Black Vault Files FOIA Request for Yankee Blue Memo
The Black Vault submitted a transparency request to the Office of the Secretary of Defense seeking any spring 2023 directive related to stopping 'Yankee Blue' practices or false claims about non-human technology engineering.
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On June 17, 2025, The Black Vault filed a Freedom of Information Act petition with the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The application sought copies of any instructions issued during spring 2023 that ordered the termination of 'Yankee Blue' related activities or other operations involving invented assertions about reverse-engineering non-human technology. This filing was prompted by the Wall Street Journal's previous reporting on the supposed memorandum.
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