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This happened in the Freisen case, I am told, but it bounced back on the government when it turned out that Freisen and his attorney never opened a federal discovery file on their own computers but rather handed them off to an IT guy with a stand-alone cheap computer used only for opening fed files that might contain booby traps.
Oops. The IT guy thoroughly documented the virus as well as the fact that it could not have happened by accident. Oops, indeed.
I hear that this is a continual problem and has even happened in a certain prominent current ATF case of note.
So, all you tyro federal criminal defense attorneys, take a tip and don't open your discovery materials on your own computer. Use a cheap stand-alone that you don't mind losing, and immediately consult an IT professional when the whole shebang locks up. It ain't no accident.
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