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*Wikileaks releases list of Obama wiretaping targets.<ref><small>The list includes: [[UN]] Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and German Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]]; the Chief of Staff of UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); Director of the Rules Division of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Johann Human; [[Israel]]i Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] and [[Italian]] Prime Minister [[Silvio Berlusconi]]; [[European Union]] and [[Japan]]ese trade ministers at the WTO Doha rounds (the talks subsequently collapsed); five top EU economic officials including their [[French]], [[Austria]]n and [[Belgium]] phones; Italy’s ambassador to [[NATO]] and other top Italian officials for long term interception; French president [[Nicolas Sarkozy]].</small></ref>

*Wikileaks releases list of Obama wiretaping targets.<ref><small>The list includes: [[UN]] Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and German Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]]; the Chief of Staff of UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); Director of the Rules Division of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Johann Human; [[Israel]]i Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] and [[Italian]] Prime Minister [[Silvio Berlusconi]]; [[European Union]] and [[Japan]]ese trade ministers at the WTO Doha rounds (the talks subsequently collapsed); five top EU economic officials including their [[French]], [[Austria]]n and [[Belgium]] phones; Italy’s ambassador to [[NATO]] and other top Italian officials for long term interception; French president [[Nicolas Sarkozy]].</small></ref>

*'''6 March.''' [[Robby Mook]], [[Hillary Clinton]]'s [[2016 U.S. presidential election|2016 Presidential election]] campaign manager told [[Fox News]] he knew of electronic surveillance on Trump during the campaign and was told by US intelligence. Mook is not a government employee and had no right to access of that information.<ref>http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/03/07/robby-mook-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-campaign-talking-russians-wiretapping</ref>  

*'''6 March.''' Judiciary Committee Chair Sen. '''Grassley inquires of the FBI's plan to pay FusionGPS''' operative for spying on Trump during the campaign, sparking questions of Obama administration’s use of federal authorities for political gain.<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/fbi-plan-pay-ex-spy-trump-intel-during-campaign-sparks-questions-obama-admin’s</ref><ref>https://nobsopus.blogspot.com/2017/05/fbi-plan-to-pay-ex-spy-for-trump-intel.html</ref>

*''Daily Caller'' reports Tony Podesta was paid $170,000 over a six-month period in 2016 to represent Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, seeking to end one of the Obama administration’s sanctions against that country. Podesta, founder and chairman of the Podesta Group, is listed as a key lobbyist on behalf of Sberbank, according to Senate lobbying disclosure forms. His firm received more than $24 million in fees in 2016, much of it coming from foreign governments, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.[[Robby Mook]], [[Hillary Clinton]]'s [[2016 U.S. presidential election|2016 Presidential election]] campaign manager told [[Fox News]] he knew of electronic surveillance on Trump during the campaign and was told by US intelligence. Mook is not a government employee and had no right to access of that information.<ref>http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/03/07/robby-mook-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-campaign-talking-russians-wiretapping</ref><ref>http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/06/exclusive-dem-super-lobbyist-podesta-got-170k-to-end-us-sanctions-on-russian-bank/</ref>

 

*''Daily Caller'' reports Tony Podesta was paid $170,000 over a six-month period in 2016 to represent Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, seeking to end one of the Obama administration’s sanctions against that country. Podesta, founder and chairman of the Podesta Group, is listed as a key lobbyist on behalf of Sberbank, according to Senate lobbying disclosure forms. His firm received more than $24 million in fees in 2016, much of it coming from foreign governments, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.<ref>http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/06/exclusive-dem-super-lobbyist-podesta-got-170k-to-end-us-sanctions-on-russian-bank/</ref>

*'''7 March.''' Steele and Bruce Ohr exchange emails: {{quotebox|Steele: Would it be possible to speak later today please? We’re very concerned by the Grassley letter and it’s possible implications for us, our operations and our sources. We need some reassurance. Many thanks<br>Ohr: Sure: Would 130 today, DC time. work?<br>Steele: Yes thanks it would. Sorry to bother you so early but I know you’ll appreciate why we are concerned.}}

*'''7 March.''' Steele and Bruce Ohr exchange emails: {{quotebox|Steele: Would it be possible to speak later today please? We’re very concerned by the Grassley letter and it’s possible implications for us, our operations and our sources. We need some reassurance. Many thanks<br>Ohr: Sure: Would 130 today, DC time. work?<br>Steele: Yes thanks it would. Sorry to bother you so early but I know you’ll appreciate why we are concerned.}}