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Rukmini Callimachi
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Correspondent for The New York Times, covering ISIS. NBC contributor. Previously, seven years in West Africa. Ex-AP bureau chief. Ex-refugee.

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    1. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 29 Mar 2016
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      50/ I need to take a break in order to answer questions on the Times' Facebook page. Join us at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/nytimes/posts/10150781308644999 …

      12 replies 25 retweets 35 likes
    2. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 29 Mar 2016
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      52/ First even when encryption is used by a terror group, possibility of human error looms large. For example, Hame wrote down logon details

      2 replies 26 retweets 13 likes
    3. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 29 Mar 2016
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      53/ He was supposed to memorize logon and destroy paper but he apparently forgot & so when he was picked up in Paris, officials found logon

      2 replies 20 retweets 17 likes
    4. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 29 Mar 2016
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      55/ While server of stocking website may be hosted in France, the company itself is Turkish (according to the French intelligence record).

      2 replies 19 retweets 8 likes
    5. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 29 Mar 2016
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      56/ Correct me if I'm wrong, but could an act of Congress in America have any impact on whether or not a Turkish company hands over records?

      7 replies 19 retweets 11 likes
    6. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 29 Mar 2016
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      57/ And even if they hand them over, can the file encrypted by TrueCrypt be read?

      4 replies 14 retweets 6 likes
    7. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 29 Mar 2016
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      58/ Interestingly, the French DGSI agency's record of what was found on Hame's USB stick includes a description of 2 encrypted files

      2 replies 26 retweets 12 likes
    8. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 29 Mar 2016
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      60/ While I can't say for sure, the description in the file, makes it sound as if French intel was not able to decrypt those files

      3 replies 20 retweets 10 likes
    9. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 29 Mar 2016
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      61/ Re my earlier article based on a French National Police report on the Paris attacks, many of you wanted to know, why does absence

      3 replies 15 retweets 6 likes
    10. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 29 Mar 2016
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      63/ This is *not* (as many incorrectly attempted to conclude) because the use of encryption "disappeared" the messages of the attackers

      3 replies 13 retweets 8 likes
      Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 29 Mar 2016

      65/ They were using a program like TrueCrypt and then uploading the encrypted folder onto a website like http://www.dosya.co 

      1:17 PM - 29 Mar 2016
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        1. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 29 Mar 2016
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          66/ 1 thing to keep in mind: When Hame was picked up in August 2015, his arrest wasn't leaked to the press. It was kept under wraps

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        2. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 29 Mar 2016
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          67. And we know that in September 2015, Abaaoud's team of 10 attackers begins beaching on Europe's shores. It remains unknown if his cell

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        3. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 29 Mar 2016
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          68/ Figured out that Hame had been picked up and that officials were now focusing on Truecrypt as a mode of communication for the group.

          3 replies 17 retweets 8 likes
        4. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 29 Mar 2016
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          69/ Among examples of missed opportunities for the French: Senior judiciary source told me he begged the DGSI to use Hame's Truecrypt logon

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        2. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 29 Mar 2016
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          @rcallimachi With respect, this is mistaken. 1) Filelocker uploads would be instantly detected: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cse-tracks-millions-of-downloads-daily-snowden-documents-1.2930120 ….

          3 replies 55 retweets 78 likes
        3. Rukmini Callimachi‏Verified account @rcallimachi 29 Mar 2016
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          @Snowden Thank you for correcting me

          0 replies 4 retweets 14 likes
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        1. scoobydoo22b‏ @scoobydoo22b 29 Mar 2016
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          @rcallimachi But should details like that be kept confidential by police and not reported. Doesn't it just help them get better?

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