Show B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday August 18 2002 WDdI? By Connie Cass Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — Not since the glory days of letter-writin-g before the advent of the telephone have people committed so much revealing stuff to written form as they do in the age of computers All those messages and electronic Tiles are a treasure trove of evidence for law enforcement officers whether they are targeting terrorists crooked CEOs or local drug dealers The challenge for police and prosecutors is learning how to dig up and preserve these electronic gems “Any agent can come in ‘ and look through papers but - not every agent can do a thor- ough computer search" said ' David Green deputy chief of the Justice Department's computer crime section which helps train federal and state investigators Green teaches that a mistake as simple as turning off a computer can wipe away valuable evidence Knowing such basics and the ins and outs of privacy law is essential when electronic evidence may play a role in so many cases “It’s like the gift that keeps on giving” said Tom Greene a deputy attorney general in California one of the states suing Microsoft Corp in an ' Ever wonder how investigators are able to ©“DBDSloll computer data is to take the hard drive and pound it with a hammer and throw it in a furnace” said John Patzakis president of Guidance Software which makes forensic software that helps police find hidden files Even that might not work with which investiga-- as Oliver North learned during the 1980s probe one of the earliest investigations to rely on backup copies antitrust case built largely on computer messages "People are so chatty in revealed the shredding of documents at Arthur Andersen and exposed Merrill Lynch analysts condemn- ing stocks as a “disaster” or a "dog" while publicly touting them to investors sentiments in messages Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh and shoe bomb suspect Richard Reid sent to their mothers were gathered as evidence against them And when Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and killed in Pakistan investigators used from his abductors to : track them down When drug dealers are arrested police search their electronic organizers and cell phones for associates’ names and telephone numbers When someone is accused of molesting a child his computer is searched for child pornography When a company is sued it can be forced to turn over Iran-Cont- ra of electronic messages Deleted Tiles can linger hidden on a computer’s hard drive until that space is overwritten with new information “The best way to get rid of ail thousands of employee ! ! j ' la written even If It is deleted It remains In the Once an computer untii the space it occupies Is overwritten This is true for all the servers the passes through Investigators are for both crlminaJ and dvfl trials increasingly making use of ail ils can be found On the servers of the Internet service provider and the ' major telecom Interoffice server and backup tapes mes- In the recipient's interoffice server and il has become the place where everybody loves to look” said Irwin Schwartz president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers One reason is that computer data is difficult to destroy Just clicking “delete” won’t do it backup tapes On the hard drive of the recipient's computer and on any I other computer that receives a copy ohS On the hard drive of the sender's ‘computer sL S ) AP Continued from B1 his trips to town often just tq buy ice cream cones for his two dogs he rarely left the boundaries of the farm his ' parents bought in 1931 friends said “I think the time he spent stationed in Missouri and Korea during the war gave ' him a chance to see all the world he wanted to see" said Richard Osbom who grew up with Byar arid is of the estate “He loved the farm and never found many it” ' Byar left $22000 to a few relatives and close friendst but nothing to his two brothers A fraction of the auction proceeds will be put into a sepa- rate trust thecounty can use to reasons to leave” i maintain Byar’s cemetery Byar even arranged it so The remaining sum will be that not even death could sepput into the investment trust arate him from his land He : that will help soften the blow of each of the more than was buried in a private one-15300 tax statements mailed plot cemetery he built along each year by the county audithe county road that winds tor Interest income will be along his farm fields His subtracted from the overall tax black granite headstone fealevy thus reducing the amount tures an etching of his farm county auditors use to divide its buildings and four silos an among the comity’s taxable arch over the front gate reads property Tim “Dewey Byar Farms ForevCounty supervisor ' Hoschek said families here er” like others across the country Osborn said the cemetery are suffering from the stnig- summed up Byar’s way of livgling economy ing: a preference for solitude “We’ve been hit pretty hard and a love for hard work and with several layoffs and plant the land closings” he said citing lost “Talwaiys got the impresHolland jobs at the Case-Nesion that he just wanted to plant and the shutdown of the work until he just fell over Exide Technologies battery and died and could be put plant last year While it is not clear how immediately in the coffin in much the average taxpayer his own cemetery" said Tyler will get from Byar's bequest Stigge who worked for Byar “anything will help” for 12 years and helped build Hoschek said the cemetery “I think he “That was a nice gesture of him and hopefully it will work ' wanted it where it was so peo' ple he knew could just drive out that all the people will benefit from it” he said by and wave” in from the Apart serving ' Korean War friends say they On the Net: can't remember’ Byar ever Burlington area: leaving Iowa And aside from http7Avwwgrowburlington:com - w finances facilities personnel and athletics” said Utah State President Kermit Hall “He is a master problem solver pri- ority setter and strategy developer” Prior to his current vice presidency Hunsaker served on the Institutional Council the USU Foundation the USU Development Board the Big Blue Club Executive Committee and the Dean’s Advisory Council for the College of Business As a long-tim- e member of the Utah House of Representatives he supported higher education and Utah State University The Leone Leadership Award recognizes top univer- - ' sity administratorswhose hard work and innovative ideas fre- quently go unnoticed The late Nicholas and Mary Katherine Leone endowed the award in 1986 New VPs Architectural Design West has announced Scott Olcott and Darrell Erickson as its newest Corporate Vice Presi- dents They will the Salt Lake City office Their goal is to team together to give their clients the best service and product possible Scott Olcott a registered architect has been with Design West for six years He received Ids BS & MS in On the Net: Department of Justice: http:wwwu8Clojgovcriminalcy bofcrifno National White Collar Crime Center http:Wwwnw3corghofnehtni ' Guidance Software: http:wwwguidancesoftwareco mI Architecture from the University of Utah Scott has a wide range of experience in architecture with an emphasis in commercial design Hp will lead the marketing effort and manage the design studio Darrell Erickson will oversee administrative and contractual issues He has been employed by Design West since 19 and has been involved in extensive project management and development having received several distinctive awards Darrell brings over 35 years of experience in architecture and engineering to his new position Design West is die oldest architectural firm west of the Mississippi The company was founded in 1890 by KC Schaub Design West provides a broad range of services in architecture The Utah-base- d firm has locations in Salt Lake City and affiliate and Logaiw-Uta- h offices in Sacramento Cali- -' fomia and Boise Idaho sor states that “Jeff is always very positive and never avoids a new or different task — his work ethic is fantastic” Jeff is married to Sandi Pet-- ' terborg and they have 3 children — Cody Hanna and Dallin’ The dedication and commitment to making a difference in the Light & Power Department and the community qualifies Jeff for Employee of the Month tn The People in Business In each appears Sunday The Herald Journal to highlight the accomplishments of local businesswomen and men Items are published in the order in which they are received on a basis and may not necessarily appear the week in which they are submitted The Herald Journal reserves the right to both edit and refuse submissions and cannot guarantee that submissions will be returned For more information 1 and ask for phone Jeremy Pugh col-urr- space-availab- - le 752-212- Jeff Petterborg has been an employee of the City of Logan for 7 years as a tree trimmer Jeff started as a temporary employee but quickly became a permanent part of the tree trimming crew ' Jeff was chosen as' the July Employee of the Month because of his great work ethic and attitude His supervi ' MiSlkare SutrolmehP -- " 'S'f U : r vv y motor hofnes for Hunting season in EastemOrpgon and most recently to journey to a i family reunion “It is seriously handy for me” he said “It’s a heck of a lot of work with a larger group to go out arid pitch tents Whipple said tjie cost of renting a recreational vehicle uy for a trip to Oregon’s Pacific coast is comparable to what he would spend on a i i ' flexible o : backed by good neighbor sendee affordable JCall State Farm Agents: i Wright said “I think it boils down to about the same cost” Motor homes average about eight miles to the gallon $upimer rental fees range from $823 to $1295 1 wfeek1 afford-andyoud- v fri1 r ' Mart Weese 550 N Main Street Suite 220 : (10080111 y 126Q N : on : afti!’ i Ron Browqi LUTCF 200 E Suite 752-844- 4 f £ V statefarauon" MM14 ’ISM t 1 r ’ - t- -: V J' r- JV nehtttom md "TltirilililfMiilT IMenarrdklawM a rt ' Scale 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Til : sjr i i'1'l Logan UT 435-753-50- 60 like a good neighbor State Farm is there' iwmq r - 1 0 W Skyridge Circle Suite 7 1 Logan UT ’ 435-752-76- 39 v ’ ' ' : depending on the size1 and age of the motor home y ' i ' 'tyiis year “For a guy like me who - can’t afford to “People witfy kids love it go out and buy because you don t have to pull a $50000 or $100 000 motor oy to go to the bathroom home this is a great t have to look for v able way to go” Wright said ' moe pd dinners otrt'Wright ): before leaving cm his fishxhg tote Wti pple who nas agrees trip to Lava Lake near Bend rented recreational vehicles “You have to mice into con- cratral Oregon from Caldwell several times sideration the money you are ’ over the years said he’s On the Net going to spend on gas but hooked on the convenience of that’s offset by the hotels and Recreational Vbbide Industry a motor home' He has rented restaurants you avoid” : Assoda5on:http'7wwwrviaorg T ' Selected ge : 4 mistake of indiscreet Defense attorneys commonly scour messages between police or prosecutors to look for ammunition to question investigative techniques or suggest bias Or one of the prosecution’s expert witnesses may have posted notes on the Internet that contradict his testimony Every US attorney’s office across the country has a com- puter and telecommunications coordinator and the Justice p“’pl° h l”ln°“ : r1 ylM SOURCE: KralOhtiack Inc “It was a well known fact in his neighborhood that he did not like taxes that were levied by the local state and federal governments” Hildreth said “I know he also felt that if there was anything he could do to reduce as much as possi- -' ble the taxes everyone here pays then he was going to do i rent but she has noticed more families with young children ail provider “E-ma- Continued from B1 r - Delete does not mean done for sages By Todd Dvorak Associated Press Writer Department is pushing more of its prosecutors to take cybercrime courses The ' department also finances some training for state and local law enforcement “The problem is the uninitiated police officer who will go in and turn on a computer to look to see if it’s worthwhile to send the computer in for examination” said Peter Plummer assistant attorney general in Michigan’s high-tec- h crime unit “When you boot up a computer several hundred files get changed the date of access and so on” Plummer said “Can you say that computer is still exactly as it was when bad guy had it last?” A defense attorney could argue it’s not and try to convince a jury that evidence has been mishandled or tampered with When feasible investigators usually prefer to use special software to make an exact' copy of the contents of a computer’s hard drive This can be done without even turning on the computer down in an employee’s office server stored by Internet providers or in the recipient's computer To go hunting through computer data law officers need a search warrant issued by a judge Winning legal permission to as it's eavesdrop on transmitted is more difficult because that is considered the same as wiretapping a tele- - " phone Investigators generally need a court order based on probable cause that the wiretap will reveal evidence of a felony Criminals or people who simply want to protect their secrets can use encryption software to scramble their And special software can overwrite computer files so they are truly deleted Most criminals aren’t that savvy yet prosecutors say Even law officers make the ail Farmer leaves estate to ease tax burden WEST BURLINGTON Iowa — Bachelor farmer Dewey Byar never spoke much though friends said he always loved his neighbors for buying his corn livestock and hay in this southeastern Iowa river town More than two years after dying Of cancer Byar’s plan tq return the favor is about to unfold in the form of a tax break for everyone in Des Moines County In accordance with Byar’s will most of the proceeds from the auction of his estate this weekend will be put in an " investment trust and the annu al income will be used to reduce property taxes ' The will does not contain a provision to notify taxpayers ' “Dewey would probably prefer that he not be given any ' publicity about it” said William Hildrethi Byar’s attorney and author of (he will “But it shouldn't go unnoticed around here because it certainly is a generous act" ' Just how generous won’t be known until auctioneers try to sell Byar’s farm home and possessions' Kent Gaudian an estate executor and president of the West Burlington Bank said the trukt could earn $73000 to $150000 annually depending on the auction and the rate of return Byar who died in April 2000 at age 68 was a shy bashful and private person a man who even tried convincing his closest friends not to " publish his obituary iir the local newspaper' Still those who knew'him ' say Byar’s final stroke of ciyic generosity is hardly a surprise ton may also be able to track Anti-Americ- an Where an In the sender's get evidence long after somebody hits the delete key? 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