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>> were just going to keep it in the same water until we get it back to the lab and can get it in a solution where we can clean it up. >> reporter: a few hours later at the ford discovery lab. >> look at how it just ate the plastic. >> reporter: to retrieve the data the phone is pulled apart, the board which includes the memory chip is baitded in an 80-degrees ultrasonic cleaner several times and any tiny salt deposits are chipped away. >> this is the most important part. this is where all the d...

Now we have a pressure chamber. the plan is to leave our phone in water for a week and see if our text, e-mails and videos can be retrieved. its 2:30 on april 8th. well place it into our chamber right now. this is going directly into saltwater that simulates the indian ocean. reason seconds saltwater fills the inside of the phone. eight days later two computer forensic experts come to the aquarium to remove the phone. >> i can see the salt corrosion building up on the outside of the phone. its j...

Right, we have the temperature very cold. not as cold as it will be in the indian ocean, but pretty close, and now weve got a pressure changer. >> reporter: the plan is to leave the phone in water for a week and see if our text, e-mail, videos and photo can be retree iev retrieved. >> were going to place it into our chamber right now. this is going directly into saltwater that simulates the indian ocean. >> reporter: within seconds, saltwater fills the inside of the phone. eight days later, two ...

At the ford discovery lab -- >> look how it ate the plastic. >> reporter: to retrieve the data, the phone is pulled apart. the board, which includes the memory chip is bathed in an 80 degree ultrasonic cleaner several times. and any tiny salt deposits are chipped away. this is the most important part. this is where all the data is held and stored. so this is actually looking pretty good. the chip is then actually removed, using heat. >> it was in pretty good shape. so the next step, quite hone...

Indian ocean, but pretty close. and now weve got a pressure chamber. the plan is to leave our phone in water for a week and see if our test e-mail, text, video and photos can be retrieved. >> its 2:30 on april 8. and were going to place it into our chamber right now. this is going directly into saltwater that simulates the indian ocean. >> reporter: within seconds, saltwater fills inside the of the phone. eight days later, two of our computer forensic experts come to the aquarium to remove the p...

broadcasting. well have more straight ahead. we begin with that breaking news. also today fears that al qaeda could try to explode explosives hidden inside the bodies of terrorists. the warning comes on the one-year anniversary of the death of osama bin laden. reports in america and the middle east have been stepped up as we get new intelligence with hints at potential and future al qaeda threats. german agents found a memory chip in his underwear. first it looked like it was a porno...

the fbi and federal prosecutors say there was never any real threat to the public and they say the suspects were closely monitored and their would-be explosives were duds controlled by an undercover fbi employee. the feds say three of the five men are self-proclaimed anarchists and thats why they were busted. >> the fbi and department of justice are not conducting an investigation of any group and have not, will not conduct an investigation of any group. todays charges should not indic...

Man with his umbrella in the middle of all this mess. do you know who that person was wading through the rubble? >> no, not at all. i saw this man from a distance. it was snowing that day, and i was walking through the rubble and i saw this man from a distance and i photographed him. >> tell me a little bit about that camera that you came across. i find that most compelling, a camera in which there was a memory chip that youre trying to still extract pictures off. do you know who owned that came...

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