"You can't review 650,000 emails in eight days," Trump said Sunday in a campaign speech in Michigan hours after Comey's latest update to Congress came out. "You can't do it, folks. Hillary Clinton is guilty."
God, he thinks they're stupid.
But fortunately for Comey's eyesight—and for Clinton's presidential campaign—Trump is wrong: the FBI can review hundreds of thousands of emails in a week, using automated search and filtering tools rather than Lynn's absurd notion of Comey reading the documents manually. "This is not rocket science," says Jonathan Zdziarski, a forensics expert who's consulted for law enforcement and worked as a systems administrator. "Eight days is more than enough time to pull this off in a responsible way." One former FBI forensics expert even tells WIRED he's personally assessed far larger collections of data, far faster. "You can triage a dataset like this in a much shorter amount of time," says the former agent, who asked to remain anonymous to avoid any political backlash. "We'd routinely collect terabytes of data in a search. I'd know what was important before I left the guy's house."
FOCUS: Charles Pierce | What to Expect From These Final 48 Hours
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "I would guess the last 48 hours is going to be a frenzy of leaks, counter-leaks, charges, counter-charges, and energetic ratfcking of the professional and amateur varieties, all over a bullshit issue that never should have lasted longer than a single news cycle."
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Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "I would guess the last 48 hours is going to be a frenzy of leaks, counter-leaks, charges, counter-charges, and energetic ratfcking of the professional and amateur varieties, all over a bullshit issue that never should have lasted longer than a single news cycle."
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