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ew as well. As we progressed with our testing and development of the program, others were involved to include the Office of General Counsel (OGC), the General Counsel himself, the Procurement Office, several ACsl, the NYFO ADIC, and various other leaders in FBI management. At a minimum, my squad SSA, branch ASA
our of us initially received DExT training, but I think all of us eventually were trained. However, once the child exploitation program moved from the Cyber Division to the Criminal Division, that changed. The funding we received through the Criminal Division was significantly less than what we received through
d I exceed my authority by contracting an outside company. There was no contract. My chain of command, including our CDC and later OGC, to include the General Counsel himself, knew I was speaking with Apostlex and creating a solution to a problem. I c..1,,,-.1-ngaged in the Commented (CT7J: I did not highlight Mi
officially named on the squad in July 2010. This was when the FBI's child exploitation program was referred to as "Innocent Images" and fell under the Cyber Division, while Squad C-20 was the Human Trafficking (HT) squad at the time. I believe it was 2015 when Violent Crimes Against Children (VCAC) and HT progra
were others in the office who knew as well. As we progressed with our testing and development of the program, others were involved to include OGC, the General Counsel himself, the Procurement Office, several SACs, the NYFO ADIC, and various other leaders in FBI management. At a minimum, my squad SSA, branch ASAC
2, but I think all of us working Innocent Images/VCAC on the squad were eventually trained. However, once the child exploitation program moved from the Cyber Division to the Criminal Division, that changed. The funding we received through the Criminal Division was significantly less than what we received through
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United States
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Stephen Hawking
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Las Vegas
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Huntsville
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