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Mellon DOPSR Docs 2024 (FOIA 24-F-1134)

Office of the Secretary of Defense · 2024 · 17 pages · text from the file's own layer

This 2024 Office of the Secretary of Defense FOIA release (24-F-1134) contains Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review records for a submission by Chris Mellon, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. In January 2024 Mellon submitted for release an unmarked message from a former DoD official alleging a program exploiting recovered off-world technology. The file includes emails chasing reviews from OUSD(I&S) and AARO. Both reviewers raised no objection, and on March 1, 2024 the case was cleared for open publication.

  • p. 13 …6) since he was on the original thread. Thank you very much in advance. Best, 2
  • p. 15 …advance to confirm. I also plan to redact the name of the alleged "gatekeeper" of the…
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JWICS: (b)(6)
(b)(6) Defense Office of Prepublication
and Security Review
Executive Services Directorate
Washington Headquarters Services
Work Cell: (b)(6)
NIPR: (b)(6)
Pentagon (b)(6)
3Office: (b)(6)
(b)(6)
From: CIV WHS ESD (USA)
Sent: Wednesday, January 3, 2024 12:29 PM
To: christophermellon (b)(6)
Cc: (b)(6)
(b)(6)
(b)(6)CIV WHS ESD (USA) WHS Pentagon ESD
Mailbox SECREV(b)(6) (b)(6) CIV WHS ESD (USA)
(b)(6)
Subject: Re: ET Tech Retrieval Document
Greetings Mr. Mellon,
Great talking with you.
Please use this address to send the document(s) in question via FedEx:
Department of Defense
Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review
Pentagon, Room (b)(6)
Washington, DC 20301-1155
My office will confirm receipt once delivered.
r/ (b)(6)
(b)(6)
How am I doing? Let me know at https://ice.disa.mil/index.cfm?fa=card&sp=13913384s=1108(dep=*DoD
From: WHS Pentagon ESD Mailbox SECREV
Sent: Wednesday, January 3, 2024 8:47 AM
To: (b)(6) CIV WHS ESD (USA)
Cc: (b)(6) CIV WHS ESD (USA)
Subject: FW: ET Tech Retrieval Document
Good mornin
Sending this over for advisement. I've CC'd (b)(6) since he was on the original thread.
Thank you very much in advance.
Best,
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FOIA release, from the osd collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 17 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.