[LittleLinda]

I may be wrong in my recollection, but wasn’t Weiner caught because the NYPD traced his sexting to a minor online and in real time? I don’t think he actually lost physical control of his laptop until the NYPD took it from him.

The story with Hunter is that he gave it to a repair shop and then failed to retrieve it, and the terms of the repair agreement allowed the shop to own it after a period of abandonment.

It seems so reckless that I’m not sure what to believe. But then ... meth addict.

[greeneyes]

I may be wrong in my recollection, but wasn’t Weiner caught because the NYPD traced his sexting to a minor online and in real time? I don’t think he actually lost physical control of his laptop until the NYPD took it from him.
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Well that was initially what was thought, but then it turned out that some company had the laptop-IIRC. Can’t recall the details and it’s really hard to know at this point whut the heck the truth is—I think it’s that Art of War methodology.

[stylin19a]

I don’t think he actually lost physical control of his laptop until the NYPD took it from him.

The NYPD never had the laptop. They may have had access to it via the DOJ warrant but they themselves never had the laptop.

Weiner turned in his devices including his laptop to Granite Intelligence LLC on September 23, 2016. The FEDS got these devices from Granite via 09/26/2016 search & seizure warrant.