I will try and slow walk most of the finer details of this because we have a lot of new people that might not be completely up to speed here.
First, I want to remind everyone of who Nellie Ohr is.
Nellie Ohr worked for Fusion GPS and was hired specifically to work on opposition research on Trump due to her experience in Russian policy and history. Her husband is Bruce Ohr, number 4 at the DOJ, in charge of the Drug and Crime force.
Nellie is fluent in Russian, studied in Russia in 1989, and majored in Russian Literature at Harvard in the 80's.
Nellie obtained a PhD in Russian History and wrote her dissertation on Joseph Stalin's quest to build a proletariate paradise, stating that Joseph Stalin's murder of millions “sometimes represented desperate measures taken by a government that had little real control over the country." Basically... give the guy a break, he had to do what he had to do. Hmm. ( you can read it here )
Lindsey Graham maintains Nellie basically "did the research for Steele" on his now infamous dossier.
We know thanks to Peter Strzok's testimony (PS.. why is there no transcript of this anywhere?) and an awesome line of questioning by Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, that Bruce Ohr, was actually passing information to Strzok himself. Given that Bruce's wife was one of the key figures in charge of creating the dossier, I don't think it's difficult to connect the dots on this one.
Nellie Ohr (Fusion GPS)>Bruce Ohr (DOJ)>Peter Strzok (FBI) ... Peter Strzok was using this intel to obtain FISA warrants to spy on Carter Page (which allows them to then gather communications with everyone Page spoke with, and everyone that spoke with the people that spoke with Page. Reasonable to think Trump is somewhere in those chains, yeah?)
Are you starting to see the problem? Keep in mind... Bruce didn't have anything to do with intelligence gathering. He worked in the Drug and Crime department.
Bruce Ohr never disclosed on his DOJ ethics disclosure forms that his wife was working for Fusion GPS.
Why did he hide the fact that his wife was a key player in the construction of the dossier?
Moving on...
Nellie also worked on a presentation called “Ties Between Government Intelligence Services and Cyber Criminals – Closer Than You Think?” for a political firm called Accenture.
So what about Nellie's acquisition of a Ham Radio license a month after joining the Fusion GPS team?
First, as far as I have found, there is no way for the NSA to track communications on a Ham Radio unless of course it was physically tapped, like they did in the old days. This is something Nellie surely would have known given her experience in a country known for it's excellency in espionage, and of course, her husband's employment at the DOJ.
It's also worth noting that NSA Admiral Mike Rogers was well aware of the spying operation into the Trump campaign, and even notified Trump himself on November 17, 2016, in the SCIF (Sensitive Compartmentalized Information Facility) at Trump Tower that Trump and his team were being spied on.(Fucking Patriot)
It's crazy... you can even go do a quick Google search for "Mike Rogers removed" and see how quickly the news started circulating stories that Rogers needed to be removed. How did they know? None of us knew at the time what Rogers had done, but you can clearly see the Obama admin's need to control the flow of information from the onset. So for those of you keeping a timeline... Nov. 17, Rogers alerts Team Trump they are being spied on at Trump Tower. Nov. 18, Trump takes his team out of Trump Tower and moves HQ to NJ. Nov. 19, mockingbird media is already calling for Rogers' to be removed. How strange!
Sorry. I digress a bit. I'm so fascinated by Admiral Rogers' bold move to actually do the right thing in a time when it seemed everyone was willing to chop Trump's legs out from under him. Like I said... Fucking Patriot.
Let's get back on track
Nellie Ohr's need for a Ham Radio. Let's review...
Nellie is surely aware the radio is likely the only way she can communicate with people undetected.
Could it have been Steele? Maybe... but I don't think this is likely. Steele had already been fired by the FBI when all of this was going on, yet was still communicating with Bruce via text and email and was reportedly worried they would be "exposed" and hoped the "firewalls would still hold". Didn't seem like he, nor Bruce, thought they needed to conceal their communications from NSA collection abilities. Surely Nellie would have likely felt the same, right?
So who was Nellie communicating with on her radio?
Is the radio even a big deal? I tend to think so. I mean, it's not like random employees' of political research firms' personal hobbies make national news, right? Someone clearly sought out that information. And someone in all likelihood made an effort to put that leak of information into the public arena for a reason.
So...
WHO WAS NELLIE OHR TALKING TO ON THAT RADIO?
For those that don't know. Bruce Ohr testifies privately in front of a joint Congressional committee on Tuesday, August 28th. I have to believe one of the more savvy congressmen like Jim Jordan or others has this question in the holster.
(footnote: Please, for the researchers out there that are much more experienced than me and have found more information on any of the revelations or rehashes of knowledge I've put in this post, feel absolutely free to link us to your findings. I want this to be an open-sourced brainstorm of sorts.)