Jessica Lewis
Senior national security adviser to Harry Reid (2007–2016), later Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs and a registered lobbyist whose clients included Palantir; no source ties her to AAWSAP or UAP work.
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Jessica Lewis
Jessica Lewis was Harry Reid's senior national security and foreign policy adviser for about nine years. The span runs from 2007 to 2016 in her State Department bio and to 2014 in a Congress.gov bio [S1][S2][S3]. That overlaps the whole life of AAWSAP, the program Reid sponsored. She went on to be Democratic staff director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (2016–2021). She was then Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, confirmed 70–27 in September 2021 and serving until 16 July 2024 [S1][S4].
Palantir lobbying
After leaving State she joined Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck as a policy director [S5]. Federal lobbying disclosures name her as a lobbyist for Palantir Technologies from Q2 2025 through Q1 2026. The filing's own record of her prior government posts lists her Reid role [S6]. She is not on the most recent Palantir filing (Q2 2026), though she still lobbies for other defense clients, including BAE Systems [S7].
UAP
No source reviewed places her in AAWSAP, AATIP or any UAP matter. The Reid staffer who does appear in DIA's AAWSAP record is a different person [S8]. That is a search result, not proof of non-involvement. See the research report.
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[S1] "Jessica Lewis — U.S. Department of State (archived bio)" / https://2021-2025.state.gov/people/jessica-lewis / Accessed 2026-09-27 / Reid 2007–2016; SFRC; State tenure [S2] "Jessica Lewis witness bio (House, March 2022)" / https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/114474/witnesses/HHRG-117-AS00-Bio-LewisJ-20220301.pdf / Accessed 2026-09-27 / Reid 2007–2014 [S3] "Statement of Jessica Lewis, nominee (SFRC, 28 July 2021)" / https://www.foreign.senate.gov/download/testimony-07282102 / Accessed 2026-09-27 / "9 years working for him" [S4] "GovTrack: Nomination PN550" / https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/117-2021/s390 / Accessed 2026-09-27 / Confirmed 70–27 [S5] "Brownstein Adds Former State Department Senior Official Jessica Lewis" / https://www.bhfs.com/news-event/brownstein-adds-former-state-department-senior-official-jessica-lewis-as-a-policy-director-in-washington-office / Accessed 2026-09-27 / Policy director [S6] "LDA filing: Brownstein / Palantir Technologies, Q2 2025" / https://lda.gov/api/v1/filings/8a1f362c-47cc-4d5c-a2e2-e35de8cca0b3/ / Accessed 2026-09-27 / Listed as new lobbyist; prior posts disclosed [S7] "LDA filing: Brownstein / Palantir Technologies, Q2 2026" / https://lda.gov/api/v1/filings/b4521d09-00a2-4229-902e-5afe7e66b819/ / Accessed 2026-09-27 / Not listed [S8] "DIA FOIA — Senator Harry Reid's Request to Put AATIP under Special Access Protection" / https://www.dia.mil/FOIA/FOIA-Electronic-Reading-Room/FileId/237660 / Accessed 2026-09-27 / Reid staffer Bob Herbert
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