Re the CRUCIAL “workflow chart” issue. What needs to be asked is:
*When did agent Strzok and/or Pientka first write up the 302 report, when was it dated, and who was it given to in the “Chain of Command” for document processing?
* Where is the original 302 and any notes that it was based on? Again, a chain of command issuefrom Strzok/Pientka to the next step in the chain/custody procedure.
* There should be a “Log-In” book/list of when the document was given to the document processor and possibly a signed RECEIPT for it (and a copy, either physical or on a log-in computer records keeping system).
* There must be a Log-In book of when the document was entered into the system (and given a log-in number). Where is this book/database listing?
* What DOCUMENT NO. was given to the 302 (first by DOJ, and then possibly by another data-entry process)?
* Where (on what DOJ system) are 302’s kept? (It would be a classified system so it’s name wouldn’t be made public but it could be told to the Committees’ chairmen in camera).
I’ve had years of experience as a de factor records manager in terms of document intake, numbering, submitting it to systems manager for input into a large database, and just plain reading Opposing Counsel and Govt produced documents for various types of civil and criminal cases.
Generic Example based on reality. The Govt or Opposing Counsel/etc. finds/produces a document for a case. In the old days, it was given a physical Bates Stamp No. on a sticker, affixed to the document. Then the doc was Microfilmed or Microfiched with a REEL and IMAGE Number. Today it is directly scanned into a database but it is GIVEN a DATABASE NUMBER as well as a CASE NUMBER.
This way a document can be traced by a known case number (in the case documents log), the general databases’ assigned intake number (searchable by key-word-in-context (KWIC) titles or a similar system) and from the case attorney’s notes to the intake people/case status book they keep.
Somewhere that 302 and possibly other copies (if they were disseminated to other people for review, i.e., AG AAG, DAAG, case attorneys, etc.) is/are out there, like the Truth in the X-Files, only these are real.
Time to issue subpoenas to every one in the 302 Production/Chain of Custody family, and NOW.
* Where is the original 302 and any notes that it was based on? Again, a chain of command issuefrom Strzok/Pientka to the next step in the chain/custody procedure.
* There should be a “Log-In” book/list of when the document was given to the document processor and possibly a signed RECEIPT for it (and a copy, either physical or on a log-in computer records keeping system).
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And there’s LOTS of metadata associated with these documents. Lots of specific details on ALL the the additions, the deletions, the wheres, the whats, the whos and the whens.