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Silk Road homepage that Bates said Ulbricht showed him on a laptop
Bates testified that Ulbricht showed him the Silk Road homepage after saying he was working on a website where people could buy drugs. Bates recalled a green camel and pictures of drugs, and said they used a neighbor's open Wi-Fi network.
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Bates's account supported the prosecution's position that Ulbricht operated Silk Road in early 2011, but did not itself establish control throughout the later charged period.