New statement from whistleblower David Grusch in response that he ‘refused to meet with’ AARO: “The DoD SAPCO and DNI CAPCO memorandums do not address the variety of serious procedural issues I voiced in November 2023 as it relates to non-UAP related SAPs as well as NSC SAPs and CIA (Intel Ops).”

Submission Statement:

A response by whistleblower [David Grusch to NewsNation on the reporting that he refused to meet with AARO Director Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick](https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/ufo/grusch-refused-meeting-ufo-office/):

> Grusch responded to the report Friday.
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> “AARO officially made contact with me in November 2023 as indicated by the email chain in the FOIA release. Prior to this, neither my attorney nor myself had been officially contacted in any way by AARO. To date, my 8 January 2024 email to AARO requesting them to answer my security-related concerns I sent to them via email on 13 November 2023 has gone unanswered. The DoD SAPCO and DNI CAPCO memorandums do not address the variety of serious procedural issues I voiced in November 2023 as it relates to non-UAP related compartmented programs, as well as National Security Council SAPs and CIA Directorate of Operations human intelligence programs. Protecting classified information is a lifelong obligation. To be clear, AARO does not have access to the information I provided to the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) and the Congressional Intelligence Committees under the PPD-19 whistleblowing process. I trust in the investigative and law enforcement/criminal referral authorities ICIG has independent of DoD oversight”