State v Bradley Cooper 04-20-2011

[gracielee]

Does a security log look different in a lab building versus his home?

Most, or rather *all* the experts I've heard testify in past trials, have their labs or quarters inspected to be certain their facility and methods meet the standard requirements. Compare it to leaving your child at a registered, inspected daycare facility vs. one that isn't. I don't recall ever hearing an expert witness testify, in a murder case, no less, who hasn't had their facility and methods approved by what ever the standard requirements are for such experts. Another example, such as using a lab for microbiological evidence examination. Means, methods, equipment, in my experience, have always met standard requirements for experts. It would be like me saying, hey, I didn't really use Lab Corp. I used my neighbor guy who has his own microscope. He's a biology major. My youngest daughter, before she became a SAHM, worked in the largest blood lab in the U.S. She is a microbiologist. All their equipment, lab procedures, methods, were regularly inspected and their protocol required to be held to industry standards.

 

[sunshine05]

I get why Kurtz is using this guy instead of a forensic investigator. He is showing how it could be done. Now he made a mistake in that it doesn't look like he will get to show the evidence that it was done. Maybe he can bring the FBI guy back up and get the files that were modified shown and then tie the 2 together.

Yes. That's why I was asking earlier about the blacked-out testimony we missed. Maybe these files/date stamps, etc. were pointed out by Kurtz.

 

[LyndyLoo]

They are claiming this happened during the 27 hours from the time it was seized until the time it was shut down. It was connected to a network during that time and out of Brad's control.

Then it follows, Defense is suggesting the inept investigators, who knew nadda about cell phones much less hacking computers BUT planted this information..and that they also knew Brad was even at Cisco on July 11th, until 130PM before going to lunch, and all before Nancy was identified on July 15th, just a few hours prior to being powered down....Interesting concept.

 

[LAWsy_ME]

i am no computer expert but i think i am seeing a lot of smoke and mirrors and obfuscation

migrating the process???????????????????

 

[Cheyenne130]

I get why Kurtz is using this guy instead of a forensic investigator. He is showing how it could be done. Now he made a mistake in that it doesn't look like he will get to show the evidence that it was done. Maybe he can bring the FBI guy back up and get the files that were modified shown and then tie the 2 together.

You honestly think it was done? Or is he just taking advantage of common things that would be found on computers and trying to make is seem like it could have been done?

 

[Lori59]

Been lurking for awhile now because I'm waiting for something new to discuss in this trial ........quickly wanted to point out..don't for a minute discount how some posters have said they are bored, this is smoke and mirrors etc. The jurors feel the same way I bet. Jurors seem to always use common sense and not be influenced by ANY outrageous excuse to behavior... This case is sounding a lot like Scott Peterson's in offering alternate reasons for suspicious and guilty behavior. JMO

 

[sunshine05]

This would be very compelling if he was using the FBI report to show where/when this occurred. It's a real shame they are blocking that information.

 

[less0305]

"I am now going to kill the process." Hmmmmm, sounds like something Brad would have said.

 

[otto]

I was thinking about the zoom and "tile" reference. Photoshop has a tool that can take a large image, break it into smaller pieces or "tiles" (which are actually larger files). These smaller pieces are used in the zoom process. How it works is that the entire image is on a website but it is loaded as separate tiles, or smaller pieces of the entire image. It can be viewed at various zoom levels. I understood that the FBI determined that someone zoomed into the image because those tiles (smaller pieces of the entire image; larger files) were found on Brad's computer.

My question ... if anyone knows ... is related to google maps. Did the testimony answer the question of whether google maps is always loaded onto the computer as individual tiles (the small pieces of the map that are larger files), or are they not loaded unless someone zooms? I ask because it's my understanding that finding the larger file size, small pieces of the image resulted in the conclusion that Brad zoomed into a specific area.

 

[snowshuze]

IMO, "killing" is not the best word to use, considering he's defending the actions of the defendant.

 

[kljohnson0458]

I think I've reached the point where this testimony is becoming laughable to me. Noone, I mean noone, (JMO) would go to this much trouble to set BC up for the murder of his wife on 7/12. I truly hope that the State will knock Ward's socks off and he stammers himself right off the stand ASAP. I am still a fence sitter and this testimony is proving nothing to me unless BC had some people that truly, truly hated him. This dog don't hunt!

ETA: I don't mean to say I don't believe this witness and that he doesn't know what he's doing. I don't believe someone went to these lengths to set up poor BC.

 

[less0305]

Your sources, please?

Yes, please. I've googled him every which way from here to Sunday and all I find is his linked-in link. I'm waiting to hear about the impeachment information because I think he's got some interesting links where that may be concerned.

 

[ncsu95]

My guess is the defense didn't want any tech people on the jury. They wouldn't want anyone to know how much of a smoke and mirror the Wizard of Oz is creating here. No one to sit back and say, "What??!! This dude is schwaaazzzeeee!" I bet the jury is made up of people much like myself - they hear "blah blah blah blah blah blah blah."

Did you hear blah blah blah when the Cisco expert was testifying about the ways to spoof a call? Serious question, not being "snarky".

 

[otto]

They are claiming this happened during the 27 hours from the time it was seized until the time it was shut down. It was connected to a network during that time and out of Brad's control.

I see ... so the person that did this went to Brad's neighborhood, was lucky to find Brad's computer turned on, and then deposited this search on Brad's machine.

 

[Danielle59]

Nope - search warrant for laptop executed on Cisco office location on 7/21/2008

His laptop was at his home on 7/15 when they secured his house and told him he had to leave. In the search warrant issues on 7/16 item 22 on page 4 indicates "One (1) IBM Thinkpad T43P Laptop Computer" which is his work computer. The SW on 7/21 was for his office at Cisco and any additional electronic communication items.

http://www.wral.com/asset/news/loca...8,_search_warrant_for_104_Wallsburg_Court.pdf

 

[snowshuze]

I can see how Mr Kurtz believes it would take two weeks to present his case.

 

[SleuthinNC]

Your sources, please?

Well we can start with people on here seemed to pretty unanimously like Chris Fry from Cisco, sw him as trustworthy, etc.. Chris Fry holds JW in quite high regard.

JW wrote a Windows Hardening Guide that is considered a Best Practice by FIRST.

 

[ncsu95]

Most, or rather *all* the experts I've heard testify in past trials, have their labs or quarters inspected to be certain their facility and methods meet the standard requirements. Compare it to leaving your child at a registered, inspected daycare facility vs. one that isn't. I don't recall ever hearing an expert witness testify, in a murder case, no less, who hasn't had their facility and methods approved by what ever the standard requirements are for such experts. Another example, such as using a lab for microbiological evidence examination. Means, methods, equipment, in my experience, have always met standard requirements for experts. It would be like me saying, hey, I didn't really use Lab Corp. I used my neighbor guy who has his own microscope. He's a biology major. My youngest daughter, before she became a SAHM, worked in the largest blood lab in the U.S. She is a microbiologist. All their equipment, lab procedures, methods, were regularly inspected and their protocol required to be held to industry standards.

There is a difference here. It's not like dna evidence where you can get contamination from stuff like not using gloves or other cross-contamination ways. He's also using a copy of a hard drive, not the actual hard drive. So if that drive was contaminated in some way (or altered by someone else), other copies and the actual hard drive could be used to prove that. Other than that, he's using a computer to look at data. Whether that computer is in his house, and office, the park, his car, wherever won't change the data that it shows.

 

[Maja]

I see ... so the person that did this went to Brad's neighborhood, was lucky to find Brad's computer turned on, and then deposited this search on Brad's machine.

What search are you referring to?

 

[otto]

I can see how Mr Kurtz believes it would take two weeks to present his case.

The initial projection was 8 weeks, so I suppose we're still on schedule.