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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.
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copying and pasting the address to a Web browser. Hi Tim, I wrote a week or so ago about some paperwork/authorization questions, and I have a couple more specific ones, if you have a few minutes and are able to answer them. I'll save the ones that relate to the specific program/videos I'm interested in for (b)(61 (b)(6) in the press office, but if you can answer these general process and interpretation questions, I would very much appreciate it. 1. For DD Form 1910, is there an approval stamp that says "Cleared for open publication / [DATE] / Department of Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review"? 2. When DD Form 1910 has that stamp, what does that mean in terms of the information's release--can it then appear anywhere, and be posted or published by anyone, and be considered official and authorized? 3. Is there another step in the process, for information to be considered "released," after the information has DOPSR approval via form 1910? 4. In Directive 5230.29, it says that if a document that has been "cleared for public release" that document's information "may be released without restriction by the originating DoD Component or its authorized official." Am I interpreting correctly that the originating Component is the organization within the DoD to whom the files first belonged, and that its authorized agent is someone within that organization? If so, if a document "cleared for release" is made public by someone who has left the DoD but was once an authorized official, is that okay? 5. DOPSR does not deal with documents meant for the media--is that correct? To clear something for media release, one has to deal with a different office? Thanks very much for your help! (b)(6) On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 6:39 AM, WHS Pentagon ESD Mailbox SECREV > wrote: Good Morning, The Major should be able to supply you with proof of clearance for the videos. That can be either a letter which has a "Cleared" stamp, a DD form 1910 (stamped), or even an email stating it is cleared. Not everything goes through DOPSR; they might have gone through their own PAO for clearance. In either case, they should have the proof of 5
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FOIA release, from the osd collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 20 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.