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Office of the Secretary of Defense · 2026-05-18 · 40 pages · text from the file's own layer

This Office of the Secretary of Defense FOIA release, dated May 18, 2026, is 40 pages of October 2023 email chains. They show the privacy and intelligence oversight office drafting a reply to Rep. Tim Burchett, who had asked about a reported June 2023 Air Force complaint against David Grusch. The November 1, 2023 response from Mark D. Dupont says an Air Force officer raised only a preliminary concern about a possible unauthorized disclosure and later withdrew it. It states that no complaint was ever filed.

  • p. 1 …OSD Pentagon OATSD PCLT Mailbox CATMS Group Box (b)(6) Cc: OSD Pentagon OASD LA Mailbox…
  • p. 3 …Good morning, On July 26, 2023, the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on National Security, the…
  • p. 6 …OSD Pentagon OATSD PCLT Mailbox CATMS Group Box (b)(6) Sent: Friday, October 20, 2023 10…
  • p. 8 …Since the hearing, it has come to Rep. Burchett's (TN-02) attention of the existence…
  • p. 11 …OSD Pentagon OATSD PCLT Mailbox CATMS Group Box (b)(6) Sent: Friday, October 20, 2023 10…
  • p. 12 Executive Assistant Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and…
  • p. 14 …Since the hearing, it has come to Rep. Burchett's (TN-02) attention of the existence…
  • p. 19 Executive Assistant Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and…
  • p. 21 …Since the hearing, it has come to Rep. Burchett's (TN-02) attention of the existence…
  • p. 26 …Any chance I could 103)(5) Mark Executive Assistant Office of the Assistant to the Secretary…
  • p. 28 …Since the hearing, it has come to Rep. Burchett's (TN-02) attention of the existence…
  • p. 34 …s out of the office. Any chance I could From: OSD Pentagon OATSD PCLT Mailbox CATMS…
  • p. 36 …Since the hearing, it has come to Rep. Burchett's (TN-02) attention of the existence…
  • p. 40 …THE ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR PRIVACY, CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND TRANSPARENCY 1155 DEFENSE PENTAGON…
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Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Transparency
Department of Defense
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SUSP 11/2/2023 I CATMS-191023-B2HM I INVESTIGATION
STATUS UPDATE
ALCON,
We just received this congressional tasker via CATMS for our prompt response. nay you schedule something
for us on the calendar today to discuss how we would like to proceed in responding to Congress?
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Sent: Friday, October 20, 2023 9:58 AM
To: OSD Pentagon OATSD PCLT Mailbox CATMS Group Box (b)(6)
Cc: OSD Pentagon OASD LA Mailbox Coordinations(b)(6)
Subject: Tasker(s) Assigned by CMD`(b)(6)
STATUS UPDATE
SUSP 11/2/2023 I CATMS-191023-B2HM I INVESTIGATION
Either a new Tasker has been assigned to you or an existing Tasker assignment has been updated with additional
information. Click the appropriate link to your assignment in either the OPR or OCR list below to access your copy of the
Tasker.
Priority: Normal
Category: General
Action: None
Subject: INVESTIGATION STATUS UPDATE
Task Initiator: CMD
Response Type: RD-Reply Direct
Suspense: 11/2/2023
OPR: PCT
OPR Suspense: 11/2/2023
OPR Instructions:
CATMS Package ID: OSD008600-23 I Action ID: CMD011453-23
Action Request Type: Congressional Incoming
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FOIA release, from the osd collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 40 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.