I must be stupider than I thought.
I just don’t get the TIMELINE on this thing.
What war was President Trump going to start five years ago?
I admit I don’t always understand what Gertz writes.
Well, Trump did threaten a run in 2012...
Hansen's feelings for Trump were disclosed in a transcript of an electronically intercepted conversation on April 10, 2018, between Hansen, identified by his FBI code name "Gray Willow," and the DIA case officer who was cooperating with authorities. Hansen explained in the phone call why he was making a risky spying pitch to the officer who was not identified by name. "The fact, because I hate Trump," Hansen stated. "I know he wants to start a war somewhere. I don't want you to die for no reason. That's the only reason we're having this conversation."
SEPTEMBER 5, 1959 : (RON HANSEN IS BORN -— See DIA, CHINA, ESPIONAGE/SPIES/SPOOKS)
???? : (RON HANSEN RETIRES FROM THE ARMY, THEN HE HIRES ON AT THE DIA AS A CIVILIAN CASE OFFICER -— See DIA, CHINA, ESPIONAGE/SPIES/SPOOKS)
2006 : (DIA ANALYST MONTAPERTO PLEADS GUILTY -— See DIA, CHINA, ESPIONAGE/SPIES/SPOOKS)
DECEMBER 2006 : (RON HANSEN RETIRES FROM THE DIA BUT AT SOME POINT BETWEEN NOW AND 2011 HE BECOMES A US GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR -— See DIA, CHINA, ESPIONAGE/SPIES/SPOOKS)
2007 : (RETIRED DIA EMPLOYEE RON HANSEN BEGINS LIVING IN CHINA, WORKS FOR H-11 DIGITAL FORENSICS [WAS HE AREADY A US GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR?] -— See DIA, CHINA, ESPIONAGE/SPIES/SPOOKS)
2010: (CHINA : THE CIA BEGINS LOSING INFORMANTS...)
2012 : (RETIRED DIA EMPLOYEE RON HANSEN ATTEMPTS TO REGAIN ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFO BY SEEKING TO BE REHIRED AT THE DIA AND SEEKING WORK AT TWO OTHER INTEL AGENCIES; AT SOME POINT HE CONTACTS A CONGRESSPERSON ON THE HOUSE PSCI IN AN EFFORT TO BECOME A STAFFMEMBER -— See DIA, CHINA, ESPIONAGE/SPIES/SPOOKS)
2013? - JUNE 2018 : (RON HANSEN MAKES AT LEAST 40 TRIPS TO CHINA IN THIS PERIOD)
2014 EARLY : (RON HANSEN BEGINS MEETING WITH CHINESE INTEL AGENTS -— See DIA, CHINA, ESPIONAGE/SPIES/SPOOKS)
2014 : (THE FBI BEGINS INVESTIGATION OF RON HANSEN -— See DIA, CHINA, ESPIONAGE/SPIES/SPOOKS)
APRIL 10, 2018 : (RON HANSEN INFORMS FELLOW DIA EMPLOYEE, WHOM HE IS TRYING TO RECRUIT ON BEHALF OF CHINA, OF HIS CONCERNS ABOUT TRUMP POSSIBLY STARTING A WAR -— See DIA, CHINA, ESPIONAGE/SPIES/SPOOKS)
JUNE 5, 2018 : (RON HANSEN IS ARRESTED -— See DIA, CHINA, ESPIONAGE/SPIES/SPOOKS)
MARCH 2019 : (RON HANSEN PLEADS ‘GUILTY’ -— See DIA, CHINA, ESPIONAGE/SPIES/SPOOKS)
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 : (RON HANSEN TO BE SENTENCED -— See DIA, CHINA, ESPIONAGE/SPIES/SPOOKS