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DoD FOIA 22-F-0035

The Black Vault / DoD · 2025-08-12 · 109 pages · text from the file's own layer

This is the Department of Defense's final response to John Greenewald Jr.'s FOIA request 22-F-0035, dated August 5, 2025. It releases 106 pages from the Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review, with some material withheld under exemptions (b)(4), (b)(5) and (b)(6). The pages cover the 2020 to 2021 security review of James Lacatski's manuscript "Skinwalkers at the Pentagon: Correcting the Record," about DIA's AAWSAP program. The records include DIA, Air Force and DHS reviews, and the manuscript was cleared as amended in May 2021.

  • p. 45 …They are working as quickly as they can. They are a small staff who are working…
  • p. 51 …We are working these as quickly as possible but are reliant on the components' review. We…
  • p. 53 …Lacatski, Our work posture has changed to part-time in the office so we are working…
  • p. 54 …but we are all working as efficiently as we can to continue to complete book reviews…
  • p. 55 …We are currently on full-time telework and cannot access our work site systems. As soon…
  • p. 56 …I can work with the copy you sent. Thanks! Kelly McHale Security Review Specialist Defense Office…
  • p. 60 …Since the editor and formater will directly work for me, this allows for some additional time…
  • p. 61 …They are working as quickly as they can. They are a small staff who are working…
  • p. 67 …We are working these as quickly as possible but are reliant on the components' review. We…
  • p. 69 …Lacatski, Our work posture has changed to part-time in the office so we are working…
  • p. 70 …situation we are, but we are all working as efficiently as we can to continue to…
  • p. 71 …Wc arc currently on full-time telework and cannot access our work site systems. As soon…
  • p. 72 …I can work with the copy you sent. Thanks! Kelly McHale Security Review Specialist Defense Office…
  • p. 98 …Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are putting new manuscripts that need to be worked…
  • p. 101 …0058 - This one was stuck in the SECREV PST folder so I couldn't work it…
  • p. 106 …so I can do the recording scut work tomorrow. Have one closure letter to generate and…
  • p. 108 …Your timelines below work for us. If we need any responses sooner. I'll let you…
Should you wish to inquire about mediation services, you may contact the OSD/JS FOIA
Public Liaison, Virginia Burke, by email at osd.mc-alex.oatsd-pclt.mbx.foia-liaison@mail.mil or
by phone at 571-372-0462. You may also contact the Office of Government Information Services
(OGIS) at the National Archives and Records Administration to inquire about the FOIA mediation
services they offer. The contact information for OGIS is as follows:
Office of Government Information Services
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road-OGIS
College Park, MD 20740
E-mail: ogis@nara.gov
Telephone: 202-741-5770
Fax: 202-741-5769
Toll-free: 1-877-684-6448
You have the right to appeal to the appellate authority, Mr. Michael Kremlacek, Acting
Principal Deputy to the Secretary of Defense for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Transparency
(PCLT), Office of the Secretary of Defense, at the following address: 4800 Mark Center Drive,
ATTN: PCLFD, FOIA Appeals, Mailbox #24, Alexandria, VA 22350-1700. Your appeal must be
postmarked within 90 calendar days of the date of this response. Alternatively, you may email your
appeal to osd.foia-appeal@mail.mil. If you use email, please include the words "FOIA Appeal" in
the subject of the email. Please also reference FOIA case number 22-F-0035 in any appeal
correspondence.
We appreciate your patience in the processing of your request. As stated previously,
please contact the Action Officer assigned to your request, Melissa C. Gamez, and reference
FOIA case number 22-F-0035, if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Pamela Andrews
Chief, FOIA
Enclosures:
As stated

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