Cambridge Analytica is finally taking their rightful place at the top of the news as a central player in the Trump/Russia saga. Some have been on this story for more than a year.
Thanks to Christopher Wylie, we now know CA was responsible for using purloined Facebook data for micro-targeting the Trump social media strategy. One big question still out there is; did they coordinate with and/or direct the Russian social media operation?
If I were Mueller, I would want to speak with Molly Schweikert, Theresa Hong and Matt Oczkowski.
In the hopes that this research will help others interested in this topic, here is my link dump compiled over the last 15 months in no particular order on CA and the Trump digital operation:
Russian Ads Delivered to Congress — https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2017/10/hard-questions-russian-ads-delivered-to-congress/
Facebook — http://www.adnews.com.au/opinion/facebook-s-efforts-to-axe-russian-hackers-will-hit-marketers
Facebook — https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/3/facebook-advertising-tool-exploited-russian-operat/
Facebook — https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2017/10/hard-questions-russian-ads-delivered-to-congress/
Twitter Emoji — https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/donald-trump-twitter-emoji-crooked-hillary-232647
Twitter deal — https://qz.com/1023261/startups-are-co-opting-donald-trumps-digital-playbook-to-push-progressive-politics-in-2018/
Twitter deal — https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/08/facebooks-widening-role-in-electing-trump/
Trump Digital Ops — https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-27/inside-the-trump-bunker-with-12-days-to-go
Matt Oczkowski — http://www.adnews.com.au/news/five-minutes-with-cambridge-analytica
Matt Oczkowski — https://www.wired.com/story/russia-trump-targeting-fake-news/
Matt Oczkowski — http://mashable.com/2017/04/03/cambridge-analytica-trump-data/#YUMS.8JyLsqG
Matt Oczkowski — https://www.cmo.com.au/article/617253/interview-trump-chief-data-scientist-reveals-data-approach-won-an-election/
Matt Oczkowski — http://campaigninbox.com/inbox-placement#Top
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/russia-scandal-unfolds-cambridge-analytica-draws-new-scrutiny
CA Story 11/13/17 — https://www.yahoo.com/news/top-trump-campaign-adviser-admits-fooled-russian-twitter-bot-180041163.html
Custom audiences — http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/06/08/how-trump-used-facebook-to-win/
Facebook — http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-russia-data-fake-accounts-2017-10
CA Voter Targeting — http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-campaign-data-russia-cambridge-analytica-2017-10
CA/Facebook/Nix — https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/3/16410950/facebook-cambridge-analytica-russia-ad-targeting-restrictions
CA/Facebook — https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/26/cambridge-analytica-used-data-from-facebook-and-politico-to-help-trump
CA Brexit — https://www.snopes.com/2017/06/14/data-firm-helped-trump-sues-the-guardian-brexit-cambridge-analytica/
CA Brexit — https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/07/the-great-british-brexit-robbery-hijacked-democracy
Mercer — https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b14z9p9f2f6mgc/robert-mercers-trade-of-the-century
Facebook — http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/06/08/how-trump-used-facebook-to-win/
CA Trump 6/28/16 — https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/donald-trump-tech-data-fundraising-224865
molly schweickert -
matt oczkowski — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lIG2q0FHuw
Video interview Hong CA in Austin TX — http://ihavenotv.com/the-persuasion-machine-secrets-of-silicon-valley
Video interview Hong CA in Austin TX --https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10029595857
CA Trump — http://thedemocraticstrategist.org/2016/12/a-look-inside-the-trump-campaigns-digital-media-strategy/
CA — Trump https://digit.hbs.org/submission/the-45th-how-the-trump-campaigns-digital-strategy-made-history/
Parscale — http://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/S-A-web-firm-might-be-included-in-probe-of-the-11177097.php
Facebook — https://medium.com/startup-grind/how-the-trump-campaign-built-an-identity-database-and-used-facebook-ads-to-win-the-election-4ff7d24269ac
CA Ownership - http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/211152/trump-data-analytics-russian-access
CA — https://www.wired.com/story/what-did-cambridge-analytica-really-do-for-trumps-campaign/
Russian story on Parscale — csef/ru/en/oborona-i-bezopasnost/265/chelovek-kotoryj-prines-pobedu-trampu-tajny-hitrejshej-internet-kampanii-7237
Includes image of CA/Parscale team (who are these folks?):
Original Russian Parscale article — www.mk.ru/...
Brexit — http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/03/will-brexit-masterminds-work-for-trump.html
Mercer — http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/291772-billionaire-father-and-daughter-linked-to-trump-shakeup
Facebook — https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/russians-took-a-page-from-corporate-america-by-using-facebook-tool-to-id-and-influence-voters/2017/10/02/681e40d8-a7c5-11e7-850e-2bdd1236be5d_story.html
It would be interesting to correlate these historical accounts with what we have learned in the last couple days.
Apologies… there is lots here! This is more of a crowd sourcing research tool than a real diary.
Good luck and have fun!
Update: Additional links promoted from the comments.
Note this is a great article that is perhaps the best historical description:
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mg9vvn/how-our-likes-helped-trump-win
Another excellent very detailed historical summary that mentions Wylie and ties it all together (READ THIS FIRST):
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/07/the-great-british-brexit-robbery-hijacked-democracy?CMP=share_btn_tw
Plus:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/28/trump-assange-bannon-farage-bound-together-in-unholy-alliance