The idea of using Theranos devices: Carolyn Y. Johnson, “Trump’s Pick for Defense
Secretary Went to the Mat for the Troubled Blood-Testing Company
Theranos,” Washington Post, December 1, 2016.
With the approval of his boss: Email with the subject line “Seeking regulatory
advice regarding Theranos (UNCLASSIFIED)” sent by David Shoemaker to
Sally Hojvat at 10:16 a.m. EST on June 14, 2012.
Hojvat forwarded his query: Email with the subject line “FW: Seeking regulatory
advice regarding Theranos (UNCLASSIFIED)” sent by Sally Hojvat to
Elizabeth Mansfield, Katherine Serrano, Courtney Lias, Alberto Gutierrez,
Don St. Pierre, and David Shoemaker at 11:43 a.m. EST on June 15, 2012.
However, in practice, it had not done so: Office of Public Health Strategy and
Analysis, Office of the Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, “The
Public Health Evidence for FDA Oversight of Laboratory Developed Tests: 20
Case Studies,” November 16, 2015.
That changed in the 1990s: Ibid.
Gutierrez forwarded the Shoemaker email: Email with the subject line “FW:
Seeking regulatory advice regarding Theranos (UNCLASSIFIED)” sent by
Alberto Gutierrez to Judith Yost, Penny Keller, and Elizabeth Mansfield at
4:36 p.m. EST on July 15, 2012.
Yost and Keller decided it wouldn’t hurt: Email with the subject line “RE: Seeking
regulatory advice regarding Theranos (UNCLASSIFIED)” sent by Judith Yost
to Penny Keller and Sarah Bennett at 11:46 a.m. EST on June 18, 2012.
The job fell to Gary Yamamoto: Email with the subject line “FW: Seeking
regulatory advice regarding Theranos (UNCLASSIFIED)” sent by Penny
Keller to Gary Yamamoto at 5:48 p.m. EST on June 18, 2012.
Two months later, on August 13, 2012: Email with the subject line “RE: Theranos
update?” sent by Gary Yamamoto to Penny Keller and Karen Fuller at 2:03
p.m. EST on August 15, 2012.
When he explained that his agency: Email with the subject line “RE: Theranos
(UNCLASSIFIED)” sent by Penny Keller to David Shoemaker, copying Erin
Edgar, at 1:36 p.m. EST on August 16, 2012.
In a blistering email to General Mattis: Email with the subject line “RE: Follow up”
sent by Elizabeth Holmes to James Mattis, copying Jorn Pung and Karl Horst,
at 3:14 p.m. EST on August 9, 2012.
He forwarded it to Colonel Erin Edgar: Email with the subject line “FW: Follow up”
sent by James Mattis to Erin Edgar, copying Karl Horst, Carl Mundy, and
Jorn Pung, at 10:52 p.m. EST on August 9, 2012.
He also forwarded to Shoemaker: Email with the subject line “Fw: Follow up” sent