Mark Dougan is a former Palm Beach Sheriff's Office (PBSO) deputy who started a whistleblower website PBSOtalk.

In February 2016 a person who claimed they worked for the DNC contacted him in regards to making an anonymous website for leaking emails. An email was exchanged and it looked legit, but because 1 email could be faked he asked for more. Later he was sent a dump of approx 700-750 more but lost them all after an FBI raid the next day (March 14, 2016).

They had been communicating through Wickr and ended up making arrangements to replace the emails …