Timeline

December 1999… ECHELON whistleblower… “it is almost impossible to tell the difference between NSA agents and civilians employed by Lockheed Martin, Ford and IBM.”

December 2003… James Comey appointed U.S. Deputy Attorney General…

March 2004… FBI Director Ashcroft hospitalized. As a result, James Comey becomes Acting Attorney General, and he allows the NSA surveillance program expired.

September 2004… Lockheed Martin to build automated biometric identification system for Department of Defense.

August 2005… James Comey leaves the Department of Justice and is hired by Lockheed Martin, serving as General Counsel and Senior Vice President.

March 2006… Lockheed Martin wins $305 million, 6-year contract from FBI to develop “Sentinel” information management system.

September 2007… Lockheed Martin wins $16 million computer order from FBI.

February 2008… Lockheed Martin wins $1 billion contract from FBI to help create “Next Generation Identification System,” a “massive computer database of people’s physical characteristics as part of an effort to better identify criminals and terrorists.”

May 2008… IBM joins Lockheed Martin Team for FBI’s Next Generation Identification Program…

June 2010… James Comey takes a position at Bridgewater Associates, a secretive, cult-like hedgefund, obsessed with “radical transparency.”

October 2010… Lockheed Martin Awarded FBI Contract to help protect the FBI’s