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I, Tonya Sturgill Griffith, being duly sworn, depose and state as follows:

1. I am a Special Agent with the FBI and have been since February of 2002. As such, I am authorized to investigate violations of laws of the United States, and to execute warrants issued under the authority of the United States. Since July 2010, I have been assigned to the Washington Field Office’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force. As an FBI Special Agent, I investigate federal violations concerning child pornography, the sexual exploitation of children, sextortion, and related offenses. I have gained experience through training and work related to conducting these types of investigations. I am a trained and certified digital extraction technician for the FBI.

2. This affidavit is submitted in support of a criminal complaint charging JAMES GORDON MEEK with transportation of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(1). That statute prohibits any person from “knowingly transport[ing] or ship[ping] using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means including by computer or mails, any visual depiction, if the producing of such visual