Elizondo OIG documents 2017 to 2019

Elizondo,
Luis,
D.,
Mr.,
OSD
OUSDI
From:
Tipton,
Neill,
T.,
Mr.,
OSD
OUSDI
Sent:
Friday,
August
25,
2017
11:17
AM
To:
Elizondo,
Luis,
D.,
Mr.,
OSD
OUSDI
Subject:
RE:
Program Meeting
Classification:
UNCLASSIFIED
Thanks
Lue.
All
good
-
although,
at some
point
I
need
to
know
what this
actually "is"....
Thanks
Neill
Original
Message
From: Elizondo,
Luis, D.,
Mr.,
OSD OUSDI
Sent:
Friday,
August 25, 2017
10:35
AM
To:
Tipton,
Neill, T.,
Mr.,
OSD OUSDI
Subject:
RE:
Program
Meeting
Classification:
UNCLASSIFIED
Neil,
as
discussed,
thanks
for your time
with
this.
As
the
principal
SES in
your Directorate,
I
think you
are
certainly
the
appropriate representative to
help
take our effort to
a
new
level.
I
think
by
now you
probably already
know
I
have
been managing
another "nuanced" effort within
the
Department
for
some time.
In
fact, even when
I
worked for
you
years ago your probably guessed
I
was
also working
another
effort for
the
Department
given
some
of
our
discussion and raw video.
I
can't overstate
how
important
I
believe this portfolio
is
with
respect to our collective National Security.
So
you
are
aware,
I
have already
laid
the foundations
with
SECDEF's
front
office (and
they support
it)
to transfer the
portfolio underyou given
your new focus
on Special Projects for
the Department and
USD(I).
The
front
office
will
also
brief up
the
new
USD(I)
once he arrives but
id
hesitant to
brief
anyone else at this point so please keep this at our
level
for now.
Initially,
I
was
going
to approach
John Pede but when he handed over the
reigns
to
you,
I
figured you would be
the perfect
fit.
In
the
coming weeks,
I
ask you
to attend
a
few meetings
with me at the
front
office
in
order that
you can
meet the restof
the
players within
the
building. Later,
I
will
also introduce
you
to some
of
our partners
in
industry and other agencies
who are
helping lead
the
charge. Ultimately,
I
will
need your help analyzing and exploiting material (this was the area
Mark
Sanders was particularly helpful with).
I
have
a
facility
I
need to show you
that
you
will
be able to use.As
always,
I
sincerely appreciate your help with this and look
forward to working with/for you once again.
I
can't think
of a
better
guy to be involved with this.
Best,
Lue
P.S. let me know when you want to go
kill
some fish!
I
have access to an awesome 35 Trojan that
is a
serious fishing
machine in
the Bay! I'll
buy the bait!
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