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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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He obviously doesn't have to do so and he oven said 'How do I know Sean is not a target of the ongoing criminal investigation'
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And yes, you are defending and adjudicating, and you're undermining the very organization you purported to help
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Hill OGC generally advise members only,
They advise their employers, not members of the public
It's either a lawyer at the Hill or a lawyer in DoD. Who am I sending them to?
Either the law is law or we can scrub having anyone else come see AARO. lo 20 AV
You can't tell Chuck to go to various committees on the Hill. It needs to be someone who represents AARO in the
Executive Branch.
There are a dozen Hill committees with Majority and Minority counsel who may not even agree.
Depends on how badly people want this sorted. Send me chuck's contact info. A,1 ato
Not without his permission obviously. How about I relay your contact info here to Chuck?
This will get sorted, of that I have no doubt. It is only a matter of how quickly and by whom.
Really? Odd, I try to bring everyone to AARO I can; I am trying to help put Dave in touch with your GC if you can
provide simple contact info; I'm not judging the claims between you and Dave and have not claimed his claims are
accurate, I've said he is sincere and credible and his and other claims, which I expressly called "allegations,"warrant
investigation. I have no idea what u or Dave discussed or when and I'm not taking a position on that or even the
underlying claim of recovered materials. So I'm kind...
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Dave can now sa 'Sean has refused to • rovide me or attorne the contact information that would allow us to
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