NSA Located a Classified QAnon-Related Record — All Three Pages Were Withheld
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- Author
- John Greenewald
- Published
- September 23, 2026
ControversiesQAnon
Original excerpt
A Freedom of Information Act request seeking National Security Agency records mentioning or cross-referencing QAnon has produced a limited set of material: an internal employee discussion in which QAnon was invoked casually as a joke, records associated with an earlier FOIA request filed by The Black Vault, and, more significantly, confirmation that the NSA located [...] The post NSA Located a Cl…
Key claims
- →FOIA request sought NSA records on QAnon
- →NSA produced internal employee discussion referencing QAnon as a casual joke
- →Three-page classified document located but fully withheld
- →Request filed through The Black Vault
UAP Insight Analysis— AI generated, not official
A FOIA request to the NSA for records mentioning QAnon yielded an internal employee discussion, prior FOIA records, and confirmation of a classified three-page document that was entirely withheld.
Analysis by Claude · may contain errors
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