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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.
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Kelly McHale
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- p. 107 …Rich Higgins; Title: "Deep Fight"
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To: McHale. Kelly A CIV WHS ESD (USA) JAMES LACATSKI(b)(6)
Subject: Re: [Non-DoD Source] Re: DOPSR Case 2O-SB-OO58 - Manuscript Review
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From: McHale. Kelly A CIV WHS ESD (USA)
Sent: Wednesday. December 2, 2020 1:59 PM
To: JAMES LACATSKI
Subject: RE: [Non-DoD Source] Re: DOPSR Case 2O-SB-OO58 - Manuscript Review
Hi Jim.
The components have confirmed that they are making progress. We do not allow them to ignore reviews. They are on
partial manning so access to on-site computer systems is sporadic. We are in the same posture but are doing all that we
can to maximize our time in the office and complete reviews. We are keeping up on the components to ensure that they
can continue to respond.
If we cannot get a response from our points of contact, we will elevate the concern.
I appreciate all of your patience with our process. We never intend for reviews to take this long and are doing all we can
to keep operations moving.
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