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This Defense Intelligence Agency release is a packet prepared for the Deputy Secretary of Defense before a November 17, 2009 meeting with Senator Harry Reid. It contains a memo from Under Secretary James R. Clapper Jr., talking points, and Reid's June 24, 2009 letter asking for restricted Special Access Program protection for the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Application Program, which Reid called AATIP. It also includes DIA reviews of 26 Bigelow Aerospace technical reports. DIA and Clapper found no justification for a Special Access Program.
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Talking Points DepSecDef Meeting with Senator Harry Reid November 17, 2009 Topic: Senator Harry Reid's Request to Protect the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Application Program as a Special Access Program Background • Early 2008: Senator Reid met (bJ(3J 1o use 424 (bl (6) a DIA analyst, at a technical conference. • July 2008: Senators Reid and Inouye co-sponsored a $!OM earmark in the Supplemental Appropriation Bill to assess far-tenn foreign advanced aerospace threats to the United States. A $!2M earmark has been allocated to support the project in FY2010. • August 2008: DIA learned of counter-intelligence concerns with Bigelow Aerospace, the parent company of Bigelow Aerospace Advance Space Studies. These concerns do not appear to be directly related to Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Application Program (AA WSAP). • September 2008: DIA awarded the contract to the sole bidder, Bigelow Aerospace Advance Space Studies (Las Vegas, NV), to perform unclassified research in 11 technical areas and deliver technical reports on those areas by July 31, 2009. l(b)(3):1D usc 424:(b)(6) lis the Program Manager for the AA WSAP. Its primary purpose is to investigate revolutionary advances in future aerospace technologies with emphasis on research of unconventional and revolutionary technologies. o Senator Reid's office refers to the AA WSAP as the Advanced Aerospace Threat and Identification Program. • May 19, 2009: l(b)(3):10 USC 424:(b)(6) Imet with Senator Reid about several issues, one of them being the AAWSAP. The project was briefly discussed and limited feedback was provided. (bJ(3J 10 use 424 (b)(BJ did not commit to SAP the program. • June 24, 2009: Senator arry c, sent a letter to Deputy Secretary Lynn requesting that DoD put the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Application Program (AA WSAP) under Special Access Protection (Tab A). • July 31, 2009: DIA received all 26 papers, based on research in 12 technical areas. • July - October 2009: Bob Herbert, Senator Reid's personal staffer, made multiple phone calls to Marcel Lettre, PDASD/LA, inquiring on the status of our response to the June 24 th letter. • October 30, 2009: DIA completed quality reviews of all papers and provided an assessment to Lt. Gen. Burgess (Tab B). The papers arc currently Unclassificd//For Official Use Only.
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FOIA release, from the dia collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 18 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.