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This responds to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for a copy of the
Psychological Operations Planning and Analysis System (POPAS), Accession Number:
ADB347240 , dated 24 February 2009 , (USSOCOM FOIA control number 2009-101 ).
The release of the redacted information is denied under the provision of Title 5, United
States Code, Section 552 (b )(2) high.
If you are not satisfied with this action , you may appeal to the appellate authority, the
Director of Administration and Management, Office of the Secretary of Defense. To submit
your appeal , you should write directly to the Defense Freedom of Information Policy Office,
Attn: Mr. James Hogan, 1155 Defense Pentagon , Washington , D.C. 20301-1155. Your
appeal should be postmarked within 60 calendar days of the date of this letter, should cite
case number 2009-101 , and should be clearly marked "Freedom of Information Act
Appeal."
Sincerely,
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Richard H. Converse
Colonel , U.S. Air Force
Deputy Chief of Staff
Enclosure
UNITED STATES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
24 February 2009
·'DISTRIBUTION D: Distribution auth·~;-; ?ed tu the Department of Defense (f)(, D) and United
States (U.S.) DoD cnntract(lr'S for administrative.. developmental, or operational use of J>OP AS.
24 February 2009. Other r<:qucsts for this document shaJI be referred to the Hcadquarte~
United States Spccia Operations Ct~mmand. Special Operations Acqui!'ition and Lcgistics
C'cntcr. Program Manager tor Psychological Operations. 7701 Tampa Point Blvd .. MacDill AfB.
fl 33621-S323."
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FOR.WARD
Oc:scriprion:
The PSYOP Planning and Analysis System (POP AS) automates the PSYOP~specific ;:.lan.ning
and analysis pTOCCSS for target audien~ selection, themes, series, product develOpment, and
effects model ins across the cnti:n: operational spectrum. POP AS is an intcgr.!ted suite of .
software applications designee. to automate PSY OP Mission Planrung 2.nd Analysis ct:~pabilitics.
The softw~ is a compilation of integrated commc:n:ial off-1h~shelf {COTS) and custom
developed aJ)plications. POPAS sW\dardi~es the Joint PSVOP planning and analysis process by
providing a collaborative envirol!ltllent that is DoD net centric white capiraHzing on the
integration of cltistin~ interagency databases. tn addition. lbis system will be used tO sUppOrt
other SpeciaJ Operations forces (SOF) Jnfonnation Operations (10) missions.
Approved by:
SECI'ION 1
GENERAL INSTRUCTION
1. Puxpose. To provide inst.""'lletions and guidance on the classification ofin6 rnation involved
in the Psychological Operations Planning and Analysis System (POPAS).
2. AuthoritY. This guide is ~'!'proved by the Original Classifieation Authority (OCA) and issued
by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) under the authority of
Department of Defense Directive (DoOO) 5200. 1R, Information Security ProgrDm Regulation,
January 1997; USSOCOM Manual 380-I.lnfomuztion Securlry Program Manual, July 2002;
apd Executive Order (£.0.) 12958, dated 25 March 2003. Changes in classification guidance
contained herein are effective upon receipt.
J. Qffice of Primary Respopsibility <OPRl. Within USSOCOM, the OPR for this Security
Classifica.tiol'l Guide (SCG) is the USSOCOM Special Operations Acquisition and Logistics
Center (SOAL). AU inquiries concerning its content and interpretation shall be sent to the
following address:
a. FOUO is not a sec\lrity classification. Information that has not b~ given a security
cl assi.fication pursuant to the criteria in this guide--but which may be withheld from the public
for one or more of the reasons cited in DoDO 5400.7·R. DoD Freedom ofInformation Act
(FOIA) Program, September 1998, Chapter 3. E:temp.tion.s--shall be designa cd FOUO.
Information so de$ignated in this guide that warrants FOUO markings shall be hand Jed and
protected in accordance with DoDD 5400. 7·R. Documents that are produced which contain
PO'P AS infonnation that is designated FOUO shall be m2rked "FOR OFF1ClAL CSE. ONLY'' in
letters larger than the rest oftb.e text, where practical, at the rop and the bottom oftlle front
cover, the title page, all pages within the document, and the outside of the back cover. The
foUowing statement shall also appear on the ftont cover or the title page of the document with
the appropriate exemption(s) £dentified: ·
(I) FOJA Exemption Number 2. T'nis exemption applies solely to the internal pe!'SOnnel
rules and practices of the DoD or any ofi13 Components. Exemption high (b) (2) includes
records containing or constituting statutes, rules, regulations. orders, manuals, directives,
instructions, and security classification guides,. if released would aUow circumvention of the
records thereby substantially hindering the effective perfOrmance of the DoD or its ag~cies.
This includes computer software, the release of which would allow eircumventio:t of a statute or
DoD rules, regulations, orders, manuals, directives, or instructions.
(2) FOIA Exemption. Number 4. This exemption pertains to trade secrets, or comm • ·at
or financial information, that LDoD Component receives from a person or Org'"cJ~.iution ou1side
the go"emment. The release of this infonnation to the general public would likely cause
substantial bann to the compe:itive position of the source. impair the govemmenf s ability to
obtain necessary information in the future, or impair some other legitimate govenu: ent interest.
Some examples are: commercial or financial information recdved in confidence in connection
with bids, contracts, or proposals; statistical data and corumerc' al or financial information
concerning cantrac:t performuce, income, etc.; personal statements given in the course of
inspections, investigations, or ~udits; financial data provided in confidence by private employers
in connection with locality wage surveys; scientific and manufacturing processes o:r
developments conceming program or scientific data. or other infonnation submitted with an
application for a grant or ...vith a report white research is in progress; technical or scientific data
developed by a contractor Of subcontractor exclusively at private expense; technical or scientific
data developed in part with federal funds and in part at private expense; computer software
which is copyrighted; or proprietary information submitted strictly on a voluntary basis.
7. Public Release. ASI.y publ'c release of infonnation regarding the POPAS requires :ior
written approval from the SCAt Program M8.1'1Ager (PM) or Assistant Progr~ Manager (APM).
The SOAL PM or APM is respollSI'ble for ettsuring that approvals are in a<:oordance with DoDD
5400.7, DoD Freedom ofInformation Ace Program~ 2 January 2008 and DoDD 5230.25,
Withholding of Unclassified Technical Data from Public Disclosure, 6 November 1982
(Incorporating Change l, 18 August 1995). Prior unofficial publication ofinfo-:marion does not
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constitute authority for official release. Requests for public: release shall be subm 'ttcd in the
form of one paper copy and one electronic copy to the Psychological O;Jerations Program
Manager forty-five working days prior to the requested release date.
8. Classification Currency. Corrected pages shall be distributed wher. major re.,isions to this
classification guide occur. Tl-e superseded pages shall be destroyed. Minor changes shall be
made by letter, a copy of this letter shall be filed in the front of this guide.
9. Foreign Pisdosyre. The term ••foreign disclosure" descn"bes the act of disclosing United
States (U.S.) Classified Military lnforrnation (CMI) to a r~resentative of a foreign government
or of an international organiz~tion in accordance with the provisions of the National Disclosure
Policy-I (NDP·l ), I ~ober 1998. The tenn "tbreign disclosure" does not 2l'ply when the
infonnation is unclassified. However, during the life eycle of the POP AS, it may become
necessary to provide Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) or proprietary ·nronnation to a
representative of a foreign government or of an international organization, or to facilitate an
export to a representative of a foreign, non..govern:ment organization (e.g., a foreign
corporation.). Therefor~ those actions involving CUI which go beyond the nanow definition of
a foreign disclosure, but whic!l are closely related, will also be addressed in the following
paragraphs.
(1) Contact a SOAL Foreign Disc1osure Officer (FDO) to obtain prior writt n a:pproval to
disclose or transfer the specific POP AS CMI.
(2) Ens11re that the representative of the foreign goverrunent or of the international
organization is authorized by his or her government or international organization o receive
POP AS CMI. Consult with a SOAL FDO if assistance is needed to verify the authority the or
recipient
(4) Report oral or visual disclosures to the FDO, Center for Special Operations
International Program Office (SCSO-J33-IF). For documentary or material disdosures, obtain a
hand te¢eipt-suc:h as an AF 310, aNAVPERS S000/64, aDA 3964, aJSI4, ortquivalent
documentation-and provide it to the SCS0-133-lP FOO. The SCSO-l33~1P FDO ~hall be
respons1hle for entering a reeo.rd of the disclosure into the DoD foreign Disdcsure database.
For the SCSO-J33-IP FDO tc make a valid entry in this database, the following information must
be included on the hand receipt:
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• Name and nationality of the person receiving the document or material
• Name of the document or material
• Classification level of the document or materia]
• Classification block as it appears on the document or material (i.e., the information
contained in the "Derived from" line and the "Declassify on" line)
• Date of the transf~
• Reason for the trat1sfer (e.g., an exercise or in at:eordanee with a Memorandum of
Undemanding)
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United States Special Operaticns Command, Special Operations Acquisition s.nd Logistics
Center, Program Manager for Psychological Operations, 7101 Tampa Point B'vd., MecDill AFB.
FL 3362 -5323."
b. W'hen possible, the section{s) of the document that contain{s) information that creates the
requirement for the distribution swement, or other warning notl.ce, shall be p cued as an
appendix. to permit broader distribution of the basic document.
a. E.O. 12958, Classified National &curity JnjoTI'Nllion. 17 April 1995 [as amended by
E.O. 13292, 28 March 2003] Section 2.1 requires that classification statements be applied to all
classified documents. The ch811s in Section 4 through Section 12 of this guide provide the
original classification decisions for topics associated with the POPAS, TI:erefore, all doounents
which contain these topics shall be classified as derivative documents. The following derivative
classification statement shall be applied to the bottom of the front cover, if possible, or the title
page:
b. To determine the "DECLASSIFY 01\1'" date, whieh is to be inserted into the paragraph
above, refer to the charts in Section 4 through Section 12 of this guide and take the fo !lowing
actions:
(I) Consider all the classified topics fr m the charts in Section 4 through Section 12
that are contained in the derivative document, and then narrow the focus to those topics having
the highest classification leveh. Usc the information in th.e ..Remarks/Reason" column as an aid.
Reasons for classification are isted and explained in E..O. l2958, as amended, Section 1.4.a.
through Section l.4.h. The reasons from this source that are e.pplieabJe to the POPAS are as
follows:
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(2) From the topics with the highest classification levels, find the most restrictive
declassification instruction-that is, the one that wilt retain the classification for the longest
period oftime. Add that period of time to the date of the derivative document {do not use the
date of this guide) to arrive at the date to insert into the derivation classification statement.
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SECTION2
OVERALL EFFORT
1. Identification. The PSYOP Planning and Analysis System (POP AS) is an integrated
Sllite of software applications designed to automate PSVOP Mission Planning and Analysis
capabilities. The softwat~ is a collection of COTS and custom developed applications
integrated to address the needs of the seven-phase PSYOP Process. Phase I software tools
facilitate the aeation of the PSYOP and .Annex. The phase II tool ,,__.....,..""-'-'-'-''-"
is a Bayesian Analysis tool that factlitates
2. Goal. Mission. aM. PutbOse. The go41 of POP AS is to automate. Currently each analyst
or operator in the PSYOP \rtilius individually preferred information-
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The goal is nor to replace PSYOP participants but to augment
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their expert capabilities and to improve thek ability to adaptively plan and ar.alyze larg~
amounts of data in a collaborative environment. Capitalizing on technological sol tions wi 1
deaease the processing time
3. End Item. The software components which eomprise the POPAS systems are
individual y assigned a classific.ation level of Unclassified POUO. Confidential, and Seer
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However, when severa topics (as specified within the Security Classification Guide Element
Grid Sections 4 through 12) ge1erate products which include fields containing classified data
then the highest classification of the data applies which has the potential of rising to S crel
Note also that the POPAS Prognm Protection countermeasures and classification are based
on the classification of the derivative information of those countermeasures. The POPAS
system incotpOrates data from other systems and coexists with other client and server
software. For these particular eiements of information and pieces of hardware/software, the
users must refer to these SCG's for classification information. when
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SECTION3
ACRONYMS
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OPR Office ofP:inwy Responsibility
ORD OperationS: Requirements Document
PEO Program Executive Officer
PGR Psychological Operations Global Reach
PM Program Manager
PMC3 Program Manager for C3 Systems
PO PSYOP Objective
POM Program Objective Memorandum
POPAS PSYOP Pla<Jning and Analysis System
POR Program of Record
PowerTool PSYOP Worl<shee1 Enhancement and Refinement Tool
PPP Program Protection Plan
PSYOP Psychological Operations
s SECRET
SAVANT Susceptibility and Vulnerability Analysis Tool
SCG Security Cla.uification Guide
scso USSOCOM Center for Special Operations
SIPRNet Secret Internet Protocol Router Network
SMU Special Missions Unit
SOAL Special Opet'arions Acquisition Logistics
SOF Special Operations Forces
TM Technical Manager
TS TOP SECRET
TIP's T ac:tics, T ecllnique:s & Procedures
UorUNCLASS Unclassified
USASOC United States Army Special Operations Command
usc United States Code
USCENTCOM United States Central Command
USEUCOM United States European Conunand
USPACOM United States Pacific Command
USSOCOM United States Special Operations Command
US SOUTH COM Uoited States Southern Conunand
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SECTION 4, POPAS GE...~ INFORMATION is co:nfuau~ f~m the prtvious page.
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SECTIONS
FOt:O: FOlA Ex
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SECTION S, POP AS REQUIREM&!TS AND DESIGN OATA is tonrinued on the next page.
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SECTIONS, POPAS REQUIREl\ if'S AND DESIGN DATA is continued frorn th pr evious
page.
SECTION 5, POP AS REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGN DATA is continued on the next page.
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SECTIONS, POP AS REQUIR:£MENTS AND DESIGN DATA is continued from t p evious
page.
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S~tion 8, POPAS TESTING/EVALUATION, TRAINING, AND LOGISTICS D_ T A
continued from the previo s page.
TOPIC DECLASS
7. Raw test
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6. Storage lc.tatioa
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SECTION 10
POPASTRAINING
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SECTlON 11
.POPAS HARDWARE
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SECTION ll
POPAS SOFTWARE
DECLASS
FOUO:
apply.•
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S!CTION13
DECLASSIFICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Declassification of any document or material that was originally classified using the gui
contained in this classification guide requires written aUthority and illstrUctions ftom the A.
The 4'DECLASSfFY OW• date in the classification instruction on the derivative docutnen does
not provide the authority to automatically declassify doC'IUnents or materials. If the OCA as not
provided written guidance about whether to declassify a document or material item, or to etain or
change the classification level by the "DECLASSIFY ON.. date, contact the POPAS OPR (See
Section 1. paragraph 3, of this document for the address of the OPR). The OPR shall r this
guidance from the OCA and p:ovide a response.
1. Once declassification authority and instntetions have been issued by the OCA, all deri ative
documents shall be updated accordingly.
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DiSTRIBUTION
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