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Observations from examining documents related to


The Clinton Foundation and notifications related to Ranbaxy
10/26/16

EIN 91-1372178, PE 13049 expires 12/2016, PI 1844

Opinions
My technical opinion is that it is more likely than not that:
1. The file Ranbaxy memo_RR_27Sep08.pdf was created on 9/29/08 in time zone +5:30 (typically used in India and Sri Lanka) as Ranbaxy
talking points by user Rikha and modified on 9/21/16 in the Eastern Daylight Time zone.

2. Internet searches with 3 different search engines do not locate the file Ranbaxy memo_RR_27Sep08.pdf nor have relevant hits on
samples of the contents of this file. A Google search on "fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/s6922c.htm" Clinton did result in a hit of
a bulletin in Spanish which contained a news article about the FDA Warning letter to Ranbaxy and (separately) mentioned the Clinton
Foundation in other articles.

Investigation
In response to a request from Richard Pollock of The Daily Caller News Foundation I received two files
Clinton Foundation Report.pdf
Ranbaxy memo_RR_27Sep08.pdf
And did related Internet searches.
The files contained metadata which can help to understand their history.

In the metadata summary from ExifTool version 10.7 we see the file information. File create/modified/access times are not considered here
since they typically change when a file is moved.

The Clinton Foundation Report.pdf was provided as a resource for references. It is reported to have been created on a Xerox WorkCentre
7545 on 2016:09:20 14:35:14-05:00 (-5:00 is Eastern Standard Time) and last modified later that day.
For convenience I renamed the file Ranbaxy memo_RR_27Sep08.pdf to Ranbaxy memo_RR_27Sep08a.pdf. Metadata indicates that it was
created on 9/29/08 in time zone +5:30 (typically used in India and Sri Lanka) as Ranbaxy talking points by user Rikha and modified on 9/21/16
in the -4:00 (Eastern Daylight) Time zone.

The application PDFStreamDumper was used to further examine the contents of Ranbaxy memo_RR_27Sep08a.pdf

This portion of the file shows some of the same information which was captured from ExifTool.

I was also asked to check the Internet to see if the file Ranbaxy memo_RR_27Sep08.pdf could be
found. My observations are summarized below for various search terms in 3 different search engines.
"Overview: FDA Warnings to Ranbaxy"
google 0 hits
yahoo - 0
ask - 0
"It also lays out the measures that CHAI is taking"
google 0 hits
yahoo - 0
ask - 0
"fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/s6922c.htm" clinton
google - 2 hits, not relevant
yahoo - 0
ask - 0

The 2 Google hits on


"fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/s6922c.htm" clinton

Are illustrated below.

Here a news outlet has a story about the FDA warning letters to Ranbaxy, and later (a separate news
item) that includes the word Clinton.
The second search hit was a bulletin:

Contains information about the Clinton Foundation activity and separately reports the FDA warning
letters to Ranbaxy
This bulletin can be downloaded from http://www.saludyfarmacos.org/wp-content/files/sep08.pdf.
The 8 hits on Clinton in the bulletin include:

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