Convar WTC Data Recovery
| Tracking # |
A-2024-01440 1627673-000 |
| Submitted | April 3, 2024 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Alan
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
FBI records concerning Convar WTC hard drive data recovery:
"It's possible to read the individual drive surfaces, and then create a virtual drive," said Peter Wagner, a spokesman for the company, a subsidiary of U.K.-based Convar Europe Ltd."
"When Convar discovers encryption keys on a drive, indicating a financial record, it saves the information and hands it over to its U.S. clients, who are in turn cooperating with the FBI, he said."
https://edition.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/12/20/wtc.harddrives.idg/
https://pictures.reuters.com/archive/CONVAR-PBEAHUKVNBA.html
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Alan
From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
There are eFOIA files available for you to download.
From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
There are eFOIA files available for you to download.
From: Alan
Thank you for your assistance,
Please conduct another review of all FBI 9/11 financial related investigations and all financial investigation records involving "Germany, WTC, and hard-drives". Extensive written, photographic, and video evidence exists concerning the Convar WTC data recovery.
FBI records on Pg. 11 of "Memorandum for the Record (MFR) of the Interview of FBI Briefing on Trading of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Conducted by Team 4" mention "WTC, Germany, and hard-drives":
pg. 11:
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There are eFOIA files available for you to download.
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From: Alan
Thank you again for your assistance,
Please conduct another final search for FBI records mentioning DoD shipments to the following address:
CONVAR Deutschland GmbH
Massachusetts Avenue, 4600
66953 Pirmasens
(Germany)
Phone +49 (0)6331 / 268 168
Fax: +49 (0)6331 / 268 299
Email: » info@datenretter.de
Please search for FBI records of DoD shipment records possibly via "DHL Worldwide Express" for IBM Ultrastar hard drives (photos attached)
Review Convar "Research Photos" from the Convar recovery clean room including "head-crash" data(attached)
https://web.archive.org/web/20101027090442/http://datenretter.de/images.htm?po=0&media=2&language=1
https://web.archive.org/web/20101027090254/http://datenretter.de/audio.htm?po=0&media=3&language=1
https://web.archive.org/web/20020602022203/http://www.datenretter.de/presse/default.htm
Search for any records mentioning Datenretter/ Convar director Peter Henschel and Peter Wagner, a spokesman for the company, a subsidiary of U.K.-based Convar Europe Ltd.
https://edition.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/12/20/wtc.harddrives.idg/
https://www.presseportal.de/pm/25171/378819
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