Missing FBI Text Messages Have Been Located

The missing text messages from a critical five-month period between Trump-bashing FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, who both served on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team, have been located by the Department of Justice.

In a letter sent to congressional committees, Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz said his office “succeeded in using forensic tools to recover text messages from FBI devices, including text messages between Mr. Strzok and Ms. Page that were sent or received between December 14, 2016 and May 17, 2017.”

Horowitz sent his letter confirming the discovery of texts to Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who had inquired about the messages.

“Our effort to recover any additional text messages is ongoing,” Horowitz added quoted by Fox News. “We will provide copies of the text messages that we recover from these devices to the Department so that the Department’s leadership can take any management action it deems appropriate.”


Peter Strzok and Lisa Page

This confirms a report from last night  according to which the DOJ was in the process of recovering the five months worth of missing text messages between the two FBI employees. And, as asked last night, "here's a big question tonight: was the deputy FBI director, Andrew McCabe cell phone impacted by this so-called glitch? McCabe, he was Lisa Page's boss, and both she and Strzok talked about "the insurance policy in Andy's office," we believe that was McCabe."

As reported previously, more than 50,000 texts were exchanged between Strzok and Page, Attorney General Jeff Sessions revealed Monday, with some 5 months worth of communications reportedly "lost."

Two days ago the DOJ announced it had launched a probe into the missing texts.

“We will leave no stone unturned to confirm with certainty why these text messages are not now available to be produced and will use every technology available to determine whether the missing messages are recoverable from another source,” AG Jeff Sessions said in a statement. “If we are successful, we will update the congressional committees immediately.”

In an amusing twist in which the FBI tried to blame the lost messages on Samsung, officials said that thousands of FBI cellphones were affected by the technical glitch that apparently prevented those Strzok and Page messages from being stored or uploaded into the bureau’s archive system.

The five-month stretch of missing messages covers a period of time that includes President Donald Trump's inauguration, the firings of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and FBI Director James Comey and the standing-up of former FBI Director Mueller as special counsel to investigate alleged Trump campaign collusion with Russian officials during the 2016 election.

Comments

Itinerant Beam Me Up Scotty Jan 25, 2018 3:48 PM Permalink

Could be. The chance that they are recovering these messages from the devices (forensic tools) seems pretty remote -- how many erased text messages would you find under memory that has been reallocated for whatever (caching music, etc)? There would be very little coherent to glean from such a long period. On the other hand, the excuse about backups not being possible because of software issues precludes finding them elsewhere. Of course the NSA might have them all on tap... The chances of getting any honest technical information that others can judge is apparently very low with all these FBI related affairs. 

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RAT005 SethPoor Jan 25, 2018 6:14 PM Permalink

My experience is the SJW type look for validation by demonstrating their concern for the cause.  Then who can be the most concerned, it's like a game.  I suspect she looked to demonstrate her commitment to the cause to impress the older guy and he made it sexual towards turning her allegiance to the cause as allegiance to him.  She let herself get drawn in hoping there was some upside for her.  What kind of intimate relationship sends hundreds of political texts back and forth every day?  I'm sure he egged her on, and she did what she was misled to think was best.  She's that stupid, and he's that demonstrative.

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earleflorida phaedrus 1952 Jan 25, 2018 5:22 PM Permalink

'911' was a cover-up by the FBI.

FBI Agent CT John O'Neill was fed-up with FBI Freeh for leading him in circles and shortly after because of the heat created by O'Neill Freeh resigned! Freeh's #2 guy took over in the interim til Bush got his man, being Mueller.

O'Neill retired (forced-out?) took the job as the new security chief as the just bought (turnover purchase by another party was taking possession) WTC.

On his first official day '911' happened!

O'neill had asked for anti-aircraft guns to be placed on top of the WTC's' for the insurance clause was litigated with a clause for airplanes crashing into it!?!

Thusly, the WTCs were fully insured!

O'neill's body disappears, and was never found in the incident (last seen helping survivors escape)

The FBIs top management had done everything psooible to stall O'neill's investigation from Yemen's al-Qaeda hub HQ via the strongarm of a Ms.___  ____ whom was the USA's Amb.. The trail went cold!

Ref:         https://www.wanttoknow.info/020114johnoneillfbi911wtcsecurity

This was only the tip of the ice`burg!

The people at the TOP are rotten to the core, while true agents were misinformed, stalled, delayed, or just kept out of the loop,... as in today.

Tis a sad tale that the whole should be tainted by these [select] political appointees, that are traitors and murderers! 

 

 

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Antifaschistische Beam Me Up Scotty Jan 25, 2018 5:16 PM Permalink

First of all...there is NO chance that these txt messages were "lost".  ZERO.

The FBI does NOT have second rate 'systems' for data management and they do not hire tire two technical staff.

Secondly, even deleting data...from ALL the relevant places would take a considerable effort and would require collusion from multiple disciplines within the IT arena.

An equally qualified forensic data team needs to descend on the FBI immediately...and people need to go to jail.  I guarantee there were laws broken in this little game.

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TemporarySecurity IH8OBAMA Jan 25, 2018 3:13 PM Permalink

Most likely the recycle bin. 

Criminals have never been all that thorough at covering up but if you are at the federal level these people are you also have the added belief you are above the law.  The FBI are more trusted than the IRS and nobody went to jail t here.  I am not going to hold my breath for anything other than a possible firing with a lucrative private sector job afterwards.

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Theosebes Goodfellow IH8OBAMA Jan 25, 2018 5:44 PM Permalink

~" So where did they find these missing text messages?"~

Office of the IG has had them since August, 2017. So says Michael E. Horowitz. He's had all of them since them. I'm not sure what the drama is all about, (as far as the emails being available).

Holder long ago tried to handcuff (figuratively speaking), Horowitz (as OIG). To understand the relationship between Horowitz and Holder, here is a Crowd Source the Truth post from a doctor who lays out the information, at least as of Jan 1th, 2018 about the OIG, Holder and the possession of the FBI text messages.

Balance that with a UTube post from another group that proclaims Horowitz the tool of Satan or something close to that, whose link was posted by another ZH reader when I sang Horowitz's praises. Bear in mind, anytime you show anything but utter distain for a Jew around here you are going to get your hat handed to you. To a certain demographic here on ZH there are no good Jews, or even someone whith a Jewish sounding name. Lector Emptor. You get to decide.

~" Were they up Obama's ass with everything else he is trying to hide? "~

No, that's Reggie Love. Oops, sorry. You weren't being metaphorical, were you? /s

 

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