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This DoD Washington Headquarters Services release collects emails about Luis Elizondo, marked as correspondence from a private citizen to a DoD employee. In a June 2020 email and a June 2019 email, Elizondo asks public affairs officer Susan Gough to correct statements that he had no assigned duties in AATIP. He says he ran the program and names people who could confirm his role. Attached August and September 2017 emails with Neill Tipton discuss handing the portfolio over to Tipton.
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these emails? Really? Check Neil's calendars and you will see these meetings occurred (as well as innumerable other meetings on my calendars). I am providing these documents to you to afford you and the Department a final opportunity to correct the record. Meanwhile, I am being pushed into a corner as you can well imagine and will soon be forced to engage an attorney and respond. The oversight committees are also well aware of my role and I believe appreciative of my efforts. In conclusion, it seems clear to me and others that there exists an extreme miscommunication among OUSDI staff. I truly hope we can resolve this amicably. What a sad statement it is that instead of being rewarded for my initiative and persistence, for diligently pursuing an issue so many others were willing to duck, some in the department are instead trying to destroy my career and reputation by sowing disinformation. To reiterate, I was an OUSDI staff member while working with the AATIP portfolio up until the point of my departure. This was previously verified by the DoD Press Secretary in 2017. Check Neil's calendar and you will be able to confirm these meetings occurred -- a small sample of the total number of meetings I was having on a weekly and near daily basis at the time. I know that you are trying to be a fair and honest broker. I hope you will therefore take this letter in the spirit of a former colleague merely seeking to set the record straight. Please advise receipt of this communication if you would at your earliest convenience. I am holding off media requests and will continue to do so until I hear from you. As you can imagine, the pressure is growing. Sincerely and respectfully, Lue Elizondo 2
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