James Beck's Racial Profiling

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1) Introduction This report is being written by Department of Homeland Security forensic examiner James Beck, regarding the investigation of Anwar Tsarni. Anwar is a Chechen native, and a known associate of Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, and has traveled to an area known for its terrorist training camp. After surveillance it is believed that he may be involved in planning a terrorist attack. He is currently working as a graduate teaching assistant at George Mason University, located at 10900 University Blvd Manassas, VA 20110. A search warrant was executed at his office where many materials were seized. Among those things that were taken was a flash drive. This flash drive fell under the electronic recording materials listed in the search warrant. This report covers the processes and findings of the previously mentioned flash drive. The first step is to make sure that the image file was not tampered with in any way. This is done by calculating the hash value of the image, both before and after the image is …show more content…

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