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Doc for Release (FOIA 22-F-0956)

Office of the Secretary of Defense · 2022 · 20 pages · text from the file's own layer

This Office of the Secretary of Defense FOIA release (22-F-0956) collects internal Pentagon emails from October 2017 to May 2018 about former staffer Luis Elizondo. Garry Reid wrote that Elizondo's claim to have led classified UFO programs was "pure fiction as best I can tell" and reported concerns that he might disclose classified information. Other emails cover a WIRED journalist's questions about DOPSR video clearance and efforts to find the Navy classification authority for a video.

From: "Reid, Garry P SES OSD OUSD INTEL (US)"
Date: October 21, 2017 at 3:54:24 PM EDT
To: "Wibben, Carrie L SES OSD OUSD INTEL (US)'
Subject: Fw: Two things that might hit your radar
Unencrypted for you.
From: Bingen, Kari A HON (US) (b)(6)
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 20[2:56 PM
To: Reid, Garry P SES OSD OUSD INTEL (US)
Cc: Wibben. Carrie L SES OSD OUSD INTEL (US); (b)(6)
(b)(6) Lowery, Todd R SES OSD OUSU IN I LI_ (US), (b)(6)
(b)(6)
Subject: Re: Two things that might hit your radar
Thanks Garry.
On # 1 a (b)(6)
. . p
(b)(6)
On #2 - let's get our options through the OSI route. Did he go through the formal debrief and
close out? Agree on capturing this on security file. Hard to tell here on where this is going as
"previously classified" and unauthorized disclosure (and obligation to protect classified info even
once read out) are two very different things.
(b)(6) - let's find time next week for me to discuss with Garry and his team.
Dave - if there is a McCaskill letter that has come in, let's see who is lead (I assume Policy), and
see how we support.
Thanks
Kari
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 21, 2017. at 1:52 PM, Reid, Garry P SES OSD OUSD INTEL (US)
wrote:
Hi Kari,
Two items in open source that could come your way.
1. Fox is covering a SIGAR report citing 150 Afghan military personnel that
have gone AWOL in US
(b)(5)
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