHOULD call the Worldwide Loyalty team

3) Worldwide Loyalty will liaise with EH&S to determine if Apple has to tell the gov Spill Response In the event...
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Apple's Haz Waste spill documentation fails to mention anything about telling non-employees who are downwind from the poison leak about the poison leak Hazardous Materials Release...
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May 28, 2023
🧵 In 2020, I was severely ill & disabled from solvent exposure at my home

This was the origin story for everything thats happened after

It's even more poignant now knowing about Apple's silicon factory next door

In March 2021, I published this article:
sfbayview.com/2021/03/i-thou…
I tried to get the local press to write about what happened - the illness & toxic waste - but they refused, afraid of the property manager (Irvine Company)

So, I drafted an article myself & finally found one local paper willing to publish the story.

Please support SF Bay View!! image of article image and ...
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Then, I woke up one Sunday morning, on April 4 2021, with an email in my inbox informing me I had 'gone viral' on something called 'HackerNews'. image of hacker news front ...
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