A REVIEW OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY

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Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R0001001000 Sc ?A. REVIEW OF THE INTELLIGENCE COM, MUNIT Approved For. Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681 R000100300006-3 TOP SECRET March 14, 197k Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74BOO681 R000100300006-3 TABLE OF CON'.~ENTS ' .'ace 1 INTRODUCTION: THE COSTS AND BENEFITS . OF INTELLIGENCE ...............'..........?.... 1.- II. COST TRENDS ............. ............~..,...... 3 III. QUESTIONS ABOUT TIIE PRODUCT ... ............ 10a,/ IV. ORGANIZATIONAL DILMNNAS ...... 13 V. SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES 20 VI. LEADERSHIP OF THE COYNNUNITY ....:..???-~??-??? 25 VII. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LEADERSHIP ..?????????? 34 VIII.. CHANGING FUNCTIONAL BOUNDARIES AND COSTS ..... 39 IX. TOWARD IMPROVEMENTS: IN THE PRODUCT ............ 44 Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681 R000100300006-3 Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 I INTRODUCTION : THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF INT LL7:GENCE The operatios of the intelligence cornunity have pro- , two disturbing phenomena. The first is an impressive 'rise in-their size and cost. The second is an apparent in- ability to achieve a commensurate improvement in the scope and overall quality of.intelligence products. During the past decade alone, the cast of the intelli- gence community has almost doubled.. At the same time, spec-- tacular increases in collection activities have occurred. Where satellite photography is concerned, ..the increases have led to greatly improved knowledge 'about. the military capa- bilities of potential enemies.. But expanded collection by means.other?than photography has not brought about a similar reduction in our uncertainty, about. the intentions, doctrines, and political processes 'of foreign' powers. Instead, the growth in raw intelligence --.and here satellite photography must be included -- has come to serve as a proxy for improved analysis, inference, and estimation. . The following report seeks to identify the causes of these two phenomena an dl the areas in which constructive chang can take place. its principal'conclusion-is that while a number.of . specific measures may. help to bring about' a closer TOP SECRET Approved For Release '2004/01/14 : CIA-RDP74B00681 R000100300006-3 Approved .For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681 R000100300006-3 ~~ zela~ionship'between cost and effectiveness, the main hope for doing so lies in a fundamental reform of the intelligence do munity' s decisionm aking bodies and procedures. This conclusion is advanced in full recognition that reorganization will, at best, only create the conditions in which wise and imaginative: leadership can flourish. In the absence of reorganization, however, the habits of intelligence community will remain as difficult to control as was the per- formance of the Department of Defense prior to. the Defense Reorganization Act of 1958. TOP SLCI~ET Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/0,1/1: CIA-RDP74BO II.. COST TRIEINIDS To understand the phenomenon of increasing costs, it is necessary to consider briefly the organizational history of the intelligence community. The National Security _,_ct of 1947 and the National Security. Council Intelligence Direc- tives (NSCIDs) of the late 1940s and ea~ly?.1950s established the basic division of responsibilities among agencies and departments. This division.had its origins in traditional distinctions between military and non-military intelligence, between tactical and national intelligence, and between communications (COMINT).and non-communications (or agent) intelligence. Thus, CIA was directed to employ clandestine agents to colletxt "non-military" intelligence and produce "national" intelligence. The Department of State was made responsible for the overt collection of "non-military".in-- telligence. The National Security Agency (NSA) was estab- ?lished to manage COMINT collection. The Military Services were instructed to collect "military" intelligence as well as maintain tactical intelligence capabilities for use in wartime. Al]. were permitted to produce "departmental" in- ( Tl lv dea ;1Q t. '= t this division of functions and responsibilities-worked rea- sonably well into the mid-1950s. Since that time, these traditional distinctions and the orgaA~p of e-1 4YD4A4* CI")474466MMbb~t63C 6 3leave .TOP SECRET become increasingly obsoloscent.. The line between "military" and "non-military" has faded; scientific and technical in- telligence with both civilian and military applications has become a principal area of endeavor, for. almost all intelli- gence organizations Similarly, under the old distinctions, the national leadership -- namely the President and the NSC --- concerned itself with,!national" intelligence, while pre- sumably only battlefield commanders cared about tactical in- telligence. But a rapidly advancing technology which has revolutionized the collection, processing, and communication .of. intelligence data casts doubt on the-validity of the dis- tinctions. Simultaneously, technological advances have created new collection possibilities which do not fit convenient-ly within a structure based 'on traditional distinctions and were not covered in the original directives. Satellite photography, telemetry intercept, electronic intelligence (FLINT), acoustic detection, and radar have become some of the most important and vital-methods of intelligence collection not, currently covered by any uniform national policy. The breakdown of the old distinctions and the appearance of new collection methods has been a simultaneous process raising a host of questions about intelligence.organization. Is ELINT related to COMSINT, is it technical or military in 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/01/14: C-IDP74B00681 R0001 Q0300006-3 Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 5 _. nature:, is it of primary interest to tactical or national consumers? Where should the radar tracking of missile or the acoustic surveillance of Soviet ballistic missile sub- marines -fit? Is telemetry more similar to CO`SINT or to ELINT; who should analyze it?. Who should be responsible for satellite photography? On the more mundane, but nonetheless critical level, questions arise about the?'organizational re- sponsibilities for such topics as.Sihanoukville supply in- filtration, VC/NVA order of battle, and missile deployments in the Suez Canal area. Are these military or non-military issues? Is the intelligence about.them tactical or national? Who should be responsible for collection and what collection In the absence of an authoritative governing body to resolve these issues, the community has resorted to a series of compromise solutions that adversely affect its performance and cost. In general, these compromises have favored multiple .and diffuse collection programs.and the neglect of difficult and' searching analytical approaches. The most serious of the resulting problems are outlined below in brief form, and dis- cussed in more detail in the appendices. 1. The distribution of intelligence functions has hccomo .increasingly fragmented and disorganized. ? The old, distinctions among national,' departmental, and tactical intelligence are out of date. Today, TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 CIA is as likely to produce intelligence relevant to, say, NVA/VC order of battle as DIA or MACV, just as NACV produces many reports that arc of a 'interest to the national leadership. Similarly, the relatively neat ordering,of collec- tion functions that existed after World War II has broken down. CIA now engages in a wide range of collection activities aircraft and satellite photography, FLINT, COMINT, radar, telemetry as well as clandestine, and overt agent collection. NSA has added telemetry and FLINT to its COMINT capabil.ities. The Services now have a full panoply of sensors to .perform a variety of functions tactical inte.lligence,..surveillance, early warning,. and so 01-1. Table I illustrates how almost all major com- ponents of the-intelligence community are_in .volved in each of its various collection and production functions TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 2. The Li_e r; are do:niizzt.r~1 by co].1_r ction co;."pcLiti.on and have bcco`nc unnr.oclltc~i.vc~_( cTupli.cativc, 25X1 0 budge L.ed for in- telligence in 1972 will be spent on collection (Table I above). Despite past massive increases in the collection of photography, COMINT, ELINT, radar and other sensor data; sizeable'.additional collec--, tion capabilities are planned to become operational ? The blurring of traditional boundaries .has encouraged community members to engage in a competitive struggle for survival and dominance, primarily through new technology,'which has resulted in the redundant acquisition of data at virtually - all levels -- tactical, theater command, and national., ?3T c` p:..D1 _~ `vr C s `C a danc~ s col i become commonplace as exemplified by aircraft in .Y both CIA and Defense which collect photography, 25X1 r S T7 P P01 C 1 Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000106300006-3 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/01/74 PCIA-RDP74B006411W00109 and by aircraft which compe to with satellites in the collection of ELINT. ? Collection capabilities remain in operation beyond their useful lives. As older systems lose their attractiveness at. the national level, they are taken over at the command or tactical level where they duplicate higher level.,activities or collect data of little value. 0. Simultaneously, compa rtluentalization.::. within various security systems has served to hide or obscure com- petitive capabilities" from evaluation, comparison, and tradeoff analysis. 3. The community's growth is largely unplanned and un- guided. Serious forward planning is often lacking as decisions are made-about the allocation of. resources. The'consumer frequently fails to specify his product needs.for the producer; the producer, uncertain about eventual demands, cncoi_:.-ages the collector to pro- vide data without selectivity or priority;. and the collector emphasizes quantity rather than quality. TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 --10 Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 25X1 4. The. community's activities have beco:mm.e exceedingly cx- ? The fragmentation of intelligence functions and the competitive drive for improved collection technology are important reasons why the cost of intelligence ? a has almost doubled during the past decade. J. ? A significant part of this cost growth is attributable to the acquisition of expensive new systems without simultaneous reductions in obsolescent collection programs. In the absence of planning and cruidance, internally generated values predominate in the community's in-- stitutions. ?:These values favor increasingly sophisti- 'cited and expensive collection-technologies at the expense of analytical capabilities. Few interagency comparisons are contemplated. Po- tential tradeoffs between PHOTINT and SIGINT, between PHO'TINT and HUMINT, and between data collection and analysis are neglected. - the bud e %? y 7 X C a s might Used , cu.--, some of. the more obvious excesses, it cannot sub- stitute for centralized management of the. community. Approved For Release 2004e?1'/44 A 4thP74B00681 R0001003000006-3 Approved For Release 2004/011141 PCARDP74B00681R000100300006-3 Ill. QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRODUCT In a world of perfect information, there would be no uncertainties about the present and future intentions, capa- bilities, and activities of foreign powers. Information, however, is bound to be imperfect for the mot part. Con- .sequently, the intelligence community can.at best reduce the uncertainties and construct plausible.hypotheses about these .factors on the basis of what continues to be partial and often conflicting evidence. Despite the richness of the data made available by modern methods of collection, and the rising costs of their acquisi-- ?tion, it is not.at all clear that our hypotheses -about.foreign intentions, capabilities, and activities have improved com- mensurately in scope and quality. Nor can it be asserted with confidence that the intelligence community has shown much in- itiative in developing the full range of possible explanations in light of available data. Among the more recent results of this failure to acknowledge uncertainty and entertain new ideas in the face of, it, has been a propensity to'overlook such unpleasant possibilities as a large-scale exploitation: G~ 3:~h oukk?v.ill e by tha NVA to transship supplies, a co::tinu- ation of the SS-9 buildup and its possible MSRVing, or Soviet willingness to invade Czechoslovakia and put forces into-the TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2004/01/14_7C IA- R000100300006-3 Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 Difficulties of this kind with the intelligence product are all the more ciistur.?.~.ing because the need to explore and test a number of hypotheses will, if anything, expand as the Soviets project their military power and coT.-e to play a more direct global role. Yet there is no evidence that the in- telligence community, given its present structure, will come to grips with this class of problems.,` The community's heavy emphasis on collection is itself ,detrimental to correcting product problems. Because- each organization sees the maintenance and expansion of its col- lection capabilities as the principal route to survival and strength with the community, there is a strong presumption in today's intelligence set-up that additional data collec- tion rather than improved analysis, wi11 provide the answer to particular intelligence problems. It has become common- place to translate product criticism into demands for en- larged collection efforts. Seldom does.anyone'ask if a further reduction in uncertainty, however small, is worth its cost. The inevitable result is that production remains the stepchild of the community. It is a profession that lacks military and civilian cc.aree incentives, oven within CIA. The analysts, with a heavy bu:den of responsibility, find themselves swamped with data. The consumers, at the Approved For Release 2004 141At P741300681 R000100300006-3 Approved For Release 2004/01/14 -19IA=RDP74B00681 000100300006-3 25X1 sam,mc time, treat thcl.r product as a free good, so that demand exceeds supply, priorities are not established, the system becomes overloaded and the quality of 'the output suffers. As if this were not enough, production, instead of guiding collection, is itself guided by collectors and the impetus of technology. Since the military arethe'principal collec- tors, they are more likely to focus on the needs and interests of their own Services than on the issues of concern to'the national leadership, and they continue the wasteful practice of counterpart targeting. Under such difficult conditions, it is not surprising that hypotheses tend to harden into dogma, that their sensitivity to changed conditions is not articulated, and that new data are not sought to test. them. Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 IV. ORG111,1,117\TIOid 1L y7:L).;Li!~a?1S Questions about cost and product might exist even if the intelligence community possessed strong leadership. It is noteworthy, however, that they have arisen under conditions the most marked of which is a lack of institutions governing the community with the authority and responsibility to re-, solve issues without excessive compromise, allocate resources according to criteria of effectiveness, and consider the re- lationship between cost and substantive output from-a national perspective. This lack of governing institutions stems fundamentally from the failure of the National Security Act of 1947 to anticipate the ."constitutional" needs of a modern and techno- logically complex intelligence community. The primary intent of the Act, under standably,.?was to prevent a recurrence of the intelligence confusions and delays that occurred prior to Pearl Harbor. These problems were seen as having resulted- from defects in the'central processing, production, and dis- semina`cion of intelligence. The critical need, accordingly, was to create an organization which would have access to all intelligence and report its S1i.. ion. ship. In 1947, the size and cost of 'individual programs were relatively small, and the scope and - nature of the management 25X1 Approved For Release 2 1O11:14CCCA RDP74B00681 R000100300006-3 lr, 25X1. Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 V~. oblcl;is associated with today's community were not antici- L_ ze patecd. Consequently he issue of how to plan and rational- the.collcction of intelligence did not,seem of great moment, and the Act did not explicitly provide for. a .mechanism to per- form these functions or evaluate the scope. and quality of its product. There is another reason why the 1947`Act did so little to provide strong leadership for the community: powerful in- ?terests in the -14ilitary Services and elsewhere opposed (and continue to oppose).more centralized management of intelli- gence activities. Partly, this opposition arises from the belief of the Sarvices that direct control over intelligence programs is essential if they are to conduct successful mili-- Lary operations; partly, it results from bureaucratic concerns. The Services are reluctant to accept assurance that informa- tion from systems not controlled by them will be available as and when they require it. Despite such opposition, the National Security Act of 1947- did stipulate that the CIA would coordinate the "in- telligence activities" of the Government under the direction of the National Security Council. However, the Act also made clear provision for. the' continuation of "departmental in telligenc&". Since then, three Presidents have exhorted the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) to play the role of Approved For Release 2004Ml 4 SMA4WP74BOO681 R000100360006-3 25X1 Approved For Release 2004 O11L1- : CIA-RDP74B00681 R000100300006-3 co:;;,;;unnity leader and coordinator, nut his authority over the cort:nunity has rcmaincc::' minimal. While the DCI has been the catalyst in coordinating su:hs-4antive. intQl7igence production, he has made little use of such authority as he possesses to manage the resources of the community. Realistically,. it is clear that the DC!, as his office, is now constituted, cannot be expected to perform effectively the community-wide leadership role because: ? As 'an agency head he bears a number of weighty op- erational and advisory responsibilities which limit the effort he can devote to comnmuni ty--wide management. ? He bears a particularly heavy bur den for the planning and conduct. of covert actions, ? His multiple roles as community leader, agency head, and intelligence.adviser to'the President, and to a number of sensitive executive committees, are mutually conflicting. He is a competitor for resources within the community' 'owing to his responsibilities as Director of CIA, :1lch tia i c.I C': o c ' c r.og'i_=S Of i he cannot be wholly objective in providing guidance for community-wide collection TOP st'c/rz~~; Approved For Release 2664161 Fm-RDP74B00681.R000100300006-3 Approved For Release 2004/01/1146: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 ? lie controls only 15 percent of the community's re- sources and must therefore rely on persuasion to influence his colleagues regarding the allocation and management of the other 85 percent, which is appropriated to the Dcpartmcnt'of Defense. Since Defense is legally responsible for these very large resources, it feels that i t .cannot be bound by out- side advice on how they should be used. ? The DCI is outranked by other departmental heads who report directly to the President and are his immediate supervisors on the National Security Council. In spite of these handicaps, the DC1 has established several institutional-devices to assist him in leading the community. They are the National Intelligence Program Evalua- tion Staff (NIPS) and the National Intelligence Resources Board (NIRB). }Iowever, the principal agencies have largely ignored or resisted the ef forts of management by these bodies. As a"consequence, the NIPE and the NIRB have concentrated on developing improved data about intelligence programs and better mechanisms for coordination. Because of their work, both institutions could prove useful to a? strong community leader; however,' their contribution to the efforta of the currently constituted DC-.r is small. 25X1 Approved For Release 200F 18J1tt~IDP74B00681R000100300006-3 17 - Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 In the absence of an effective institutional framework within which one. official could be hold responsible and ac- countable for the performance and cost of the intelligence community, the United Statos Intelligence Board (USIB), origi- nally established to advise the DCI, has become a sort of governing body for the community. However, the USIB has proved generally ineffective as a management mechanism for several reasons: It is acommittee of equals who must form coalitions. to make decisions. - it is &-minated by collectors and producers who avoid raising critical questions about the collection pro- grams operated by their colleagues. As a result, USIBtS collection requirements -- which are an zggregate of all requests, new. and old'-- mean all things to all agencies, thus leaving them free to pursuc.their own interests. Since po:licy--level consumers are not represented on the Board, they are unable to'give guidance as to pr ? t Even within the. Department of Defense, there is no cen- tralized management of intelligence resources and activities. Although the Assistant Secretary for Administration has been Approved For Release 2004/"-. : 'h ~~'~74B00681R000100300006-3 control sys,trercLs Jo:Lntl.y Approved For Release 2004/01/1~IICIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 givon a responsibility in this area, together with a sma Staff for resource analysis, his efforts to master the Defense intelligence complex have proved of little avail for several reasons. First, not all Defense programs come under-his pur- view, and this limits his ability to do cross-program analysis. Second, he remains responsible for his functions as Assistant Secretary for Administration. Below the level of review provided by an Assistant Secretary, manacement leadership is still absent. The Directors of DIA and NSA are themselves unable to control the activities of the components supposedly subordinate to them but operated by the Military Services. Because of a history of compromises and "treaties", the Director of the National Reconni.issance Office (NRO) is similarly -unable t control a large part of his program which is run by the Deputy Director for Science and Technology (DD/S&T) in CIA. This lack of lower-level leadership shows up in the fol- lowing ways: The current failure of NSA adequately to direct Service cryptologic activities, organize them into a coherent system, or manage FLINT activities. ? Large-scale Service-controlled tactical intelli- gence assets, inflated by the war and partly dupli- cating both national and allied capabilities, but- programmed?and operated outside of the community. Approved For Release.2004/P,1?4 : 9 7 4 B 0 0 6 8 1 R000100300006-3 19 Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 A host of unresolved problems concerning organization and the allocation of resources within both General Defense Intelligence Program (GDSP) and non-GD11P 0 activities, including: duplication in the collection of ,LINT between NRO and SAC; internally overlapping activities among varous mapping, charting, and -geodesy agencies, and the severall investigative services; and inadequate supervision and control of counterintelligence activities. it follows from this analysis that the President's ob- jectives can be achieved only if reform addresses four or- ganizational i..sues. ? The- leadership of the intelligence community as a whole. ? The direction and control of Defense intelligence .activities. ? The division of functions among the major.intelli-- gence agencies. ? The structuring, staffing, and funding of the processes by which our _raw in-L-e7 ? i gea ce data analyzed and interpreted. TOP SECRI T Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 Approved For Release 2004/01/44 :Z 1A-RDP74B00681 V. S aPLCIFTC O1RGhNIZAT'.T01,?L ISSU1 S T.i.'he effectivencss and efficiency of the intelligence co.nmiunity depend on a number of organizational variables. . 21.mong the most important of these variables are: ? The power over resources available to the leader of excise, particularly over collection programs, will determine the size of the economies that can be achieved within the community. the community. How much power'{ the leader can ex-- , ? The size and functions of the staff provided to the .leader of the community. The effectiveness of a national intelligence leader depend no-' -:nly* on his power over resources, but also on how well informed he is about issues and options within the community, which, in turn', is a function of his immediate staff. Among the potential functions for such a staff are: -_.The planning, programming, and budgeting of resources. Control over resources once allocated. Supervision of R&D. ---- inspection of ongoing programs. Production' and dissemination of national estimates. TOP S.ECRI,T Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681 R000100300006-3 25X1 Approved. For Release 2004/01714 -bIk-RDP74B00681 RO Not as ` Sc~ s smcn~ of U.S., allied, and opposing '-,s on-posing capabilities and doctrines. ? The future role of the United States Inteiligcnce Board (US113) . As ratters now stand, the USIB is both a parliament and a confederate head of the community. If more authoritative leadership is established, the USIB could become simply. an obstruction unless its ILLEGIB . .role is specifically redefined. Since the lea der' of the community, however powerful, will need close and continuing relationships with prod?,ucers., and collectors as well as consumers, one .possibi.lity would be to re- constitute the USIB so as to fornalize these relation- ships cn an advisory basis. in any case the future role of USIB should be addressed'as part of a corn- prehensive review of new institutional arrangements for .the functioning of a reorgan.zed intelligence community. ? Future Defense Department control over the resources under its jurisdiction. Even without charges in the community as a whole, major improvements in effective--- ness and effic i ncv could be achieved if Defense were to .master its own massive intelligence operations . However, a num?aer of: coiwrnuni ty-\?ride issues would still remain, and substantially firmer Defense management TO?? SECRETT Approved For Release 2004 - P74B00681 R000100300006-3 Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681 22 -- '25X1 of its intelligence rc-sources could prejudice the ability of a future leader of the community to ex- crcise his own aut-hority. ? The jurisdiction of either a national leader or a Defense leader over the Military Services. The three Military Services are estimated' to- spend part from .their . sx,pport of the national agencies. Yet these activities, which partly duplicate national intelli- gence programs, are reviewed in isolation from them. If the Services retain control ever the assets for this "tactical" intelligence, they can probably weaken efforts to improve the efficiency of the corl=unity. At the same time, there is little question about their need to. have access to the output of specified assets in both. peace and war. How to combine overall rei source management. and control with this access is an issue that will require resolution. The future .functional boundaries of the major in-- tellicrercc C cenc?cs. Collection and production activities do not. now tend to be consolidated by type .r in particular functional agencies. Important econo-- mies can.probably be achieved by rationalizing these 25X1 Approved For Release 20q A/1 E DP74B00681 R000I.00300006-3 ?3 Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 activities. 1Io''t VCr It Should he noted that economy and organizational tidiness, without concomitant strengthening of the ' cor^ nunity tl_cadership, might be achieved at the cost. of creating even more powerful vested interests and losing diverse and usefully com- petitive approaches to collection problems. ? The number and location of national analytical and estimating centers. The National estimating machinery no doubt will have to be preserved under the leader of the community in order to continue production of national estimates and inputs to the NSSM process. The' cont-inuation of DIA and the. State Departments Bureau of Intelligence Research (INR) as producers is essential as.well. Beyond that, improvement in the intelligence product will probably depend to a large extent on increasing the competition in the interpretation of evidence. and the development of hypotheses about foreign.intentions, capabilities, and strategies. This may require not only the strengthening of existing organizations,. but perhaps e add ' ion O% _^~'. Cti g c = on some entirely new organizational units may be needed to perform currently neglected intelligence analysis functions, for example , to~ conduct research on in-, proved intelligence analysis methods and techniques_ Approved For Release 2004/@~1+;7(~RPP74B00681R000100300006-3 25X1 - 24 -- Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 The 7:ole of the inclo7e ilt ~:evie~~ ]ncc}rani. ;rns. Be- cause of the secrecy surrounding the operations o. the intelligence co munity, the'necd for strong in- dependent review mechanisms within the Executive Branch remains particularly important. Since the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB), the "40" Committee, the Office of Science and Technology (OST), and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) already exist to perform this function, the only issues are how they can be strengthened, to what extent they need larger and more pe:_.nanent staffs, and whether new review boards :;hould?be created; especially to evaluate the analytical and estimating ac-%:ivities of the community. Subsequent sections do not address all of these issues; nor do they exh.aust'the list of organizational possibilities. Only, the most salient options are' presented with respect to the leadership.of the community, the Department of. Defense, and functional.reorganization. Each is described in schematic. form,. 25X1 Approved For Release 200 Q 114 C, 9P74B00681 R0001-00300006-3 Approved For Release 20047/01M: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 VS LEADERSHIP OF THE CO:' _UNITY The effectivcnc-s of a new leader of t., c community will depend critically on his ability to control intelligence re- sources and make his decisions stick. Basically, there are three different roles he can play in this respect, each with different organizational implications. -'They are: As legal or direct. controller of all or most intelli- gence resources: - .As de facto manager of most resources even though they arc not appropriated to him, - s Coo-dinator of resources' that are appropriated elsewhere, as .now.. - 25X1 Although each of the three basic approaches could be in- stitutionalized in a number of different ways, the principal options that accord Frith these roles.are listed below. A Director of national intelligence (Option ,fl), with the bulk of ppropriated to his office. That office would control all the major col- ,~ dot l c-~. r L:i`s 1?; c`~ `;se:5 an- - aU Te O7 .^ t r are the most costly programs of the community and are most likely to yield large long-term savings. The Director would also operate the Government?s principal production and estimating center and retain the CIA's present Approved For Release 200 ffl)kE1 {~IA-RpP74B00681 R000100300006-3 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74BOO681R000100300006-3 responsibility for covert action programs. Defense and State would retain production groups, both to serve their own leader- ship and to provide competing centei-s in the analysis of in-- telligence inputs to the national intelligence process. The Defense Department would maintain budgetary and operational control over only the selected "tactical" collection and processing assets necessary for directisupport of military forces, although these assets should. be subject to the DN'lls, review. This option affords a number of advantages: ? It pinpoints responsibility; the President knows who is in charge. ? It permits major economies through rationalization of the community'.s functions and through the elimination cf,duplicative and redundant capabilities. ?.. It'establishes a management system which can deal com- prehensively?with the implications of evolving tech- nology and make efficient choices between competing collection systems. ? It brings producers and collectors closer together and increases the probability that collectors will become more responsive to producer needs. ? It allows the Director to evaluate fully the con- tribution each component makes to the final product, Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 Approved For Release 2004/0121/4 -CIA-RDP74B00 enabling readyidentification o low performance - no elements and pe mitt' subsequent adjustments to their mission. 0 It provides one responsible point in the community to which high-level consumers can express their chang.i^g needs. .It facilitates the timely-selection and coordination of the intelligence.assets necessary to provide in- telligence support to crisis. 1--ages: the President in periods of Creation of a DNI has at least five potential disadvar.- assigned to him. As noted, -these - include' substantive advice to the President and to several high-level corimi rte es , day-today management of a large. operating program, appearing as a witness before Congress, and running numerous sensitive collection and covert action projects. It should be noted, however, that It gives still further responsibilities'to the DI-1. A major criticism of the present confederate organi- zation is that the DCI is overloaded and cannot be expected to perform well the many functions now with adequate staff and. competent deputies, the Approved For Release 2004/01/1 _RDP741300681R000100300006-3 TOP 25)(_1 -- 20 -- Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00.681R000100300006-3 Director should be able to delegate responsibilities and case his task. Also, under this option, the DCI's power would be comnensur;.te with his present responsibilities. ? This option could generate substantial resistance from the Secretary of Defense and. the Joint Chiefs over the transfer of intelligence functions to a new agency. It would also necessitate fundamental changes in the National Security Act which might cause major congressional resistance and open debate on a range of.sensitive national security issues.. Even if all U. S. Government intelligence assets were transferred to the Dire ctor.,.there would remain the serious and continuing problem of finding ways to meet the intelligence.needs of. Defense without, at the?same time, causing the Services to reconstitute .their own intelligence activities, even at the expense of other programs. There could be adverse reaction from the news media and ~.h public to a consolidation of such cons : ive activities under the control of one man, even though so many of them already are controlled, in principle, by the Secretary of Defense. 25X1 Approved For Release 2004MLI43R.IDP74B00681R000100300006-3 29 Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 it is possible that this option will continue the present dominant influence of collectors relative to producers and consumers in the intelligence process. A Director of Central Inteli icence (Motion : 2) , with a strong presidential mandate and a subs'antial staff. NSA, 25X1 NRO, and DIA would remain under present jurisdiction. The CIA would be divided --- one part'supplying the DCI staff and intelligence production component, the other part, principally current CIA collection organization, comprising a new agency .under a separate director.. The DCI would have senior status within the Government and would serve as principal intelli-- gence adviser t:) the NSC. He would produce all National Intelligence Estimates and other national intelligence re- quired by top, level national decisionmakers, and would control the necessary production assets, including NPIC..- This would include continued management of a national intelligence process that involved the participation, and inputs from, other intelligence production organizations. Under Presidential directive, the DCI.would review and, plans, programs, and budgets of his own office, a reconstituted r CIA, and the Department of Defense. He would also pre sent a consolidated intelligence budget for review by the 0MB. By Approved For Release 20044i- iii0-- 5~74B00681 R000100340006-3 Approved For Release 2004/01/14 S= A-RDP74B0068 - this means the Director oulc e able -Co guide resource allo- 25X1 cation and influences. -community organization. A t Cation Til o~ fers she ise ofhough greatest prom. achieving the President's objectives, this-option has ad- vantages over it and over the.present situation in the fol- lowing. respects The DCI would .be freed from the day-to-day management tasks incumbent upon the head of a large operating agency with major collection and covert action re-. sponsibilities. This would enable him to devote most of his attention to substantive' intelligence matters, the tasking of collectors, and community resource management issues as they production activities. relate to 0 This option eliminates the present situation in which the DCI.serves as both advocate for agency programs and judge' in community-wide matters, a role which diminishes the community's willingness to*accept his guidance as impartial. Ci re.lforns c'oul'_'i be cc3M'Dl-shed, without- major legislation, by a reorganization plan and Presidential directives to the DCI, the Secretary of Defense,-and the head of CIA. Approved For Release 2004iG IQ m 6904B00681 R00010030O006-3 Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 ? This option would offer improvements in efficiency and effectiveness without the major. disruptions in ;t rcuuired under option one. y u , _ . he co:t, ? It would enhance the stature Of the community leader ?while.avoiding the potentially dangerous concentra- tion of power inherent in option cane. Option 112 has several potential. disadvantages: ? Responsibility for -the community as a whole would be more diffuse than under option one. would have to.rely on persuasion and the process of budgetary review rather than directive authority in order to eliminate redundant and duplicative activi- ties, resolve trade-off issues, and reduce overhead: ? He would lack the ability to mobilize, deploy, and Large - collection assets u..1-1 a time of L psis, ? nleeJ given specific Presidential, authority. A Cdordina _'S-r of National Intelligence (Opti.on 3) J who, ? 'The abi..ity of the DC?' to supervise the detailed activities of the operating. parts of the community would be weaker. ?The new DCi, compared to the DNI under option one, under presidential mandate, would act as `'r; ite Louse O_- NSC Op Approved For Release 2004/01A4. - -- `B00681 R000100300006-3 5 s :~ _ca TOP \,\ Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681 ~\ - 32 overseer of the Intelligence Community, directing particular attention to : ? Intelligence resource and management issues. ? Representing the concerns and needs'bf national policy level consumers. 25X1 ? Evaluating the suitability of intelligence output in. light cf consumer demand. Under this arrangement, CIA, Defense, and State intelli- gence responsibilities would-remain essentially uncharged. The Coordinator would express the views and concerns of the President and the National Security Council on product needs and quality; he would provide guidance on present and future collection priorities; he would critique and evaluate the current. 'performance of the community,. identifying gaps and oversights; and he would conduct studies of specific intelli- gence com-nunity activities as required. But he would not be responsible for the actual production of intelligence. Nor would he have any direct control over resources. This opt-ion 1_e adva s..a g-es : ? The creation of this position would provide a means for more direct representation of Presidential in- terest in the Intellignce Community. Consumer Approved For Release 2004/01 - CISAF~-FR 34B00681 R000100300006-3 Approved For Release 2004/01/14' tIA-RDP74B00681 R000100300006-3 ropresenta ion in the telligencs process would enhanced. ? No legislation would be required,,and the President would be snared a number o.::. bureaucratic battles. The option h : A -f ..t. eral marked disadvantages ? There is the potential for unproductive competition between the Coordinator and the White House staff. Achievement of the President?s management and re- source control objectives is- unlikely. 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/D3A ?'' ` 74B00681 R000100300006-3 Approved For Release 2004161/14e4 CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 I1c:.~'1~t\TriM-11 OE' D ~,N`SF LET'D1 RSHIP .although the President has indicated his desire to in- stitute community wide reform, changes within the Department of Defense alone could improve the allocation and management of resources and reduce the overall size of the intelligence budget. Provided that care -is taken iri,making them, these reforms need not be incompatible with subsequent decisions about the governance of the community as a whole. ? Within the Department of Defense, there has never been an individual with formal responsibility for management of all DoD. intelligence activities. The D-?putt' Secretary .of modest amount of time to the complex intelligence issues that arise within his domain. Consequently, if the problems of Defense intelligence are to be resolved in a fashion satis- 25X1 Defense historit:all%r has been charged with this task, but he ` has very little staff to assist him and can devote only a factory to the President, it will be necessary either to create .a Director of Defense Intelligence (DDI) with specific responsibility for the Department's collection assets,'or provide the Deputy Secretary with major staff support in the i0: 0 . ail ss star: L Sec= tar o : DefCe .se for 1.ntc IIigenc C Neither of these posts would. be incompatible with options two and three relating to community-wide leadership reform. Eoweve , the DDI concept confl '.ct's with option one, in which Sr, CRET Approved For Release 2004/G'f x" . Cf -RDP74B00681 R000100300006-3 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R0001 00300006-3 the 'bulk of U. S. .intelligence resources t':ou? d be appropria- tcd ;.o a Director oIL -1:a .ional Intelligence. A D :rector of Defense In tel li crence would have the auth- ority and responsibility to direct and control all Defense intelligence activities. He would allocate all the Defense intelligences resources., including those. for tactical intelli- gence, the funds for the NRP, and budgets.for other national programs under departmental;jurisdiction. He would report to and represent the Secretary of Defense in all matters re- lacing to the management of intelligence resources; review the need for, and conduct of, sensitive intelligence collec- tion and operations; review all Defense intelligence. "require- ments" with resource. implications in order to evaluate need and determine priorities; serve-as the principal Defense representative on the USIB; and monitor other DoD programs which have clear implications' =or the collection of intelli- gence. Under this option the DDS would. be able to reorder completely the Defense intelligence collection structure as deemed appropriate. The DIA would be involved in collection management only so c rec tee, by the duction of finished intelligence for the Secretary of Defense and other national consumers. `Lt J S important that the Director of Defense Intel. ..genre be responsive to tasking by the co lmunit_y leaders who would Approved For Release 2004/&iWd ?& '~74B00681R000100300006-3 35 -. Approved For Release 2004/01114: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 be the principal substantive intelligence of is ial of the 25X1 Government. Both the _co.m n1Un~,ty leader and the DDI should re-- ccivc authoritative guidance about national consumer interests. This could be provided by a Council of Intelligence consti- tuted within the NSC and with the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defense as its ineinbers.,' the restructuring of USIB and revision of NSCIDs can help in establishing the appropriate DCI/DDI relationship. The post of DDI has great prospective advantages: a it would provide for the concentration of resource ? management authority. in one individual, which would allow authoritative comparisons and decisions about competing collection programs. ~. It would provide'for the centralization of direction and control over all Defense intelligence activities, including conduct of sensitive -intelligence collec- tion operations. But there are possible drawbacks as.. well, in that the position would: at a sin e l, in te 311 1~ ~E~nS~' This could possibly diminish the community leaderls access to information, as well as his ability to Approved For Release 200W'I I14 ' P74B00681 R000100300006-3 Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681 task collection systems in support of national in-- telligence production, and design balanced collec- tion programs, in- support of his production respon- sibilities. Superimpose a large staff over those of other major intellige c "managers within Defuse (the" Directors of DIAL NSA, and NRO), although a.reduction in various coordination staffs should be possible at the same time. 25X1 An Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (ASD/%) who would act as 'the principal staff ass i.stant to the Secretary of Defense. His responsibilities would be similar to those of the DDI, except that he would not exercise direct control over Defense intelligence collection programs, and would not be a - member of USIB unless the Board were reconstituted -Co advise the DCI on the allocation of collection resources. This, option has a number of advantages: ? It allows,for effective cross--program analysis within Defense. . It avoids the conc. ntration of po.7er in~.e e in t ha ..25X1 DD.I option, if that is considered a danger. .. TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 Approved For Release 2004/01714: CIA-RDP74B00681 R000100300006-3 ? Compared to tine DDT., an ASD/I would be more likely 25X1 present DCI.oz the the ~ to respond to the needs o community-aide leader established under either option two or three. th? t:; The post has a number of potential weaknesses in compared caith the DDI, it. would probably: ? ? Lack both the strong mandate .provided to the DDI and direct authority over Defense intelligence activities, including those carried out by the ? program managers. Make the ASD/I vulnerable to "end runs" by major components within the Defense intelligence. com- munity who might wishh to appeal directly to the Approved For Release 2004jf 1,; 1A DP74B00681 R0001003000,06-3 Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 Approved For Release 20044011.14 -CIA-RDP74BOOJ8 I KOOO 100300006-3 ` o achieve further E CO.' omiCs, p rticulc ry w t:iout major . Ca rcol:ganiza'iOn, will be difficult for revert reasons. ? Savings that we ;Eoresee as irr nedi ately feasible are likely to be. counterbalanced to a considerable degree by further pay and price increases. ? With the heavy R&D costs for.proposed new systeihs, there already is built into the budget a strong upward bias which may prove difficult to-control, particularly considering the intense'interest in high-technology and expensive new systems for SALT and other purposes. The U.S. withdrawal from Southeast Asia will permit reductions in SIGINT and HUMINT resources, but they will only partially offset the above cost increases. o Some of the largest savings can only result from shifting and consolidating current activities in such a way as to redraw the functional boundaries of the major intelligence organizations.. Despite these difficulties, it is-the case that func- -tonal boundaries can be withdrawn without a major reorganiza-- Lion of Defense intelligence or the co:rmunity as a whole. -We 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 204Q;1/' :Cq{A*RDP74B00681 R000100300006-3 Approved For Release 200001A4: CIA-RDP74B00 ~heulc stress, however, teat actions of this character will 25X1 =1 l leave a number o co :'1r y- W de issues unresolved and at the same time arouse all 'L--he opposition of the military Services and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Moreover, . with the rapid evolution of technology, further changes in boundaries and comparable upheavals --- will probably have 'to follow in With all these cautions,. -there area number of specific functional actions that can be taken at the present time. '=ng the most. important are 'the establishment of NSA as a truly national cryptological service with authority over all signal intelligence and the consolidation of a number of activities now operated separately by the 141ilitary Services. The effect of these changes should he to achieve economies of scale, eliminate excessive duplication,. and promote com- petition. among like activities so as to weed out the less productive programs. The following table of possible savings; while only an. estimate, indicates what economies might.be feasible as a 'result of redrawing. functional boundaries, consolidating i -n :and eliminating duplication - Approved ForReleate 20.44/14 C oP74B00681 R000100300006-3 - 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 . Approved For Release 2004101714`! ClA-RDP74B00681 changes. We also believe that the economies should be e fected over a period of years. ,Without these two conditions, the reductions could prove illusory or transient, and a heavy price in disruption and lowered morale might Lollo:-w. It should be noted that the anticipates savings. come primarily from collection. activities; .major aL alytica'. and estimating capabilities are not affected. .Their. improvement is the subject of the next section. ? 25X1 Approved.For Release 2004Mh'4S?B 2P74B00681R000100300006-3 G^ Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 ~X, TO;^JE~RD z~:riRCVE'-'.`riS IN THE PRODUCT .?tuchz of the om2. hasis by the intelligence community and the bulk of its resources go' to the high technology necessary to overcome barriers to information in the USSR and China. Yet this stress on the technology of collection -- admittedly important -- comes at a time when improved analysis is even more important. - Because of the keener competition from the Soviets, and the narrowing gap in relative resources devoted to defense, the U. S. must refine its evaluation of. foreign capabilities; intentions, activities, and doctrines rather than assume that it has the resources to insure against all possibilities. The community must also improve its current political esti- mates and find ways of becoming more responsive to-national consumers and their concerns. ?. important improvements. in performance may be-feasible without major. reorganization, But preliminary investigation suggests that higher quality is much more likely to come about within the framework of a coherently organized com- munity which is focused on improving. output rather than in- J C ed, it seems a - ai1_ assam2ti oil t.h . the President ^J . U a would be willing to rebate some of the potential savings from the community if he had any hope of improved performance as .a consequence, As of now, however, he has no such assurance 'PQP,.S 'C~?ET For Release Approved 2- P741300681 R000100300006-3 Approved For Release 2004/01/'14-: CIA-RDP74B00681 R000100300006-3 . 1, reasonably argue tha "L., for cur,- current perfOr:c;anc,~, he _,noulu at least obtain the bone it of lo;~e r cos; s. ,~ henefits of intelli- .a Vc~1,1 if we }:I:C[. how t _o IIiCc sLC the gei c , 1 t would be difficult. to relate specific changes in programs to Improvements in performance. NonttheleSS, ex- perienced observers believe that. the follo%.ling steps --- all of them comparatively inexpensive --.should increase the use=- control and product evaluation sections within the production organizations themselves. ? Upgrading existing analytical centers .to increase fulness of the product to the.national.leadership: - ? Major consumer representation to and within the in- telligence community, perhaps through a restructured USIB, a high-level consumer council, or other insti-- tution.lized ways of communicating consumer needs, p riorities.. and evaluations to intelligence producers. ? Assessment.of the i,telligence product through quality including a DI? with improved the : ompetition of ideas, g organization and staffing as a major competitor to CIA L n* the area of military in-C.0lligence. 0 Periodic reviews by outsiders of 'intelligence products. . Y ~ of the main working hypo theses wwrithi n. the. co,. uni. , and of analytical methods being used. , Approved For Release 2004 9/1 r F4-7 DP74BOO681R000100300006-3 Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3 0 A net assessment Croup establisheu at the national level which, .along tai ~h the ~;S . J.Sr; l process, will keep questioning the community of d challenging it to re- fine and support its hypotheses. . ? Stronger incentives to attract.good analysts, better career opportunities to hold them. as analysts ins"ead' of forcing them to-become supervisors in order to achieve promotion, and a more effective use of per- sonnel already trained and experienced in intelli- genca.. ? -Increased resources and improved organizational ar- angemen is within the intelligence community for research on'. improved methods of analysis a .= es.ti.-- mation. It is probably premature to ?recorrimend. the detailed measures necessary to improve the quality and scope of the intelligence product. In the near future, this issue should be considered at greater length by the leadership of a re- organized coi-munity. indeed, the leadership should be OT i-m-)rovc-aluant as a matter of the highest priority. What steps will prove feasible will depend on..the particular type of ruorganiza tion 25X1 Approved For Release 20U?14~ IAiEt 3P74B00681 R000100300006-3 Approved For Release 2004/014-il: CIA-RDP74B00681 R000100300006-3 selecLcd, and, in the preser.L_ ci cUm Lances, it may be well to be guided in the choice by considerations of economy in elusioln, that improvement of the product at current~ budget levels is simply another way of achieving the efficiency that is so desperately needed within the intelligence community as it is presently constituted. TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2004/01/14: CIA-RDP74B00681R000100300006-3