Garrot's asking the impossible here, an exact timeline of someone's personal knowledge from decades in the past? There was some level of specificity that couldn't ever be achieved here.
"He sought out the information he needed from the only sources who had it." She answers, before getting to the more important point:
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"He sought out the information he needed from the only sources who had it." She answers, before getting to the more important point:
"How much did he figure out by himself?"