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This All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office release makes public Department of Homeland Security records on KONA BLUE, a DHS prospective special access program that was ended on February 10, 2012. DHS declassified the records on July 18, 2023. The briefing slides and program proposal describe an Advanced Technology Threat program. It would collect reports on advanced aerospace vehicles, inventory recovered technology, gather oral histories and fund consciousness studies. The release also contains Senator Harry Reid's 2009 letter asking for a restricted SAP for AATIP and a 2010 DIA memo on the program.
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# UNCLASSIFIED TOP SECRET/KONA BLUE/NOFORN HANDLE VIA SPECIAL ACCESS CHANNELS ONLY Declassified by: Richard D. McComb DHS, Chief Security Officer Declassified on: 2023071 U.S. Department of Homeland Security Washington, DC 20528 December 12, 2011 Homeland Security MEMORANDUM FOR: Jane Holl Lute, Deputy Secretary Paul O'Toole THRU: Dr. Tara O'Toole, Under Secretary for Science & Technology FROM: Mr. Steven J. Cover, Chief, Special Access Program Control Office SUBJECT: Termination of a DHS Science & Technology "Prospective: Special Access Program (PSAP)" (U) REFERENCE: a. DHS Directive Number 140-04, Special Access Program Management, 08/12/2009 b. Memo dated July 11, 2011, Establishment of a DHS Science & Technology "Prospective: Special Access Program (PSAP)" (U) (TS/KB/NF) In accordance with DHS Directive Number 140-04, the Deputy Secretary renders all final decisions for the establishment or disposition of all Special Access Programs within the Department. This memorandum memorializes the decision of Deputy Secretary Lute, in her capacity as Chairperson of the Special Access Program Oversight Committee (SAPOC), to terminate the Science & Technology Prospective Special Access Program (PSAP) KONA BLUE. (TS/KD/NF) The KONA BLUE Prospective Special Access Program was established by Under Secretary for Science & Technology Tara O'Toole on July 11, 2011. Since that date, the Special Access Program Control Office (SAPCO) and the PSAP's Program Manager have worked to develop the SAP proposal for presentation to the SAPOC. On December 8, 2011, a progress review of the PSAP was conducted in the office of the Deputy Secretary. In attendance were Deputy Secretary Lute; General Counsel Fong; Under Secretary Wagner; SAPCO Chief Cover; and Associate General Counsel Kronisch. Under Secretary O'Toole was invited but was unable to attend. (U/4IVSACO) The discussion began with SAPCO Chief Cover providing an update on recent activities undertaken and information gathered regarding the PSAP, followed by General Counsel Fong and Under Secretary Wagner providing the perspectives on the proposal. Deputy Secretary Lute then led a discussion of the proposal during which various questions about the proposal were identified and considered. Those questions included whether the justifications for establishment as a SAP (e.g., assessment of threat/vulnerability) were adequate and whether the development of a
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