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Inside an FBI Computer Forensics Lab

The FBI opens its doors to its Regional Computer Forensics Lab in San Diego, where the technicians specialize in finding evidence in everything from deleted files on a hard drive to the sound of a ringtone.
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Darrell Foxworth greets members of the media in the entrance of the San Diego Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory.Photo: Matt Mallams/Wired.com

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