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Epstein Survivors Amend Their Lawsuit Filed Against The U.S. Government (Part 5) (10/12/26) · The Vault: The Epstein Files

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  Speaker 1: What's up everyone and welcome to another episode of the
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  Speaker 1: Epstein Chronicles. In this episode, we're going to dive right
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  Speaker 1: back in to that amended lawsuit filed by the Epstein
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  Speaker 1: survivors against the FBI, the DOJ, and the United States government. F.
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  Speaker 1: Following the federal non-prosecution agreement, Epstein continued to abuse and
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  Speaker 1: traffic children until 2019. After his 2008 non-prosecution agreement, the
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  Speaker 1: FBI knew that Epstein orchestrated visas and passports for children.
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  Speaker 1: After that non-prosecution agreement, the FBI knew about suspicious banking
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  Speaker 1: activity and large cash withdrawals. Those payments funded Epstein's sex
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  Speaker 1: trafficking operation. The FBI also knew that Epstein possessed CSAM.
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  Speaker 1: For another decade, the FBI did nothing. Finally, on July 6, 2019,
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  Speaker 1: Epstein was arrested for sex trafficking of children and conspiracy.
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  Speaker 1: Epstein died in jail. on August 10, 2019, from an
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  Speaker 1: apparent suicide before the case could be prosecuted. His co-conspirator,
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  Speaker 1: Ghislaine Maxwell, was convicted of sex trafficking, which felony conviction
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  Speaker 1: was affirmed on September 17, 2024. For decades, the FBI
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  Speaker 1: knew that Epstein possessed CSAM and sexually abused and trafficked girls.
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  Speaker 1: Epstein was never prosecuted for possessing CSAM. And for decades,
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  Speaker 1: despite several victims, banks, and other law enforcement agencies relying
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  Speaker 1: on them to investigate and stop Epstein, it negligently failed
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  Speaker 1: to do so. The defendant itself has conceded that this
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  Speaker 1: was not discretionary judgment. For example, during the Office of
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  Speaker 1: Professional Responsibility Investigation, Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska stated, letting
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  Speaker 1: a well-connected billionaire get away with child rape and international
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  Speaker 1: sex trafficking isn't poor judgment, it's a disgusting failure. That
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  Speaker 1: disgusting failure resulted from the FBI's negligence and its failure
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  Speaker 1: to follow mandatory policy and protocol about how to handle
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  Speaker 1: CSAM sexual abuse and trafficking investigations. Many of the FBI's
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  Speaker 1: policies and procedures are heavily redacted or classified. Still... Based
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  Speaker 1: on publicly available protocols, it's clear that the FBI violated
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  Speaker 1: mandatory policies and procedures. Many of the FBI's mandatory policies
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  Speaker 1: and procedures are stored in the Manual of Investigative Operations
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  Speaker 1: and Guidelines, or MIOG. The MIOG dictates that all investigations
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  Speaker 1: of crime-related or crimes-related activity shall be undertaken in accordance
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  Speaker 1: with one or more of these guidelines. The FBI must
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  Speaker 1: conduct preliminary inquiries and investigations to prevent, detect, and prosecute
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  Speaker 1: federal law violations. Prelim inquiries and investigations governed by these
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  Speaker 1: guidelines are conducted for the purpose of preventing, detecting, or
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  Speaker 1: prosecuting violations of federal law. The FBI violated this mandatory
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  Speaker 1: policy here by failing to conduct prelim inquiries and investigations
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  Speaker 1: into Jeffrey Epstein to prevent, detect, and prosecute his ongoing
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  Speaker 1: sex crimes and as reported to the FBI in 1996
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  Speaker 1: by Ms. Farmer and 2005 by Ms. Christensen. Per the
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  Speaker 1: 1991 MIOG, most obscene matter cases required the interview of
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  Speaker 1: the abuser. During the course of the investigation of most
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  Speaker 1: obscene matter cases, it becomes necessary to interview the subject
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  Speaker 1: and obtain obscene evidence from him or her. The obscene
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  Speaker 1: evidence was obtainable by search warrant interview with the person,
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  Speaker 1: and other means. The FBI violated this mandatory policy here
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  Speaker 1: by not interviewing the abuser Jeffrey Epstein when his child
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  Speaker 1: pornography was reported to the FBI by Ms. Farmer in 1996.
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  Speaker 1: The FBI also initiated the Innocent Images National Initiative in 1995.
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  Speaker 1: This was an initiative specifically focused on cracking down on
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  Speaker 1: the creation and possession of child pornography. The FBI had
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  Speaker 1: a non-discretionary obligation to governed by established protocol in the MIOG,
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  Speaker 1: including from the Innocent Images National Initiative in 95 and elsewhere,
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  Speaker 1: to handle and investigate tips concerning potential and ongoing underage
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  Speaker 1: child erotica, rape, sex with minors, and human trafficking in
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  Speaker 1: a reasonable manner, and to act against Jeffrey Epstein to
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  Speaker 1: prevent him from committing repeated crimes. The FBI has mandatory
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  Speaker 1: policies in the MIOG. arising from the Innocent Images National
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  Speaker 1: Initiative in 1995 and elsewhere, which require agents to investigate
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  Speaker 1: every allegation of possession of CSAM. Upon information and belief,
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  Speaker 1: MIOG policy require FBI agents to draft an FD-71 form
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  Speaker 1: and then conduct an investigation of every allegation of possession
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  Speaker 1: of CSAM. The FBI violated these mandatory policies here by
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  Speaker 1: neither drafting an FD-71 form nor investigating the allegations that
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  Speaker 1: Epstein possessed child pornography. The FBI has mandatory policies in
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  Speaker 1: the MIOG arising from the Innocent Images National Initiative in
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  Speaker 1: 1995 and elsewhere, which require agents to investigate every allegation
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  Speaker 1: of child sexual abuse. Upon information and belief, MIOG policy
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  Speaker 1: requires FBI agents to draft an FD-71 form and then
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  Speaker 1: conduct an investigation of every allegation of child sex abuse.
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  Speaker 1: The FBI has mandatory policies in the MIOG arising from
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  Speaker 1: the Innocent Images National Initiative in 95, which require agents
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  Speaker 1: to investigate every allegation of child sexual trafficking. Upon information
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  Speaker 1: and belief, MIOG policies require FBI agents to draft an
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  Speaker 1: FD-71 form and then conduct an investigation of every allegation
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  Speaker 1: of every allegation of child sex abuse. The FBI violated
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  Speaker 1: These mandatory policies here, by neither drafting an FD71 form
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  Speaker 1: nor investigating the allegations that Epstein committed sex abuse. These
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  Speaker 1: aforementioned FBI policies found in the MIOG, including those arising
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  Speaker 1: from the Innocent Images National Initiative in 95 and elsewhere,
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  Speaker 1: are not discretionary. These policies required action by FBI agents.
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  Speaker 1: Those requirements to investigate also mandate necessary steps during each investigation,
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  Speaker 1: such as conducting a detailed interview of the complainant and
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  Speaker 1: investigating the accused. The FBI violated these mandatory policies by
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  Speaker 1: not conducting interviews nor investigating Epstein until 10 years after
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  Speaker 1: the agency received its first reports of Epstein's sex abuse
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  Speaker 1: and trafficking. It's widely known in the FBI that allegations
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  Speaker 1: of possession of child pornography, child sex abuse, and sex
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  Speaker 1: trafficking require urgent attention and as those crimes will typically
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  Speaker 1: continue unless stopped by the FBI. The FBI violated its
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  Speaker 1: duty to plaintiffs and failed to comply with its own
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  Speaker 1: mission to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution
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  Speaker 1: of the United States from 1996 through 2019. The FBI
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  Speaker 1: instructs the public to report information about crimes. For example,
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  Speaker 1: on the Contact Us page of the FBI's website, the
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  Speaker 1: FBI instructs concerned citizens to submit a tip to report
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  Speaker 1: suspected criminal activity. The website tells the public, if you
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  Speaker 1: see something, say something. The FBI website says we protect
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  Speaker 1: the American people and uphold the U.S. Constitution. The FBI
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  Speaker 1: website states that the FBI works a case by world-class training, tactics,
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  Speaker 1: science and technology, and intelligence. The FBI's guidebook explains tips
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  Speaker 1: must all be taken seriously and thoroughly evaluated. The Attorney
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  Speaker 1: General Handbook explains that the FBI... has a responsibility to
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  Speaker 1: investigate all violations of federal law that are not exclusively
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  Speaker 1: assigned to another federal agency. The policies emphasize the necessity
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  Speaker 1: for thoroughly handling all Man Act investigations, which broadly criminalizes
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  Speaker 1: sex trafficking. Specifically, the primary step in any sex trafficking
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  Speaker 1: case is to secure a signed statement from the victim,
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  Speaker 1: showing the interstate transportation for prostitution or any sexual activity
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  Speaker 1: for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense.
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  Speaker 1: After that primary step, the FBI manual instructs agents to
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  Speaker 1: secure all possible evidence to corroborate the statement of the
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  Speaker 1: victim by interviewing that individual's relatives and associates and other
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  Speaker 1: persons in a position to give pertinent information and secure
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  Speaker 1: all possible documentary evidence to corroborate the statement of the victim.
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  Speaker 1: When securing that evidence in a sex trafficking case, the
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  Speaker 1: manual also instructs agents about the essential facts to obtain. Specifically,
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  Speaker 1: it's essential for agents to obtain names with aliases, descriptions,
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  Speaker 1: brief personal histories, reputation, marital status, and identification records of
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  Speaker 1: subject and victim. It's also essential to obtain previous acquaintances
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  Speaker 1: and attendant relations between subject and the victim. The FBI
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  Speaker 1: violated each of those mandatory policies in 1996 until Epstein
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  Speaker 1: was finally arrested in 2019. For instance, the FBI... violated
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  Speaker 1: those mandatory policies in response to Maria Farmer's report of
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  Speaker 1: CSAM material, child sexual abuse, and human trafficking to the
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  Speaker 1: FBI in 1996. The FBI violated those mandatory policies when Ms.
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  Speaker 1: Christensen reported there was abuse in 2005. The FBI again
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  Speaker 1: violated each of those mandatory policies when the Florida Palm
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  Speaker 1: Beach Police Department turned their investigation over to the FBI
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  Speaker 1: in 2006. The FBI violated those policies when it learned
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  Speaker 1: a suspicious banking activity linking payment from Epstein's accounts to
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  Speaker 1: minor girls. The FBI continued to violate those policies following
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  Speaker 1: the federal non-prosecution agreement while continuing to learn of evidence
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  Speaker 1: of Epstein's abuse and trafficking. The FBI did not interview
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  Speaker 1: all the victims and failed to provide victim assistance and
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  Speaker 1: concealed reports of a sex trafficking venture. The FBI did
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  Speaker 1: not secure all possible evidence to corroborate the statement of
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  Speaker 1: the victim by interviewing that individual's relatives and associates and
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  Speaker 1: other persons in a position to give pertinent information. The
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  Speaker 1: FBI did not secure all possible documentary evidence to corroborate
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  Speaker 1: the statement of the victim. The FBI did not obtain
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  Speaker 1: names and With aliases, descriptions, brief personal histories, reputation, marital status,
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  Speaker 1: and identification records of all subjects and victims, the FBI
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  Speaker 1: did not obtain previous acquaintances and attendant relations between all
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  Speaker 1: subjects and all victims. Alright folks, we're going to wrap
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  Speaker 1: this one up right here, and in the next episode,
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  Speaker 1: we're going to finish this bad boy off. All the
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