Updated and improved format
SpyGate Timeline
July 20th, 2015 – DOJ blocks any OIG oversight into DOJ’s National Security Division
The DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel (Sally Yates) responds to the Office of the Inspector General (Michael E. Horowitz) that they cannot provide the requested documents. The 58-page DOJ letter essentially states, “You can audit everything except the National Security Division of the DOJ”
https:// www.ignet.gov/sites/default/files/files/OLC%20IG%20Act%20Opinion%20-%207-20-15%20.pdf
January 7th, 2016 – NSA IG Report
George Ellard, Inspector General of the NSA, admits in mandatory compliance report that the NSA cannot keep track of how many has access to their data. They are overwhelmed. https://www.scribd.com/document/379947972/NSA-IG-Report-January-7-2016
March, 2016 – The NSA become aware of improper access to raw FISA data
March 9th, 2016 – DOJ conducts minimization review at the FBI
Oversight personnel learns that the FBI has disclosed “raw FISA information that went well beyond what was necessary to respond to the FBI’s requests” to outside contractors. (Page 83-84)
http:// www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Top-Secret-FISA-Court-Order.pdf
April, 2016 – The Clinton campaign retains Fusion GPS
The Clinton campaign and DNC lawyer, Marc Elias of Perkins Coie, retained Fusion in April 2016 and continued paying for the research through October. "To aid in its representation of the Clinton presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee, Perkins Coie retained Fusion GPS, entering into an engagement for research services that began in April 2016 and concluded before the election in early November.”
https:// www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-to-russia-dossier/2017/10/24/226fabf0-b8e4-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html
April, 2016 – NSA Dir. Adm. Rogers orders full NSA compliance audit on 702 searches
NSA Dir. Adm. Mike Rogers orders the NSA compliance officer to conduct “a fundamental baseline review of compliances associated with 702” searches from Nov. 1st 2015 to May 1st 2016 and concludes that the “NSA estimates that approximately eighty-five percent of those queries […] were not compliant with the applicable minimization procedures.” (Page 82)
http:// www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Top-Secret-FISA-Court-Order.pdf
June 7th, 2017 Senate Intelligence Committee, questions by Sen. Lankford
https:// www.intelligence.senate.gov/hearings/open-hearing-fisa-legislation-0#
April, 2016 – Papadopoulos meets professor Joseph Mifsud in London
Joseph Mifsud told Papadopoulos that the Russians had possession of “thousands” of Clinton-related emails. That conversation would later spark the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the presidential campaign.
http:// dailycaller.com/2018/03/25/george-papadopoulos-london-emails/
April 18th, 2016 – NSA Dir. Adm. Rogers shut downs outside contractor access to FISA
FBI discontinues FISA access to outside contractors – suspecting not willingly, but that the NSA shuts down the access (Page 84)
http:// www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Top-Secret-FISA-Court-Order.pdf
April 18th, 2016 – DOJ NSD and FBI Co-Intel now 100% aware of NSA compliance review
April 19th, 2016 – Wife of Glenn Simpson, Mary Jacoby, visits the White House
https:// obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/disclosures/visitor-records
https:// obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/disclosures/whitehouse_waves-2016_12.csv_.zip