NSA Dir. Adm. Mike Rogers first became aware of the Obama FBI's abuse of the FISA database on March 9 and ordered a review; on April 18 he cut off FBI contractor access completely which set off a flurry of activity within the White House, the Department of Justice and FusionGPS to circumvent the ban and continue the illegal surveillance. Mary Jacoby visited the White House, along Jim Baker ("Mr. FISA") of the FBI, and Trish Anderson of DOJ; Christopher Steele and Nellie Ohr were hired by FusionGPS; Nellie Ohr applied for a Ham radio license to funnel FISA data from her husband, Asst. Attn. Gen. Bruce Ohr, to Steele outside normal NSA electronic monitoring processes. | NSA Dir. Adm. Mike Rogers first became aware of the Obama FBI's abuse of the FISA database on March 9 and ordered a review; on April 18 he cut off FBI contractor access completely which set off a flurry of activity within the White House, the Department of Justice and FusionGPS to circumvent the ban and continue the illegal surveillance. Mary Jacoby visited the White House, along Jim Baker ("Mr. FISA") of the FBI, and Trish Anderson of DOJ; Christopher Steele and Nellie Ohr were hired by FusionGPS; Nellie Ohr applied for a Ham radio license to funnel FISA data from her husband, Asst. Attn. Gen. Bruce Ohr, to Steele outside normal NSA electronic monitoring processes. |