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FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95) b6 4. bIC FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 03/23/2009 On March 10, 2009, oro THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE US COURTS (US COURT provided the following information: US COURTS was relying on the Notice written on the login page of the PACER webpage, pacer.uscourts.gov, to advise users that unauthorized access to the PACER system is not allowed. When a user goes to the webpage and navigates to the login page, a Notice is shown at the bottom of the page that states "NOTICE: This is a Restricted Government web Site for official PACER use only. Unauthorized entry is prohibited and subject to prosecution under Title 18 of the U.S. Code. All activities and access attempts are logged." When asked to clarify how a user knows what constitutes unauthorized access and how a user would have known that they had to be in one of the seventeen libraries to access PACER, [- had_ | prepare a response. [| provided the following information: AARON SWARTZ would have known his access was unauthorized because it was with a password that did not belong to him. Library patrons did not sign up for accounts. One login and password were provided to each Federal Depository Library. Each library agreed to not share the password with any organization or individual user. Verification forms were signed by Depository Coordinators at each library and included statements regarding login and password security. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago had a one hour time limit on their public access computer and the computer was completely logged off after each session by a staff member. [PACER homepage and login page print-outs, emails from and[________Jand Federal Depository Library/PACER Verification Forms are attached. ] i Investigation on 03/10/2009 at Manassas, VA File # | | Date dictated N/A by sal | This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. loke b7 b7