https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2604626/christopher-steele-fifa-sepp-blatter-russia-world-cup-2018/
2018 FIFA corruption is how Steele became an FBI source. The ball was a signal, not a transfer of data.
>https://operationdisclosure1.blogspot.com/2020/08/james-gilliland-eceti-human-trafficking.html
Can't find sauce on the NSA site.