Motherboard has an interesting new detail on the Silk Road investigation from a mostly refused FOIA.
The few pages released show the following timeline:
June 1, 2011: Gawker publishes this story describing Silk Road.
June 5, 2011: Chuck Schumer gives a press conference repeating details from the story and claiming,
The DEA has confirmed they are aware of the site, and while they won’t confirm or deny that an investigation is underway, from my years of experience, I’d bet my bottom dollar in this instance there is one underway,
June 6, 2011: NY Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Strike Force gets tasked with investigating Silk Road.
June 15, 2011: DEA opened a Personal History Report for its investigation into Silk Road
I find the Gawker to Schumer to New York law enforcement to feds very interesting given yesterday’s events.