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Next, they pasted the copied information into another text document, at which time the hidden text in the PDF document magically appeared, not obscured by the black boxes in the PDF document. When testing the effectiveness of redactions in the Manafort PDF documents, the curiosity seekers first copied the text and redactions from the redacted document. Here is how the media sleuths could see behind the black redaction boxes. One way to test the effectiveness of a redacted PDF document is by using a technique that nearly all word processing users know-copy and paste. How the Media Discovered the Redaction Failures They were replaced later with properly redacted pleadings. The pleadings were quickly removed from public access. The above redaction failures caused significant embarrassment. Kilimnik related to the 2016 presidential campaign. Manafort lied about sharing polling data with Mr. The same is true with regard to the Government's allegation that Mr. Manafort was unable to recall specific details prior to having his recollection refreshed. Manafort's mind during the period at issue and it is not surprising at all that Mr. Issues and communications related to Ukrainian political events simply were not at the forefront of Mr. Manafort explained to the Government attorneys and investigators that he would have given the Ukrainian peace plan more thought, had the issue not been raised during the period he was engaged with work related to the presidential Case 1:17-cr-00201-ABJ Document 471 Filed 01/08/19 of 10 6 campaign. In fact, during a proffer meeting held with the Special Counsel on September 11, 2018, Mr. It is not uncommon, however, for a witness to have only a vague recollection about events that occurred years prior and then to recall additional details about those events when his or her recollection is refreshed with relevant documents or additional information. Kilimnik met while they were both in Madrid.)) Kilimnik had traveled to Madrid on the same day that Mr.
Manafort "conceded" that he discussed or may have discussed a Ukraine peace plan with Mr. 460 at 5 (After being shown documents, Mr. Kilimnik were lies to the OSC attorneys and investigators. Manafort's initial responses to inquiries about his meetings and interactions with Mr. The Government concludes from this that Mr. The italicized reverse print portions of the below text are the redaction failures, which appeared totally obliterated by black rectangular boxes in the original PDF filing. The actual pleadings filed by Manafort's lawyers were PDF documents that appeared to contain redactions because parts of the documents displayed blacked-out passages (i.e., rectangular black boxes).īelow are two redaction failures in the Manafort filing. The redaction failures revealed that (1) Manafort and Kilimnik had a meeting in Madrid, (2) Manafort shared Trump presidential campaign polling data with Kilimnik about the 2016 campaign, and (3) Manafort and his former Russian business partner discussed a Ukraine peace plan. In this instance, the redaction failures revealed new details about Manafort's ties to his former Russian business partner, Konstantin Kilimnik, whom the FBI said had active ties to Russian intelligence. The pleadings were filed to explain why certain statements made by Manafort were due to inadvertence or faulty memory, and not lies as alleged by the Office of Special Counsel. The pleadings were filed by Manafort's lawyers in response to an allegation that Manafort violated his plea agreement by lying to federal investigators. The redaction failures disclosed information to the public that was previously confidential or unknown. The redaction failure episode that caused me to write another column on this subject occurred earlier this year when numerous news outlets reported that lawyers for former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort failed to properly redact pleadings they filed in federal court.
I wrote about this problem in technology columns published in 20. There are many resources to provide those lessons, including a huge number of online sites. The purpose of this column is to remind our profession of the embarrassment that can occur when anyone submits a "redacted" document to the public that does not protect the confidential information the attempted redaction intended to keep secret.
I do not intend this column as an instructional piece on redaction competence. Although redaction is a simple concept, it has taken on new significance and become a digital-age nemesis, where readers can access what you thought you deleted or obscured.
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