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This 2022 Office of the Secretary of Defense FOIA release (22-F-1178) contains 2020 email correspondence between the Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review and Luis Elizondo, former Director of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, and his attorney Jeff Springer. Elizondo submitted "Alone," a partially fictionalized screenplay based on Leslie Kean's book, for security review. The emails cover delays caused by COVID-19. DOPSR cleared the screenplay for public release on November 30, 2020, without implying endorsement or factual accuracy.
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From: McHale, Kelly A CIV WHS ESD (USA) Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 10:20 AM To: Jeff Springer 4(b)(6) Cc: Luis Elizondo b)(6) Subject: RE: [Non-DoD Source] RE: DOPSR: Pre-Publication and Manuscripts Review 30 Sep 2020 Mr. Springer, Mr. Elizondo has been provided with an acknowledgment that the screenplay was received. Currently, manuscripts/screenplays are taking several months to complete. This is due to the high volume of submissions and COVID-related delays. We are doing our best to complete reviews in a timely manner but we cannot provide a definitive completion date at this time. Thank you, Kelly McHale Security Review Specialist Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review Tel: 703.614.4903 How am I doing? Let me know atCaution-Caution- https://ice.disa.mil/index.cfm?fa=card&sp=139133&s=110&dep=*DoD From: Jeff Springer 4b)(6) > Sent: Monday, October 12, 2020 6:54 PM To: WHS Pentagon ESD Mailbox SECREV > Cc: Luis Elizondo 4b)(6) >; Laura Bickford 4b)(6) >; Patricia Kennedy > Subject: [Non-DoD Source] RE: DOPSR: Pre-Publication and Manuscripts Review 30 Sep 2020 4
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