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.
(b)(6) lim I acatski (b)(6) Sent from Outlook From: McHale. Kelly A CIV WHS ESD (USA) Senk Tuesday. Mav 12. 2020 7:49 AM ToW) Subject: Kb: DOPSR Case 2O-SB-OO58 - Manuscript Review Mr. Lacatski, To follow up on my email below, chapters 12 and 16-19 are missing from your manuscript. Can you please email the additional chapters to us? Thank you, Kelly McHale Security Review Specialist Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review Tel: 703.614.4903 Caution-Caution-Caution-Caution-Caution-Caution-Caution-Caution-Caution-Caution-Caution-Caution-Caution- https://www.esd.whs.mil/DOPSR/ ----- Original Message----- From: McHale. Kelly A CIV WHS ESD (USA) SenL Monday Mav 1 1 2020 4 28 PM_______ To:f)(6) Subject: DOPSR Case 2U-SB-0U>8 - Manuscript Review Dear Mr. Lacatski, This email is to confirm the Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review (DOPSR) has commenced prepublication review of your manuscript "Skinwalkers at the Pentagon", originally received on March 10. 2020. Thank you for resending the manuscript on April 30. DOPSR will conduct a security review for classified information, controlled unclassified information, operational security related information, and a policy review' to ensure accurate statements of DoD Policy. I am the assigned action officer and the manuscript is assigned case number 20-SB-0058. Manuscript reviews are averaging several months, and have been severely hampered by the current Pandemic mitigation measures that have affected the Department. DOPSR is currently on full-time telework and has reduced capabilities to complete manuscript reviews efficiently. Other factors affecting review' times are the complexity of the subject matter, the volume of information, and the number of components with equity in the manuscript. DOPSR continues to strive to 15
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.