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AARO records on attempts to engage with Grusch (FOIA 24-F-0266)

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This FOIA release comes from the Department of Defense Freedom of Information Division. It answers request 24-F-0266 from John Greenewald of The Black Vault, and the response is dated March 21, 2024. It holds 26 partly redacted pages, including a January 8, 2024 AARO memorandum for record on repeated invitations to interview David Grusch, along with text messages, emails and authorization memos from DoD and ODNI. AARO concluded that Grusch had no intention of giving it information about his claims.

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Chris Mellon @
I spoke w Dave and his first question was, "Why hadn't , Two, Jun 13 all the info from the IC IG? It is all there and fully
documented to include confirmation the program is real from active, Cleared insiders. ,
DOJ has to release it since it's part of a criminal investigation.
They haven't yet
He needs to come tell us separate from his criminal complaint (0
He obviously doesn't have to do so and he even said "How do I know Sean is not a target of the ongoing criminal
investigation (I) However, that being said, I
explained your request regarding having his attorney contact OGC and suggested he do so to show full cooperation.
He said that if you can provide OGC's contact info he'll pass it to his attorney. Btw, he also said his claim about
contacting you dates to a conversation the two of you had many months ago on a 'Tandberg* (sp?) system and that
you didn't follow up after that call. I'm not trying to adjudicate that issue just telling you what he said. Apparently that
is what his statement was referring to. So, if you can provide an OGC email or phone number I'll get that to Dave right
away and hopefully his attorney will promptly contact OGC.
All of that is both absurd and false. I have had a conversation with him for years. If he wants this brought out and
investigated, then yes he obviously does have to. His continued refusal to speak with us only hurts his case.
I've contacted Congressional OGC to reach out to him.
So they can explain the law.
Haven't had a conversation for years
Our statement will simply be that he's refused to speak with AARO oso
OK, sounds good. Happy to help when I can. Don't hesitate to kick my tires if I'm off base on something
Btw, there isn't a Congressional OGC as such. Tx, if
There are congressional lawyers that get law
To be clear, whom should Dave expect to hear from if you cannot provide a POC at DoD?
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