PRESS RELEASE: 07-05-01

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
Mark McLaughlin
Computer Forensics International
(310) 277-0660
mjm@cf-intl.com

FBI and DC Police Stonewalling Information On Chandra
Levy and Congressman Condit Relationship

Los Angeles, CA - July 5, 2001 - "The laptop, recovered from Chandra Levy's Washington D.C. apartment, should provide answers to her relationship with Congressman Condit, but the FBI and DC Police obviously don't think it's relevant to finding her - or they'd tell us", says Mark McLaughlin, Computer Forensic Examiner and Expert Witness.

"You know Levy and Condit probably sent emails to each other, it's the customary way to communicate within the government. The smoking gun of their relationship would probably be found on Condit's PC. But as the DC Police Chief said, we're not the sex police", McLaughlin adds.

Computer forensic software can recover email or even fragments of messages, even if they're deleted. When a user hits delete, the computer only removes the first character of the filename, leaving the file intact. Overwriting deleted data is the only way information is destroyed, but even then some fragments could remain.

Additionally, there are many hidden areas of data within a PC that computer users don't even know about. Forensic software allows experienced Examiner's, like McLaughlin, to search recovered data for keywords. "I'd simply enter the word Condit, his personal telephone number or any other seemingly private information and it would return each hit of the search term".

Mark McLaughlin has amassed nearly 25 years experience in computer forensic analysis, corporate security investigations, information systems management and law enforcement. He is a California State Bar qualified presenter to attorney's and investigators on computer forensics.