I had to find a job quickly, so I turned to Craig’s List and found American Journal Experts. My investment company came to nothing, my game company came to nothing, Good Wagon came to nothing, and then this. It was a real struggle and by the end of our trial partnership, it was clear that we hadn’t grown the business to the point that it made sense for me to stay on. The diary read:ĭonny and I had worked on it the last quarter of 2009 and were trying to ramp up by hiring people to go door-to-door. He'd been working for a company called "Good Wagon Books" in Austin, an online used-book recycling business started by his partner Donny (no last name given). In the first, Ulbricht writes about dissatisfaction with his life that led him towards building the site. Howard read parts of four entries out loud today, which were also shown on a screen in court. The journal on Ulbricht's computer only seems to have been kept occasionally. I told her I have secrets." "Creating a year of prosperity and power" I felt compelled to reveal myself to her. "I went out with Jessica," said Howard, reading Ulbricht's diary into the public record in a rote monotone. ![]() It mentions several people who appear to be friends of Ulbricht, but their roles are unknown. That diary was read into the public record today. He also describes half-truths told to friends, and the pain that brought. He describes his personal goals and his days spent working, surfing, or drinking with friends. It goes back to 2010, in which Ulbricht describes his early plans to create Silk Road and seed it by growing psychedelic mushrooms, and selling them for cheap. The computer also contained what prosecutors say is Ulbricht's personal journal. There were many decisions that had to be made: promotions and demotions, contests and castigations. The jury saw Silk Road org charts, payroll documents, and daily logs tracking staff activities. They saw Ulbricht's old passport and driver's license, and the scanned IDs of Silk Road admins. In those chats, "myself"-the default name for a user of TorChat-made key executive decisions about how to run Silk Road. The jury saw spreadsheets of Silk Road finances, Ulbricht's personal tracking of his "net worth," and got just a small glimpse of the years of TorChat chat logs with Silk Road administrators that were on the machine. The mountain they have to climb looks higher than ever, though. Last week, Ulbricht's lawyer outlined a defense in which Ulbricht walked away from the marketplace he created and was "lured back." But what will explain the dozens of folders of data on this laptop, with data from the upper echelons of Silk Road management-mixed with the most intimate details of Ulbricht's personal life? Today, with Kiernan on the stand offering confirmation, Howard walked the jury through the enormous amount of data pulled from Ulbricht's computer. Defense lawyers haven't had a chance yet to respond to this evidence-that will likely come tomorrow. Without allowing it to go idle, and thus become encrypted, he took photographs, went through the browser history, and ultimately handed it off to another agent who imaged the hard drive. Kiernan spent the next three hours doing "triage" on the machine. As soon as Ulbricht was distracted, another agent grabbed the open computer and gave it to Kiernan, who is an FBI computer specialist. On that day, a male and female agent started an argument in San Francisco's Glen Park public library, to get Ulbricht's attention. It was a prize so important they literally snatched it out from underneath him, before they even arrested Ulbricht. ![]() Yes, Kiernan told prosecutor Timothy Howard, this was the computer he and two other federal agents had taken from Ross Ulbricht in October 2013. Kiernan removed it, not without some difficulty, and inspected it. It was a Samsung 700z laptop wrapped in thick plastic wrap. NEW YORK-Shortly after he got on the stand, prosecutors handed FBI agent Tom Kiernan an item called Government's Exhibit 200. Ross Ulbricht’s alleged top confidant, Variety Jones, arrested in Thailand.Thai police: Suspected Silk Road consigliere to be sent to US soon.Drug reform groups blast Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht’s life sentence. ![]() Judge shuts door on attempt to get a new trial for Ross Ulbricht.Silk Road’s alleged hitman, “redandwhite,” arrested in Vancouver.
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