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The original was posted on /r/ufos by /u/seabritain on 2024-10-07 16:40:54+00:00.

This post is an update to a write-up from last year:

DoD Instruction 5205.11, “Management, Administration, and Oversight of DoD Special Access Programs”:  

DoD Directive 5205.07, “Special Access Program (SAP) Policy”:  

WILSON-DAVIS MEMO

The memo can be read in its entirety here:

In 2002, Dr. Eric Davis held a meeting with Vice Admiral Thomas Wilson. According to a leaked memo of their interaction, Wilson had been investigating the Special Access Programs (SAPs) being used to hide crashed UFO retrieval and reverse-engineering efforts by the US government. In 1997, Wilson was advised to dig through the reference group files in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology (OUSDAT). This suggestion came from Major General H. Marshal Ward.

Paul G. Kaminski was USDAT at this time. Brigadier General Michael Kostelnik is named as the Director of Special Programs for OUSDAT. With this title, Kostelnik also took on the role of:

  • Director of Special Access Program Coordination/Central Office (SAPCO)
  • Executive Secretary of the Special Access Program Oversight Committee (SAPOC)
  • Member of the Senior Review Group (SRG) of SAPOC

OUSDAT has been restructured several times over the last few decades, but the gatekeeper role of SAPCO’s Director has remained the same. This office is now contained within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)). Other names used for the head of this office include the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition (USD(A)) and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics (USD(AT&L)). The Executive Director for Special Programs reports directly to the Deputy Secretary of Defense as the Director of the DoD SAPCO and functionally reports to USD(A&S) as the Director for Special Programs.

Davis recently confirmed that he was the author of the notes.

SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM POLICY

The Deputy Secretary of Defense approved a new Special Access Program policy which became effective September 12, 2024. The reissued DoD Directive 5205.07 and DoD Instruction 5205.11 set up SAP umbrellas with compartments and subcompartments contained below them. Each umbrella is placed under the responsibility of an oversight authority (OA). These OAs are tasked with conducting a yearly review of all DoD SAPs and making recommendations to the Senior Review Group, who disseminate this information to the Special Access Program Oversight Committee for approval.

OVERSIGHT AUTHORITIES

The Director, DoD SAPCO is in charge of day-to-day management of the DoD SAP Enterprise and controls SAP access for all members of Congress. From DoDI 5205.11:

The Secretary of Defense may designate select unacknowledged SAPs as “waived” when it is determined that using standard procedures for reporting to Congress would adversely affect national security, pursuant to Section 119 of Title 10, United States Code. Waived SAPs remain subject to congressional oversight.

On waived SAPs:

Only the chair, the ranking member, the staff directors, and one designated security manager of the defense and intelligence committees will be authorized access to waived DoD SAPs within their committee’s respective oversight jurisdiction. Requests to access additional members of Congress or professional staff must be approved by the Secretary of Defense or Deputy Secretary of Defense.

The Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering (USD(R&E)) is the Pentagon’s Chief Technology Officer and oversees all DoD SAP science and technology. They coordinate with DoD SAPCO’s Director to establish SAP guidance related to “advancing technology and innovation”.

The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment (USD(A&S)) manages the SAP Corporate Portfolio Program and presides over acquisition portfolio reviews for SAP-protected capabilities. In December 2020, a memo outlining the pilot program was issued by then USD(A&S) Ellen Lord.

DoD said the program will integrate DoD and corporate interests with the goal of increasing technology development and cost efficiency. The Pentagon hopes the program will allow the industrial base to gain more insight into what DoD needs for the purposes of independent research.

DoD says the program will also provide private sector professionals with accesses that will help them protect information better and allow companies to work better to serve their own missions.

Only certain companies will be able to participate in the program. For example, a corporation must be on contract with DoD for 15 or more special access programs to be eligible.”

A side note on Lord. In July 2021, she joined SAIC’s newly formed Advisory Board.

This is the same month that Grusch filed his first whistleblower complaint with the DoD IG, according to the letter sent by his attorneys to ICIG Thomas Monheim.

The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security (USD(I&S)) is the Pentagon’s Senior Security Official and acts as the DoD’s primary interface with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and members of the Intelligence Community. The USD(I&S) is the OA for the SAP umbrella that protects shared compartmented capabilities and information. The USD(I&S) is head of AARO’s Executive Council (AAROEXEC).

The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USD(P)) is the principal adviser to the SecDef and DepSecDef for matters pertaining to national security and defense policy. They are responsible for SAP issues involving the National Security Council and have oversight of the Integrated Joint Special Technical Operations (IJSTO) process. The IJSTO “establishes and maintains a mutually exclusive secure operational environment in which it oversees and manages an extensive set of DoD and National Agency classified special access programs”.

SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

The SAPOC is the senior governing body within the Pentagon with oversight of all DoD SAPs. They conduct an annual review of said SAPs and, when relevant, determine if continued waived-status is appropriate. The SAPOC is composed of:

  • Chair: Deputy Secretary of Defense, Kathleen H. Hicks
  • Executive Secretary: Director, DoD SAPCO, Derek J. O’Malley
  • Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering, Heidi Shyu
  • Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment, William A. LaPlante
  • Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (Acting), Amanda J. Dory
  • Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, Michael J. McCord
  • Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security (Acting), Milancy Harris
  • Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Christopher W. Grady
  • DoD General Counsel, Caroline Krass
  • Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, Susanna V. Blume
  • DoD Chief Information Officer (Acting), Leslie A. Beavers
  • Under Secretary of the Army, Gabe Camarillo
  • Under Secretary of the Navy (Acting), Thomas J. Mancinelli
  • Under Secretary of the Air Force, Melissa G. Dalton
  • Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations…

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