Search Warrant Served on Google for WikiLeaks Journalist Joseph Farrell's Personal Data in US Government "Espionage" Probe WikiLeaks release: January 25, 2015 Keywords: Google, warrant, WikiLeaks, Joseph Farrell, Espionage Act, search, seize, United States, United Kingdom, Grand Jury, CFAA, Conspiracy, data, privacy, journalist, communications, email Restraint: Originally: Contempt of court; Now: Still under seal but target can distribute Title: Notification from Google / Search and Seize Warrant Date: December 23, 2014 Group: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Author: The Honorable John F. Anderson – United States Magistrate Judge Link: http://wikileaks.org/google-warrant Pages: 4 Description On 23 December, 2014, Joseph Farrell, Section Editor at the publishing organisation WikiLeaks since 2010, received notice from Google Inc. that her Google account(s) had been subject to a search and seize warrant for a matter pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, which is conducting an ongoing "espionage" probe with the US Department of Justice into WikiLeaks and its publisher, Julian Assange. The warrant demands that all information pertaining to the account(s) be handed to the US government, including email contents, metadata, contact addresses, draft emails, deleted emails, and log-in IP addresses. The warrant was issued to seize "evidence" related to the alleged violation of US federal laws, including violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. §1030) and 18 U.S. Code §793, also known as the United States Espionage Act. From: usernotice@google.com Date: 23 December 2014 08:17:18 GMT Subject: [2-3042000005569] Notification from Google To: Dear Google has received the attached legal process for information related to your account in a matter pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The legal process was initially subject to a nondisclosure or ?gag? order that prohibited Google from disclosing the existence of the legal process to you. The Court has since issued a second order permitting Coogle to disclose to you a redacted version of the legal process. Under the terms of the order, you are permitted to disclose these materials to whomever you choose. To comply with the law, Coogle has provided responsive documents pursuant to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. See 18 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. If you have questions regarding this matter, we encourage you to contact your attorney as Coogle is not in a position to provide you with legal advice or discuss the substance of the process in our possession. Regards, Google Inc. Legal Investigations Support AD 93 (Kev and Semne Warrant I. EATES DISTRICT COURT for the Eastern District of Virginia In the Matter ol'the Search I "Brmfiy describe the property to be at: rtm'a' or tilt-mm the per: on by name and a . in?) Case No. 12123W 00601308! SE. AND SEIZURE WARRANT that is stored at premises controlled t: Cioogle. Inc. To: Any authorized law ent?orcemeti of?cer An application by a federal law :n :?orccment of?cer or an attorney for the government requests the search of the following person or property Ice; ed in the Northern District of palifornia (identify the person or describe the property to i. stare information associated with the e-mail an :irass that is stored at premises owned. malntalned. controlled, or operated by G: mile, inc.. as further descdbed In Attachment A. The person or property to be se 3 ?ched, described above. is believed to conceal (Merritt; :hc person or the property to be seized): fmits. evidence and instrumentalities of olations of 18 U.S.C. 371, 641. 793(d). 793(9), and 1030. I ?nd that the or an: recorded testimony, establish probable cause to search and seize the person or property. YOU ARE COMMANDRD execute this warrant on or before (no! to 14 titty!) $111 the daytime 6:00 am. to 10 at any time in the day or night as 1 ?nd reasonable cause has been established. Unless delayed notice is author ueri below, you must give a copy of the warrant and a receipt for the property taken to the person from whom, or frorr whose premises, the property was taken. or leave the copy and receipt at the place where the property was taken. the olTieer executing. this warn it, or an o?iccr present during the execution of the warrant. must prepare an inven try as requir?y and rum l_v rn this warrant and inventory to United States Magistrate Judge 49. - (name) (3 1 ?nd that immediate noti?cation may have an adverse result listed in 18 2705 (except for delay of trial), and authorize the of?cer execu: ny this warrant to delay notice to the person who. or whose property, will be searched Ol' seized (chick the appropriate in Dior days (rm! to arrwd 30) 'Itintil, the facts-justifying, the later 5 Dateandtimeissued:_ Zig,h\L_ . .wl Judge's .cig'nqr?lc" cilie date of City and state: Alexandna. Virgi ta . The Ijonorable_John_ Anderson {United States Magistrate_Judge Printed "um: and title A Property to Be Searched This warrant applies to it'ormation associated with?that is stored at premises omtcd. mair aided, controlled. or operated by Uoogle, Inc.. a company headquartered at 1600 Amphitl ~atre Parkway, Mountain View, CA. l-or the above-listed ace. unt, Google. Inc. is required to disclose the f'ollowing information to the povcriunent: a. The contents ofa e-mttils associated with the account. including stored or preserved copies ole-mails sen. to and from the account, draft e-mails. deleted e-mails. emails preserved pursuant to a request made under 18 USC. 2703(0, the Source and destination addresses associated with each i; ?nail. the date and time at which each e-mail was sent, and the size and length of each e-mail; b. All records or at? er information regarding the identi?cation of the account, to include full name, physical addii cs2, telephone numbers and other identi?ers, records of session times and durations, the date on which the account was created, the length of service, the types of service utili7ed, the IP address 1 cc to register the account. iog-in IP addresses associated with session times and dates. account status, alternative e-mail addresses prox ided during registration, methods of connecting, log ?les. and means and source of payment (including. any credit or bank account number); c. All records or otl information stored at any time by an individual using the account, including address book. contact and buddy lists. calendar data, pictures. and liles, and including, any deleted informm ml and any inl?ornmtiun prcs'crwd purx?uant to a reques?l made under IR d. All pcrl. ining lo wmmuniculiom (?iooglc. Inc. and pcer rcg:mhny1ho account, includil with :uppurl scrviccs and nfucliom taken.