The USB key found in the office of Mickaël Harpon at the police headquarters, containing elements that fuel speculation, was still being analyzed Wednesday. But investigators have so far not found an "illegal transfer of data," according to a source close to the survey.
Since the discovery of this USB key, the challenge for investigators is whether the images of Islamic State propaganda found there, as well as data relating to employees of the police headquarters, were related or not to his professional activity. The first elements of the investigation testify that these images of propaganda of the IS were not downloaded by Mickaël Harpon, computer scientist in the technical service of the direction of the intelligence of the police prefecture of Paris (DRPP), but come well computers that he maintained.
" The content of the key could be explained by his professional activity, but the analyzes are continuing and it is too early to rule out any illegal transfer "This USB stick would not have been connected to the killer's personal computer, and the names and addresses of intelligence officials would not have leaked out. Many investigators of the Paris Judicial Police (PJ) are mobilized to exploit the contents of this key which has a large storage capacity. "All that is on this key has been transferred as part of the functions" of Mickaël Harpon, commented a source, without further details. According to another source close to the record, more cautious, "the content of the key could be explained by his professional activity, but the analyzes are continuing and it is too early to rule out any illegal transfer." Last Thursday, Mickaël Harpon, a 45-year-old administrative agent, stabbed four officials from the Paris Prefecture. The authorities presented him as a convert to Islam who has become radicalized.