Who has denial authority for RILO requests before referral?

• A. GCMCA only.
• B. ACC only.
• C. SECAF.
• D. Every level of legal office.

Answer: (B)

The key idea is that some pre-referral actions are handled at the command level by the designated legal office, and the authority to deny those actions is tightly centralized. For RILO requests before referral, that denial authority is vested only in the ACC level because it represents the correct command-specific point of review for whether an investigation should proceed within that command. Higher authorities (like SECAF) aren’t involved in routine pre-referral denials, and spreading denial authority across every level of legal office would create inconsistent outcomes and undermine the command’s control. So, ACC alone has the authority to deny a RILO request before it is referred.