Specifically, an executive summary of a Defense Department survey was written by the department's General Counsel, Jeh Johnson, before the survey was even begun on July 7, 2010.
The situation intensified further in November 2010 after Jeh Johnson briefed five top White House officials about the findings of the so-called Comprehensive Review Working Group (CRWG) - a Pentagon task force on the gays-in-the-military issue that he co-chaired.