I’m seeing around that redacted bits are easily removed if you copy it into another blank document file and unredact it. I’m wondering if people are furiously unredacting all the files they can and this kinda stuff is popping up.
You don’t even need to do any “unredacting.” It’s literally just a black overlay. You can simply copy text behind the black box directly and paste it anywhere you want to make it readable.
God bless the FBI agents who knew this would fool the incompetent morons, and allow the true files to be seen by the world.
The ineptitude of this administration is both comical and concerning. Though, I do hope someone in the FBI did this on purpose. May they never be found out if they did 😂
It is definitely on purpose. I know the FBI's reputation has been dragged through the mud with the current administration and Patel at the helm, but they employ some of the world's most skilled cyber specialists and the fact they're able to properly censor or redact classified documents literally all the time, makes me think this was done on purpose. Enough to fool the current administration, but for everyone else to still be able to get the info.
Yup, FBI may be incompetent in some parts, but censoring documents is a thing they've been doing for hundreds of thousands of time. They should at least know how to do this properly.
They might have also used the Adobe redaction feature but forgot the second step. IIRC, in Adobe, you go into the redaction tool and black out the text, but then you have to go into the redaction tool and select something like "apply all redactions" and this scrubs the text from the text layer.
First : Open the attached link and scroll down to item #203.
Second: Copy the content (you may need to include the end of #202 and the beginning of #206).
Third: Paste the copied (redacted) text into ms word.
Those poor victims. Weren’t there names and even naked pics of victims in the redacted documents??
Edit: I mean “underage girls” when I say “victims “ -
Not sure why this deserves downvotes? I’m a proponent for the full release of all documents. That doesn’t mean I can’t also be sad for the underage women and have empathy.
I have no idea but maybe the FBI selectively fudged the redaction of some things whilst keeping sensitive identifying info re victims properly redacted. I haven’t checked.
I haven’t looked through all the docs myself but I’ve seen people comment that the victim names are still redacted. If so, that definitely points to this being an intentional decision rather than incompetence. Even in the main doc shown in this post, some things are still truly redacted.
This comment needs to be further up, and someone in r/datahoarder should copy/paste the files quickly before the administration catches wind of it and tries to stop it.
No way 🤣🤣 that is on another level of incompetence I wouldn’t expect even from this admin. To be fair perhaps some heroic person or people did it accidentally on purpose.
It would be interesting to analyze the “redacted” parts to try to determine what they were supposedly trying to hide. Particularly if it is anything other than victim names.
I don't believe that for a second. If anything, it can also be a part of a baiting strategy to sprinkle some misleading information under the "redaction" so that people think they are getting one over on the govt and then won't question what they "unredact"... which is exactly what is happening here. You have no way to actually verify any of this. the fact no one is questioning why the fucking FBI doesn't know how to redact documents and immediately blaming it on incompetence is maddening. C'mon people, pick up a spy novel or something
The smile on my face after waking up and reading this comment and the thread that follows, you’d think I woke up to a knobber. Merry Christmas Eve Eve.
I don't know if they fully released this now but thanks to their incompetence you could access dump 8, despite not being indexed, easily by changing the URL. And this was found on there.
From: '
To: "-
Cc: ' , " "
Subject: RE: Epstein flight records
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 01:29:20 +0000
I believe they are
interim). We haven't yet spoken to either.
(they're initials, and at least may have changed her name in the
From:
To:
Cc:
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2020 20:28
Subject: Re: Epstein flight records
Thanks very much. Who are the two potential Maxwell witnesses?
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 7, 2020, at 7:56 PM, wrote:
For your situational awareness, wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald
Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware),
including during the period we would expect to charge in a Maxwell case. In particular, he is listed as a passenger on at
least eight flights between 1993 and 1996, including at least four flights on which Maxwell was also present. He is listed
as having traveled with, among others and at various times, Marla Maples, his daughter Tiffany, and his son Eric. On one
flight in 1993, he and Epstein are the only two listed passengers; on another, the only three passengers are Epstein,
Trump, and then-20-year-old On two other flights, two of the passengers,
respectively, were women who would be possible witnesses in a Maxwell case. We've just finished reviewing the full
records (more than 100 pages of very small script) and didn't want any of this to be a surprise down the road.
Assistant U.S. Attorney
Southern District of New York
EFTA00016732
Yep, he literally used Epstein's actual plane. MAGA wee claiming that they were renting from a company who happened to provide the same plane, but we all know what's up.
Since January I ’ve been saying that we are extras in a long season of Worlds Dumbest Criminals. It’s scary bc it presents huge risks to our safety and security, but also reassuring to know that they are not smart enough to not get caught. We will unravel the entire trail of fraud, waste, and abuse along with the corruption and every death that can be traced to the actions and decisions of this merit based Idiocracy.
When Nuremberg 2029 begins, we will have all the receipts.
It says "then 20 year old." There is no telling how long that girl had been flying with them and the implication of the word 'then' is that it had been longer. Epstein was known for grooming teenage girls and keeping them around well into their 20's He wasnt just a sex criminal, he was also in the human trafficking business
Not defending, but the excerpt, is just that, a piece of the puzzle. Speculating of what you don’t see in print is dangerous. We need to see all of it together.
Nothing will get Trump convicted at this point….you think Pam Bondi is gonna bring up charges against Trump? She has seen every last bit of this Epstein thing and still does his bidding. 11 months, the citizens of your country have got to hold the ship together for 11 more months, figure out what Elon and Theil and all those other rat bastards did to mess with 2024 so they don’t repeat it in 2026 and hope that midterms go well. I have faith you guys can do it…good luck.
I get downvoted when I apply logic to something the emotional side of me disagrees with, too. I agree, this is lackluster as evidence, but hopefully is just a piece of the evidence.
And as much as I want Trump convicted, I want them ALL convicted. I'm trying to not focus just on what suits my bias here.
Have you not read the testimonials of young girls that were KEPT on the island? They didn't always fly in with the men, they were kept hostage on the island. We also know the Underage girls were not always listed in the flight logs from other documents.
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Did they forget to scrub this?
I’m seeing around that redacted bits are easily removed if you copy it into another blank document file and unredact it. I’m wondering if people are furiously unredacting all the files they can and this kinda stuff is popping up.
You don’t even need to do any “unredacting.” It’s literally just a black overlay. You can simply copy text behind the black box directly and paste it anywhere you want to make it readable.
God bless the FBI agents who knew this would fool the incompetent morons, and allow the true files to be seen by the world.
Lol did they digitally put black on top? Wasn't this a very old gotcha like 20yrs ago. I heard of this amateur level redaction before.
Could have been deliberate to undermine an authoritarian regime instructing them to cover things up.
Could be, or it could be because a lot of high-profile people were replaced with yes men who aren’t actually qualified. Either way it’s a positive.
The ineptitude of this administration is both comical and concerning. Though, I do hope someone in the FBI did this on purpose. May they never be found out if they did 😂
It is definitely on purpose. I know the FBI's reputation has been dragged through the mud with the current administration and Patel at the helm, but they employ some of the world's most skilled cyber specialists and the fact they're able to properly censor or redact classified documents literally all the time, makes me think this was done on purpose. Enough to fool the current administration, but for everyone else to still be able to get the info.
Yup, FBI may be incompetent in some parts, but censoring documents is a thing they've been doing for hundreds of thousands of time. They should at least know how to do this properly.
I think they may have actually drawn black rectangles instead of using the Adobe redaction feature lol
They might have also used the Adobe redaction feature but forgot the second step. IIRC, in Adobe, you go into the redaction tool and black out the text, but then you have to go into the redaction tool and select something like "apply all redactions" and this scrubs the text from the text layer.
Wow - I can just copy and paste the document into notepad, and see it all unredacted. Haha.
This is EXACTLY what I was hoping they would do. God bless indeed.
Weaponized incompetence. Resistance comes in many flavors. Let’s take our country and world back. Decency matters. 💪🏼🌍🖖🏼
Are you serious?
Absolutely
Government exhibit 1/2022.03.17-1%20Exhibit%201.pdf)
First : Open the attached link and scroll down to item #203. Second: Copy the content (you may need to include the end of #202 and the beginning of #206). Third: Paste the copied (redacted) text into ms word.
The method also works on other redacted sections.
EDIT: Complete DOJ's Epstein file release into searchable PDFs can be downloaded here: https://archive.org/details/combined-all-epstein-files/DataSet_1_COMPLETE.pdf
Incredible stupidity on their part. I just tried it and it actually works! Thank you for this help with transparency 👏
Lol!! The one time Patel wanted to get his hands dirty and do some real police work 🤣
Honestly that's one of the most insulting things about this administration. Not only do they constantly lie, but they're consistently awful at it.
Holy fuck it actually works
Those poor victims. Weren’t there names and even naked pics of victims in the redacted documents?? Edit: I mean “underage girls” when I say “victims “ - Not sure why this deserves downvotes? I’m a proponent for the full release of all documents. That doesn’t mean I can’t also be sad for the underage women and have empathy.
I have no idea but maybe the FBI selectively fudged the redaction of some things whilst keeping sensitive identifying info re victims properly redacted. I haven’t checked.
I haven’t looked through all the docs myself but I’ve seen people comment that the victim names are still redacted. If so, that definitely points to this being an intentional decision rather than incompetence. Even in the main doc shown in this post, some things are still truly redacted.
They are either really dumb or did this on purpose.
Yep that works...
This comment needs to be further up, and someone in r/datahoarder should copy/paste the files quickly before the administration catches wind of it and tries to stop it.
Is it all accessible Like this or is it just some pages?
I've tried it on pages that didn't work
Thanks - have to try this on my ‘puter after work tonight.
Omg this worked just now and I was pasting into Google Docs.
https://preview.redd.it/a1eml8mfzw8g1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=d315df3832947d6417c65c5e5c1307314626eebd
I think there are folks furiously c & p ing the whole thing. Eff you, Pammy.
No way 🤣🤣 that is on another level of incompetence I wouldn’t expect even from this admin. To be fair perhaps some heroic person or people did it accidentally on purpose.
It would be interesting to analyze the “redacted” parts to try to determine what they were supposedly trying to hide. Particularly if it is anything other than victim names.
I don't believe that for a second. If anything, it can also be a part of a baiting strategy to sprinkle some misleading information under the "redaction" so that people think they are getting one over on the govt and then won't question what they "unredact"... which is exactly what is happening here. You have no way to actually verify any of this. the fact no one is questioning why the fucking FBI doesn't know how to redact documents and immediately blaming it on incompetence is maddening. C'mon people, pick up a spy novel or something
This right here. Why is anyone trusting documents that Pedonald Frump had his nasty grubby piss hands all over?
Hopefully another agency that isn't a Frump regime will actually release unredacted copies
You asked for miracles, Theo, I give you the F.B.I.
Unfortunately, text pasted into a word document that anyone can edit to say anything isn't going to hold up well in any court. And Trump knew that.
The smile on my face after waking up and reading this comment and the thread that follows, you’d think I woke up to a knobber. Merry Christmas Eve Eve.
I just woke up to read these comments about the easy to remove black boxes.
Do any news sites have articles yet about this, since it is HUGE?!
If so, I can stop sending texts about this to all my friends. If there's nothing in the news, they won't know until I tell them.
Also, perhaps we need a new post, specifically about this.
New post created:
https://www.reddit.com/r/50501/comments/1pts29a/redactions_just_black_boxes_easily_removed/
It wasn't redacted.
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA00016732.pdf
https://github.com/leedrake5/unredact?tab=readme-ov-file
I don't know if they fully released this now but thanks to their incompetence you could access dump 8, despite not being indexed, easily by changing the URL. And this was found on there.
They deleted it a few hours later.
It's still up currently?
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA00016732.pdf
That one appears to have been properly redacted:
From: ' To: "- Cc: ' , " " Subject: RE: Epstein flight records Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 01:29:20 +0000 I believe they are interim). We haven't yet spoken to either. (they're initials, and at least may have changed her name in the From: To: Cc: Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2020 20:28 Subject: Re: Epstein flight records Thanks very much. Who are the two potential Maxwell witnesses? Sent from my iPhone On Jan 7, 2020, at 7:56 PM, wrote: For your situational awareness, wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware), including during the period we would expect to charge in a Maxwell case. In particular, he is listed as a passenger on at least eight flights between 1993 and 1996, including at least four flights on which Maxwell was also present. He is listed as having traveled with, among others and at various times, Marla Maples, his daughter Tiffany, and his son Eric. On one flight in 1993, he and Epstein are the only two listed passengers; on another, the only three passengers are Epstein, Trump, and then-20-year-old On two other flights, two of the passengers, respectively, were women who would be possible witnesses in a Maxwell case. We've just finished reviewing the full records (more than 100 pages of very small script) and didn't want any of this to be a surprise down the road. Assistant U.S. Attorney Southern District of New York EFTA00016732
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The new guy at the fbi used colored highlighters to redact this document.
Who is believing he wasn’t? His base?
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All the idioms I argue with online everyday 🤣
Void(Coffee)zilla and Upper Echelon uploaded some bangers on this topic today. They didn't release all of it.
Where do I find them? Are they on X because I don’t use that platform but I’d like to see what they found
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7i9KdVTFR4
TL;DR; "Who is blank"
Am I the only person who remembered he used the plane during the election?
He used Epstein’s plane?
Yep, he literally used Epstein's actual plane. MAGA wee claiming that they were renting from a company who happened to provide the same plane, but we all know what's up.
I thought he slapped his name on it and still we are debating this bs. It was all shoved in our faces.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/13/trump-jeffrey-epstein-plane
No, and I don’t know why it’s not mentioned more often.
Good question
Someone please make paper copies.
Is there a source for this?
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA00016732.pdf
Thank you!
I wonder how long until they try to pull this one.
I hope the folks at data hoarders snapped this all up before it's "properly" redacted.
Barely knew the guy!
Disgusting.
Who is this district attorney emailing? Not a surprise to who?
That was my question! Who is this email “alerting” ?
That ASA needs to be FIRED and prosecuted.
That's dated 2020. Looks like he really did need to win this election.
Maybe there will be justice for "Katie Johnson"
I think the theory for MAGA now is that he was acting as a FBI informant on the island……
Sure is...
So Trump participated in or at the very least knew about Epstein trafficking women. What a fucking disgrace.
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Where did you find this? Can you share the exhibit code?
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA00016732.pdf
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Are any of us shocked though? "This just in! Fork found in silverware drawer in kitchen with [redacted]!"
So what are we going to DO about it? What's going to HAPPEN? I'm tired of people just sitting around and saying "huh" and then nothing happens
Since January I ’ve been saying that we are extras in a long season of Worlds Dumbest Criminals. It’s scary bc it presents huge risks to our safety and security, but also reassuring to know that they are not smart enough to not get caught. We will unravel the entire trail of fraud, waste, and abuse along with the corruption and every death that can be traced to the actions and decisions of this merit based Idiocracy. When Nuremberg 2029 begins, we will have all the receipts.
I womder if he get his kids involved in whatever he's doing there?
Am I missing something? This says he flew more times than they knew but I don’t see anything about him going to the island. Is that on another email?
Not defending, as I believe the truth will come out. That post doesn’t suggest anything about him being with underage girls, 20 years old is legal.
It says "then 20 year old." There is no telling how long that girl had been flying with them and the implication of the word 'then' is that it had been longer. Epstein was known for grooming teenage girls and keeping them around well into their 20's He wasnt just a sex criminal, he was also in the human trafficking business
Not defending, but the excerpt, is just that, a piece of the puzzle. Speculating of what you don’t see in print is dangerous. We need to see all of it together.
if you have to say "not defending" twice, you're probably defending
Come off it, man. Poison fruit ruins the entire batch.
I am sure it will all come out in the wash. We know he is a slime ball. I am just saying the excerpt doesn’t prove anything.
It proves he traveled to the island repeatedly
Which is a piece of the puzzle, and a good one, but entirely circumstantial to a crime we can convict him for.
I want him convicted. This is not enough in any court of law, where a half-decent attorney can remind a jury about reasonable doubt.
We need more pieces for the law. (Nothing is going to convince his core cultists at this point.)
Nothing will get Trump convicted at this point….you think Pam Bondi is gonna bring up charges against Trump? She has seen every last bit of this Epstein thing and still does his bidding. 11 months, the citizens of your country have got to hold the ship together for 11 more months, figure out what Elon and Theil and all those other rat bastards did to mess with 2024 so they don’t repeat it in 2026 and hope that midterms go well. I have faith you guys can do it…good luck.
He'll be convicted. It just has to be after we kick him out.
“A pedophile must serve his full term as president” is not part of the constitution.
I get downvoted when I apply logic to something the emotional side of me disagrees with, too. I agree, this is lackluster as evidence, but hopefully is just a piece of the evidence.
And as much as I want Trump convicted, I want them ALL convicted. I'm trying to not focus just on what suits my bias here.
Have you not read the testimonials of young girls that were KEPT on the island? They didn't always fly in with the men, they were kept hostage on the island. We also know the Underage girls were not always listed in the flight logs from other documents.