Seeing confusion about different document types. Let me clarify:
**The "black book":**
- Contact book maintained by household staff
- Contains 1,500+ names with phone numbers
- Being listed does NOT mean someone flew on planes or visited properties
- Many entries are business contacts, doctors, lawyers, etc.
**Flight logs:**
- Actual records of who flew on aircraft
- Maintained by pilots
- Much smaller subset of names
- More directly relevant to activities
**The overlap:**
About 15% of black book names appear in flight logs. The rest are just contacts.
STOP conflating these two sources. It makes us look sloppy.
The Maxwell trial had 24 witnesses over 4 weeks. Key categories:
**Victims (Jane Does 1-4):**
- Testified about recruitment and abuse
- Consistent patterns across testimonies
- Corroborated by contemporaneous evidence
**Staff members:**
- Pilots testified about passenger lists
- House staff described daily operations
- Some had immunity agreements
**Law enforcement:**
- FBI agents presented evidence
- Computer forensics experts
- Financial investigators
**Missing witnesses:**
- Many expected names didn't testify
- Some invoked 5th Amendment
- Others unreachable
Full witness list in trial docket. Transcripts available on PACER.
The Palm Beach search warrant execution is documented in detail:
**What was seized:**
- Message pads with names and phone numbers
- Photos
- Computer equipment
- Financial records
- Personal items
**Chain of custody:**
- Items logged by Palm Beach PD
- Transferred to FBI 2005
- Used in federal investigation
- Returned/destroyed per court order (some items)
**What survived:**
- Digital copies of some items
- Photos referenced in indictments
- Message pad transcriptions
Search warrant return: PB-CASE-2005-SW-001
FBI evidence log: FBI-302-2006-00234
There's been confusion about "the black book." There are actually multiple contact lists:
**Version 1: Rodriguez book (2009 leak)**
- Obtained from household employee
- ~1,500 names
- Circled names allegedly indicate something (unclear what)
**Version 2: Search warrant seizure (2005)**
- Taken from Palm Beach residence
- Different format, less comprehensive
- In evidence chain of custody
**Version 3: 2019 searches**
- Digital contacts from devices
- Includes more recent contacts
- Part of SDNY case
These overlap but aren't identical. When citing "the black book," specify which version.
Document refs in comments.
