| This article is Part Three of the blog Examining a Leaked Criminal Warrant for Apple iCloud Data in a High Profile Case. See here for Part 1 and Part 2. This last part of this blog will conclude the Application review, focus on the dangers of too much online information, the dangers of Pacer, suggestions for its reform, the complex transparency of online court records, privacy rights and speculation on how the leak to the API in this case could have happened. That’s a lot to cover, so let’s get going and move fast. |
Information To Be Seized by the Government
In Attachment B to the Application, Section III, paragraph 11, entitled Information to the Seized by the Government, the DOJ describes what the DOJ’s search team will be permitted to seize from the three iCloud accounts. It refers back to prior Information To Be Disclosed by the Provider Section II, and states.
All information described above in Section II.10.a. that constitutes evidence, contraband, fruits, or instrumentalities of violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act , 22 U.S.C. 611, et seq., restrictions on former officers of the Executive Branch, 18 U.S.C. 207(f), obstruction of justice , 18 U.S.C. 1512(c), aiding and abetting, 18 U.S.C. 2(a), and...
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