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This is a June 24, 2009 letter from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn III, released as a Defense Intelligence Agency record. In it, Reid asks Lynn to set up a Restricted Special Access Program with a bigoted access list covering parts of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP). He says the program has produced highly sensitive, unconventional aerospace-related findings. An attachment gives a preliminary access list that names Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies contractors.
Attachment 1 Sponsoring Agency: Undetermined (DEPSECDEF) Component,.level SAP Central Office: Undetermined (DEPSECDEF) Unclassified Nickname: Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) Program Length: FY09-FYl3 (Preliminary) Program Fund.ing: FY09-O&M, FYI0-FYl3-TBD SAP Category Designation: Intelligence, DoD Acquisition FY 10 Preliminary Bigoted List of Co,;~mmcnt-Personnd: 1. Honorable William Lynn III, Deputy Secretary of Defense (Gov't) 2. Honorable Senator Harry Reid of Nevada (Gov't) 3. Honorable Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii (Gov't) 4. Robert T. Herbert .S. Senate 5. (b)(3):10 USC 424:(b)(6) 6. 7 •• ..-b----===-::------ 8. ONI (USN) 9. NI (USMC) IO. USDI (Gov't) 11.L_______JUSDI (Gov't) FY 10 Preliminary Bigoted List of Contractor Personnel funded under the AATIP: I. =-~B=.igelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies LLC (BAASS), (b)(6) 2. L...----c==1BAASS (CTR) 3. L...___-...JBAASS (CTR) This document contains information exempt from mandatory disclosure under the FOIA. Exemptions I and 5 apply.
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FOIA release, from the dia collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 4 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.