They must have had this bill ready before hand.
Urbansurvival...
Please omit everything to this point if you publish this - just some background for you. Edit the rest as you see fit & keep me out of it ... my heartfelt thanks in advance.
My co-worker's brother was across the street from bomb #2, waiting for his girlfriend who was in the race. It was close to the time she was expected to appear, so he was one of those shooting video with his cell phone prior to the explosion.
Luckily neither he nor his girlfriend were close enough to be injured. Sometimes running slower has it's advantages.
Anyway, DHS came to brothers' house later (Thursday, I think), moved the video from his cell phone to his computer, questioned him a bit, then took their copy & left after several hours.
Brother swears they did not erase the file from his computer, though they 'had to' remove it from his cell phone to put it on his computer (wait - did I just step in something?).
The video, from co-workers' account, didn't show the person who dropped the backpack, but it did show the backpack at some point before the explosion.
So, he goes to view the video on his computer the next day - no file.
No file anywhere. Gone, gone gone.
Did they put in a Trojan Horse or some other back door? Pardon my rather stylish tinfoil hat cocked at an amusing, if somewhat rakish angle (RSTFHCAAAISRA), but I'm pretty sure the DHS made sure of that.
If I was him, I'd be nuking the HDD with a minimum of a 3-pass DOD-level wipe and re-installing everything & restoring from backups - not to mention getting a new cell phone & number.
Lesson learned: If you have a file of potential value like that, get it on a thumb drive/CD/DVD or three & mail them to several trustworthy folks and yourself (& maybe get it on YouTube if you feel adventurous) before you let anybody official know you have it.
Then just give them the damned phone at their office & walk away. Best regards... [name withheld on request]