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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
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REPORT OF INVESTIGATION CONTINUATION 
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CASE NUMBER **REDACTED (b)(2)High, (k)(2)**
REPORT NUMBER: 002

The only FTP sites **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** operates either directly or remotely are individual users who have FTP set up. On the reporting Agents notebook, **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** wrote the names of FTP sites he had access to: **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)**.  **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** advised the sites.dat files would be on his computer. 

**REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** stated he has not allowed anyone else to utilize his username and password on any P2P site. 

**REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** advised he connects directly to his P2P and FTP sites. **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** does not use shells nor bouncers. 

**REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** stated he frequents the efnet server. Once he gets in this server, he gets hundreds of servers/channels to include: elitetorrents, etuploaders, et-mods, etstaff, etreleases, and etsupport. 

**REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** advised he is willing to do whatever he can to help the FBI and ICE in future and current investigations. **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** stated he has other P2P/torrent sites in his bookmarks. 

**REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** stated he uses **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** as his login and password to access other torrent sites. 

**REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** advised he stays logged in all the time to ET IRC chat rooms on both his desktop and laptop. 

**REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** stated he has been obtaining copyrighted content for the last 4 to 5 years. **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** got involved in ET about 9 months ago when he stumbled across the site.  **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** talked to the owner of the site and was promoted to moderator.  talked to the owner of the site and was promoted again and now makes decisions such as promotions for ET.  talked to the owner of the site and stated promotions are usually based on rapport and involvement in the group.

**REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** believed there are 100,000 active members of ET. **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** states someone who lives in **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c** and attends **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** is a user within ET. **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** did not know this individual's name.

**REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** originally advised he obtained Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith three minutes after it was released to the public. **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** later stated he obtained it three hours before it was released to the public. 

**REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** advised most movies are available on the internet several months before they are released on dvd. **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** advised music and 


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