Epstein Files Jan 30, 2026 Release - Archived from Justice.gov

xodoh74984@lemmy.world · edit-2 2 days ago

Epstein Files Jan 30, 2026 Release - Archived from Justice.gov

DigitalForensick@lemmy.world · 1 day ago

While I feel hopeful that we will be able to reconstruct the archive and create some sort of baseline that can be put back out there, I also cant stop thinking about the “and then what” aspect here. We’ve see our elected officials do nothing with this info over and over again and I’m worried this is going to repeat itself.

I’m fully open to input on this, but I think having a group path forward is useful here. These are the things I believe we can do to move the needle.

Right Now:

Create a clean Data Archive for each of the known datasets (01-12). Something that is actually organized and accessible.
Create a working Archive Directory containing an “itemized” reference list (SQL DB?) the full Data Archive, with each document’s listed as a row with certain metadata. Imagining a Github repo that we can all contribute to as we work. – File number – Dir. Location – File type (image, legal record, flight log, email, video, etc.) – File Status (Redacted bool, Missing bool, Flagged bool
Infill any MISSING records where possible.
Extract images away from .pdf format, Breakout the “Multi-File” pdfs, renaming images/docs by file number. (I made a quick script that does this reliably well.)
Determine which files were left as CSAM and “redact” them ourselves, removing any liability on our part.

What’s Next: Once we have the Archive and Archive Directory. We can begin safely and confidently walking through the Directory as a group effort and fill in as many files/blanks as possible.

Identify and dedact all documents with garbage redactions, (remember the copy/paste DOJ blunders from December) & Identify poorly positioned redaction bars to uncover obfuscated names
LABELING! If we could start adding labels to each document in the form of tags that contain individuals, emails, locations, businesses - This would make it MUCH easier for people to “connect the dots”
Event Timeline… This will be hard, but if we can apply a timeline ID to each document, we can put the archive in order of events
Create some method for visualizing the timeline, searching, or making connection with labels.

We may not be detectives, legislators, or law men, but we are sleuth nerds, and the best thing we can do is get this data in a place that can allow others to push for justice and put an end to this crap once and for all. Its lofty, I know, but enough is enough. …Thoughts?

ATroubledMaker@lemmy.world · 8 minutes ago

So I know how to do a lot of this and bring something significant insofar as an understanding of both the gravity and volume of things here. Looking through the way everything and anything that has been released has been organized, well, it’s not. This isn’t how an evidence production should ever look.

There is a way to best organize this and to do so how it would be expected for the presentation of a catalog of digital evidence. I’m aware of this because I’ve done it for years.

But almost if not maybe even more important is that while there are monsters still hidden in these documents, whether released or still held back, there is something else to consider.

Those who are involved and know who the monsters are and can never forget them. Ever.

I took an interest in this specifically because I felt a moral obligation as someone who has been personally affected in this way just not by these specific monsters. However what I do know is the very structure that allows them to roam free, unscathed, even able to sleep at night. What failed to protect those who were harmed also failed me and when I do sleep it is the nightmare that also can never be forgotten.

This resulted in learning how to spot their fuck ups because I knew what they were and had no reason to trust that it would fix itself. With that said the insight of someone who understands this through unfortunate lived experience provides something that cannot be learned and something I hope others will never be forced to.

I have msged a few people. One responded. Just trust me when I say that if you are to work collaboratively, have someone who understands the pain you are just going to be reading.

I will help where it’s needed and it’s needed.

PeoplesElbow@lemmy.world · 20 hours ago

We definitely need a crowdsourced method for going through all the files. I am currently building a solo cytoscape tool to try out making an affiliation graph, but expanding this to be a tool for a community, with authorization to just allow whitelisted individuals work on it, that’s beyond my scope and I can’t volunteer to make such an important tool, but I am happy to offer my help building it. I can convert my existing tool to a prototype if anyone wants to collaborate with me on it. I am an amateur, but I will spend all the Cursor Credits on this.

Wild_Cow_5769@lemmy.world · edit-2 1 day ago

GFD….

My 2 cents. As a father of only daughters…

If we don’t weed out this sick behavior as a society we never will.

My thoughts are enough is enough.

Once the files are gone there is little to 0 chance they are ever public again….

You expect me to believe that a “oh shit we messed up” was accident?

It’s the perfect excuse… so no one looks at the files.

That’s my 2 cents.

DigitalForensick@lemmy.world · 6 hours ago

I’ve been thinking a lot about this whole thing. I don’t want to be worried or fearful here - we have done nothing wrong! Anything we have archived was provided to us directly by them in the first place. There are whispers all over the internet, random torrents being passed around, conspiracies, etc., but what are we actually doing other than freaking ourselves out (myself at least) and going viral with an endless stream of “OMG LOOK AT THIS FILE” videos/posts.

I vote to remove any of the ‘concerning’ files and backfill with blank placeholder PDFS with justification, then collect everything we have so far, create file hashes, and put out a clean + stable archive on everything we have so far. a safe indexed archive We wipe away any concerns and can proceed methodically through blood trail of documents, resulting in an obvious and accessible collection of evidence. From there we can actually start organizing to create a tool that can be used to crowd source tagging, timestamping, and parsing the data. I’m a developer and am happy to offer my skillset.

Taking a step back - Its fun to do the “digital sleuth” thing for a while, but then what? We have the files…(mostly)… Great. We all have our own lives, jobs, and families, and taking actual time to dig into this and produce a real solution that can actually make a difference is a pretty big ask. That said, this feels like a moment where we finally can make an actual difference and I think its worth committing to. If any of you are interested in helping beyond archival, please lmk.

I just downloaded matrix, but I’m new to this, so I’m not sure how that all works. Happy to link up via discord, matrix, email, or whatever.