--- /protect_ori.php
+++ /protect.php
@@ -499,6 +499,14 @@
 			'timeout'     => 15
 		);

+		// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+		// Added by NinTechNet: log the POST data sent to the API server:
+		$jj_msg = date_i18n('M d, Y @ H:i:s O') .
+			": POSTing to remote API server api.bruteprotect.com\n";
+		$jj_msg.= print_r( $args, true) . "\n\n";
+		file_put_contents('/tmp/jack-n-jill-API.txt', $jj_msg, FILE_APPEND);
+		// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 		$response_json           = wp_remote_post( $this->get_api_host(), $args );
 		$this->last_response_raw = $response_json;
 		$headers                 = $this->get_headers();
@@ -509,6 +517,15 @@
 		if ( is_array( $response_json ) ) {
 			$response = json_decode( $response_json['body'], true );
 		}
+
+		// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+		// Added by NinTechNet: log the response from the API server:
+		$jj_msg = date_i18n('M d, Y @ H:i:s O')
+			. ": response from remote API server api.bruteprotect.com\n";
+		$jj_msg.= print_r( $response, true);
+		file_put_contents('/tmp/jack-n-jill-API.txt', $jj_msg .
+			"\n---------------------------\n\n", FILE_APPEND);
+		// -----------------------------------------------------------------------

 		if( isset( $response['blocked_attempts'] ) && $response['blocked_attempts'] ) {
 			update_site_option( 'jetpack_protect_blocked_attempts', $response['blocked_attempts'] );