The investigators, who are working on a copy of the hard drives at the Federal Bureau of Investigation's forensics lab at Quantico, Virginia, also suggested the possibility of the files being damaged during the first examination by the Malaysian authorities.
On the deletions, CNN reported that law enforcement personnel are not drawing conclusions about the deletions after Feb 3, or the earlier deletions two days into the investigation.
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