I remember that a few members took issue with my suspicion, based on the crafting of an outrageously narrow scope, that this investigation was a sham and conclusions had been determined at the outset. Alas...
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"These people said that investigators also did not seek to extract deleted text messages from the phone of Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith, who handed over a device that contained no texts. The AD’s explanation was that he routinely deletes all texts after sending or receiving them, these people said. Such a practice may violate both Ohio open records law and the school’s records-retention policy, experts say."
Still, the investigators concluded they had seen enough evidence to satisfy the scope of their mandate from Ohio State, according to the two people familiar with the matter.
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"Black Swan, a Memphis-based digital forensics lab run by a former Alabama homeland security director, says it can extract that kind of information from mobile phones in less than 24 hours for around $2,000. “You can definitely tell when the settings were changed,” said Scott Vowell, a Black Swan forensic engineer."
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"These people said that investigators also did not seek to extract deleted text messages from the phone of Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith, who handed over a device that contained no texts. The AD’s explanation was that he routinely deletes all texts after sending or receiving them, these people said. Such a practice may violate both Ohio open records law and the school’s records-retention policy, experts say."
Still, the investigators concluded they had seen enough evidence to satisfy the scope of their mandate from Ohio State, according to the two people familiar with the matter.
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"Black Swan, a Memphis-based digital forensics lab run by a former Alabama homeland security director, says it can extract that kind of information from mobile phones in less than 24 hours for around $2,000. “You can definitely tell when the settings were changed,” said Scott Vowell, a Black Swan forensic engineer."
