The FA's investigation looked at all aspects of the communications, including the context in which the communications were sent.
In fact, the report was about applications to obtain communications data, ie who, when, where and how communications were sent and received, not to intercept communications, which would reveal what was said or written.
Having assessed the evidence, and in light of the finding that the communications were sent with a legitimate expectation of privacy, the FA will not be taking disciplinary action against Iain Moody and Malky Mackay in connection with the content of those messages.
On Thursday 16 July 2015 after some 11 months of investigation by the FA into their private exchange of racist, sexist, antisemitic and homophobic messages, which were made public in a national newspaper, they decided not to bring any charges against either individual because 'the communications were sent with a legitimate expectation of privacy'.
The FA conducted an 11-month investigation into the allegations against Mackay and Moody before ruling that the communications "were sent with a legitimate expectation of privacy".
Administrators confirm whether the communications were sent (or not) by clicking on a corresponding red-highlighted 'activity log' button.
Any team member's email address can be entered under Account Details to ensure all communications are sent to the most appropriate person.
Perhaps farthest out of all: a new optical technology for space communications was sent aloft in September and tested successfully by researchers at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory.
On June 28th, the Eastern District Court of Virginia issued another order, "authorizing the installation and use of a pen register and the use of a trap and trace device" on all electronic communications being sent from or to the account.
