Paul Kaminski served as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USDAT) in the US Department of Defense. According to testimony from Thomas Wilson, Wilson spoke with both Kaminski and Brigadier General Michael Kostelnik in the course of an internal enquiry.1 Kaminski left this position, and government service altogether, in December 1997.2
According to the book In Plain Sight (2021), a memo attributed to Wilson identifies Kaminski as Director of Special Programs within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (OUSDAT). The same memo names him as one of three people Wilson consulted to confirm the identity of a programme’s contractor, alongside Kostelnik, described there as Director of the Special Access Programs Coordination Office and executive secretary for the Special Access Program Oversight Committee, and former Defense Secretary William Perry.3
Wilson’s own testimony describes making a series of calls at the end of May 1997 to verify he had identified the correct contractor and programme manager to approach. He stated that he called Kaminski, Kostelnik and Perry first, and that all three confirmed his information was correct.4 When Wilson subsequently reached the programme manager in question, the manager asked him who he had spoken to beforehand and was unhappy with the answer Wilson gave; Wilson’s testimony states that he did not disclose to the programme manager that he had already spoken with Perry and Kaminski.5
The record known as The Admiral Wilson Memo is the source for the account of Kaminski’s title and his role in Wilson’s 1997 enquiries described above.