Documents / FOIA release
This is the Department of Defense's final response to John Greenewald Jr.'s FOIA request 22-F-0035, dated August 5, 2025. It releases 106 pages from the Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review, with some material withheld under exemptions (b)(4), (b)(5) and (b)(6). The pages cover the 2020 to 2021 security review of James Lacatski's manuscript "Skinwalkers at the Pentagon: Correcting the Record," about DIA's AAWSAP program. The records include DIA, Air Force and DHS reviews, and the manuscript was cleared as amended in May 2021.
“The Advance”1 page
From: McHale, Kelly A CIV WHS ESD (USA) [(b)(6) Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 5:58 PM To: "DIA Prepub_Rvw Subject: Status Inquiry Hi DIA Colleagues! I hope you are doing well! We have several manuscripts tasked to you that we're seeking statuses on: 20-SB-0008 - Author: Kwasi Perry; Title: "T.A.L.K., The Amazing Life of Kwasi" 20-SB-0058 - Author: James Lacatski; Title: "Skinwalkers in the Pentagon" 20-SB-0076 - Author: Michael Vickers; Title: "By All Means Available" 20-SB-0065 - Author: James Van de Velde; Title: "A Person of Interest" 20-SB-0106-Author: Rich Higgins; Title: "Deep Fight" Thanks! Kelly Kelly McHale Security Review Specialist Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review Tel: 703.614.4903 How am I doing? Let me know at https://ice.disa.mil/index.cfm?fa=card&sp=139133&s=110&dep=*DoD 2
FOIA release, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 109 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.