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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.

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“The Pentagon”14 pages

  • 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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IV OSD OATSD (PCLT) (USA)
Dupont, Mark D SES OSD OATSD (PCLT) (USA)
Frida October 27 2023 3:04 PM
CTR OSD OATSD (PCLT) (USA)
TR OSD OATSD (PCLT) (USA)
FW: Tasker(s) Assigned by CMD\(b)(6) SUSP 11/2/2023 I CATMS-191023-
B2HM I INVESTIGATION STATUS UPDATE
OSD008600-23 CONGRESSIONAL INCOMING.pdf; 23 10 27 Congressional Inquiry
Res•onse - Re• Burchett - Grusch.docx
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From: Dupont, Mark D SES OSD OATSD (PCLT) (USA)
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2023 3:02 PM
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Ma'am,
The attached Word document is a draft response to the email Congressional Inquiry (attached pdf). Once you are okay
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Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2023 3:08 PM

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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.