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DoD FOIA 22-F-0035

The Black Vault / DoD · 2025-08-12 · 109 pages · text from the file's own layer

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.

  • p. 1 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION DIVISION 1155 DEFENSE PENTAGON WASHINGTON, DC 20301-1155 Ref: 22…
  • p. 5 …whs.pentagon.esd.mbx.secrev@mail.mil, and should reference the case number above. Please direct…
  • p. 11 …PUBLIC RELEASE faifett Statehers at the Pentagon Cwrsctag toe Record 1bNMMMiitavMUiiitehuBWmiAtaNtaiWliMai.bMlm«MMkg0iiian state be tecte…
  • p. 12 …the Pentagon: Correcting the Record (128 pages). We do not object to public release of the…
  • p. 15 …McHale, Kelly A CIV WHS ESD (USA); WHS Pentagon ESD Mailbox SECREV Cc: Oredugba, Carolyn Y…
  • p. 16 …Skinwalkers at the Pentagon: Correcting the Record (Book) Originator Reference Number: 20-SB-0058/0 Case…
  • p. 17 …Skinwalkers at the Pentagon: Correcting the Record The attached material is forwarded for review in accordance…
  • p. 19 …clearance of the manuscript titled, “Skinwalkers at the Pentagon: Correcting the Record”. The manuscript submitted for…
  • p. 20 …the date of this response. Please submit any reconsiderations, rewrites, or appeals to: whs.pentagon.esd…
  • p. 21 DRAFT - For DOPSR Review Only, Not For Release Skinwalkers at the Pentagon: Correcting the Record Colm…
  • p. 57 …at the Pentagon", originally received on March 10. 2020. Thank you for resending the manuscript on…
  • p. 58 …whs.pentagon.esd.mbx.secrev@mail.mil, and should reference the case number above. Please direct…
  • p. 68 …Skinwalkcrs at the Pentagon"? We arc at the eight month point since the manuscript was submitted…
  • p. 69 …Hi, Could I have a progress update on 20-SB-0058 "Skinwalkers at the Pentagon"? We…
  • p. 70 …Hi, Any progress occurring with the review of 20-SB-0058 "Skinwalkcrs at the Pentagon"? If…
  • p. 71 …Hi, Just wanted to check on the progress made in reviewing of "Skinwalkers at the Pentagon…
  • p. 73 …at the Pentagon", originally received on March 10, 2020. Thank you for resending the manuscript on…
  • p. 74 …whs.pentagon.esd.mbx.secrev@mail.mil, and should reference the case number above. Please direct…
  • p. 75 …clearance of the manuscript titled, “Skinwalkers at the Pentagon: Correcting the Record”. The manuscript submitted for…
  • p. 76 …the date of this response. Please submit any reconsiderations, rewrites, or appeals to: whs.pentagon .esd…
  • p. 77 DRAFT - For DOPSR Review Only, Not For Release Skinwalkers at the Pentagon: Correcting the Record Colm…
  • p. 98 …Skinwalkers at the Pentagon: Correcting the Record Purpose: PUBLIC RELEASE Event Date: Pages: 128 Requester: Lacatski…
  • p. 102 …It looks like the authors of 20-SB-0058 ("Skinwalkers at the Pentagon: Correcting the Record…
  • p. 103 …Skinwalkers at the Pentagon: Correcting the Record Doc Type: BOOK 20-SB-0058 James Lacatski 03…
  • p. 104 …attached for inclusion into the Skinwalkers at the Pentagon: Correcting the Record draft emailed to DOPSR…
  • p. 105 …Request for DOPSR Security Review of new non-fiction bookSkinwalkers at the Pentagon: Correcting the Record…
  • p. 107 …James Lacatski; Title: "Skinwalkers in the Pentagon" 20-SB-0076 - Author: Michael Vickers; Title: "By All…
  • p. 109 …James Lacatski; Title: "Skinwalkers in the Pentagon" 20-SB-0076 - Author: Michael Vickers; Title: "By All…
Should you wish to inquire about mediation services, you may contact the OSD/JS FOIA
Public Liaison, Virginia Burke, by email at osd.mc-alex.oatsd-pclt.mbx.foia-liaison@mail.mil or
by phone at 571-372-0462. You may also contact the Office of Government Information Services
(OGIS) at the National Archives and Records Administration to inquire about the FOIA mediation
services they offer. The contact information for OGIS is as follows:
Office of Government Information Services
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road-OGIS
College Park, MD 20740
E-mail: ogis@nara.gov
Telephone: 202-741-5770
Fax: 202-741-5769
Toll-free: 1-877-684-6448
You have the right to appeal to the appellate authority, Mr. Michael Kremlacek, Acting
Principal Deputy to the Secretary of Defense for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Transparency
(PCLT), Office of the Secretary of Defense, at the following address: 4800 Mark Center Drive,
ATTN: PCLFD, FOIA Appeals, Mailbox #24, Alexandria, VA 22350-1700. Your appeal must be
postmarked within 90 calendar days of the date of this response. Alternatively, you may email your
appeal to osd.foia-appeal@mail.mil. If you use email, please include the words "FOIA Appeal" in
the subject of the email. Please also reference FOIA case number 22-F-0035 in any appeal
correspondence.
We appreciate your patience in the processing of your request. As stated previously,
please contact the Action Officer assigned to your request, Melissa C. Gamez, and reference
FOIA case number 22-F-0035, if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Pamela Andrews
Chief, FOIA
Enclosures:
As stated

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