[0:00]How the DOJ keeps failing Epstein's victims. When the US Department of Justice released the Epstein files, it immediately came under fire after the
[0:11]documents exposed details that could identify victims. The DOJ removed part of the files from the Epstein archive after admitting a human or technical error had exposed
[0:22]victims. This happened although the DOJ had strict guidelines to protect victims. After facing criticism, they revised their redaction process and reviewed
[0:34]flagged cases. We compared the original file set with the revised version and found 500,000 files were removed. Yet identifying information of victims
[0:46]and witnesses remained online and is still available today. In one example, a victim explains how she was abused by Epstein.
[0:56]Her name is redacted throughout the transcript until the last page when a lawyer says her name and it remains unredacted even today.
[1:07]But this isn't an isolated case. We reviewed thousands of pages that remained online after the DOJ's admission and found dozens of documents with sensitive information.
[1:19]Along with the documents, more than 170 audio files were released. We traveled to the German town of Immenau to speak with an audio forensics researcher.
[1:30]>> We entered this analysis with assumption that it was everything anonymized. My name is Miliza Gerhard and I am the
[1:39]researcher at Fraunhofer IDMT. >> We asked Gerhard to analyze the files for us, which included tip-offs and witness [music] contact.
[1:48]>> One can see these redaction attempts that were done on one way at some places and well on other way at some places and
[1:59]at some places not done at all. >> She even found different versions of a file in the same data set. >> In one of these audio files the personal
[2:11]information has been redacted and in the other one it was not. >> Uh my name is Aaron A A R O N. My last
[2:21]name is My direct line is My direct line is
[2:35]>> We observed that this reduction was inconsistent. >> We confronted the DOJ with our findings. They did not respond.
[2:45]The DOJ Inspector General has since launched an audit to evaluate the department's reduction process. What do you think went wrong?
[2:54]Let us know in the comments.