REMARKS OF WILLIAM J. CASEY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BEFORE THE DENVER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AT THE CASTLE PINES GOLF CLUB, DENVER, COLORADO

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• Publication Date: July 30, 1986
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REMARKS OF WILLIAM J. CASEY
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
BEFORE THE DENVER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
AT THE
CASTLE PINES GOLF CLUB, DENVER, COLORADO
30 JULY 1986
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GENTLEMEN: I AM VERY HONORED AND GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT, BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ARE
IMPORTANT IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A NATIONAL CONSENSUS ON POLICY
ISSUES AFFECTING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AND, QUITE FRANKLY, I LOOK
FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO GET MY PERSPECTIVE ACROSS TO AUDIENCES LIKE
THIS ONE, TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A FEW OF THE
THREATS AND CHALLENGES CONFRONTING THE UNITED STATES THAT HAVE BEEN
WEIGHING HEAVILY ON MY MIND AND, I SUSPECT, ON YOURS AS WELL. I
WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS COUNTRY'S INTELLIGENCE
CAPABILITIES AND HOW PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF CAN MAKE AND ARE MAKING
SUCH AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO OUR MISSION.
JUST A FEW DECADES AGO, THE UNITED STATES DOMINATED THE WORLD
ECONOMICALLY, POLITICALLY AND MILITARILY AND THE UNITED STATES AND
THE SOVIET UNION WERE THE ONLY INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS THAT REALLY
MATTERED, THAT DAY IS LONG PAST, THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS HAS
PROLIFERATED, ISSUES HAVE BECOME BEWILDERINGLY COMPLEX, THE PACE OF
CHANGE AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE ALMOST OVERWHELMING, AND THE WORLD
MUCH SMALLER AND FAR MORE INTERDEPENDENT, AND THIS, IN TURN, HAS
REVOLUTIONALIZED THE WORLD OF INTELLIGENCE,
THE SOVIET UNION, OF COURSE, REMAINS THE PRINCIPAL THREAT TO OUR
SECURITY AND THE PRIMARY CONCERN OF U.S. INTELLIGENCE. BUT THE
NATURE OF THIS THREAT HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY SINCE THE DAYS WHEN
RUSSIA WAS LARGELY CONFINED TO THE EURASIA LAND
MASS. WE FACE A GRIM REALITY; THE SOVIET LEADERSHIP REMAINS
COMMITTED TO THE BUILDING OF A MILITARY FORCE THAT COULD FIGHT
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AND WIN A NUCLEAR WAR, MOSCOW IS RELENTLESSLY EXPANDING A
LARGE ARSENAL OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AIMED AT THE U.S., EUROPE AND
EAST ASIA. NEW MISSILES AND MISSILE CARRYING AIRCRAFT AND
SUBMARINES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED, TESTED AND DEPLOYED IN AMAZING
PROFUSION,
BY 1980 SOVIET STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE FORCES ALREADY HAD
CAUGHT UP, AND IN SOME KEY AREAS SURPASSED THOSE OF OUR OWN,
JUST ONE SOBERING EXAMPLE: THE SOVIETS ARE NOW PROTECTING
THEIR LAND BASED MISSILE FORCE BY MAKING IT MOBILE. A MOBILE
U.S. ICBM WILL NOT BE DEPLOYED UNTIL THE 1990s AT BEST,
PERHAPS EVEN MORE ALARMING, THE SOVIETS ARE IN THE MIDST OF
A MAJOR LONGTERM MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM -- THEIR OWN "STAR
WARS," IF YOU WILL, INVOLVING SOME 10 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
FACILITIES AND THOUSANDS OF SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS. THEY
LONG AGO DEPLOYED AN ABM SYSTEM AROUND MOSCOW, WE ARE THE
NEWCOMERS ON THE BLOCK, ALTHOUGH YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW IT BY
LISTENING TO SOVIET PROPAGANDA CONDEMNING THE PRESIDENT'S
STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE AS "DESTABLIZING,"
DUE IN LARGE PART TO OUR EXTRAORDINARY TECHNICAL COLLECTION
CAPABILITIES, WE HAVE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF STAYING ON TOP
OF MOSCOW'S TREMENDOUS EFFORT TO ERODE THE STRATEGIC NUCLEAR
BALANCE IN ITS FAVOR, BUT AS WE PROCEED FURTHER INTO THE
CURRENT ARMS CONTROL DIALOGUE WITH MOSCOW, THE DEMANDS FOR
HIGH-QUALITY INTELLIGENCE ON SOVIET PLANS AND ACTIONS WILL BE
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EXTRAORDINARY. I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT WE ARE NOT RESTING ON
OUR LAURELS. WE ARE WORKING ON PROMISING NEW COLLECTION
SYSTEMS, AND DEVOTING ENORMOUS RESOURCES TO MONITORING CURRENT
SOVIET CAPABILITIES AND ASSESSING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SOVIET
WEAPONS THAT MAY NOT BE DEPLOYED FOR TES TO FIFTEEN YEARS.
THAT'S THE CHALLENGE FOR INTELLIGENCE. IN A MORE GENERAL
SENSE, IT'S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THIS NATION
DEVELOP A HARD-HEADED, DISCIPLINED APPROACH TO ARMS CONTROL,
WE CANNOT ALLOW GORBACHEV'S FULL COURT PROPAGANDA PRESS TO
STAMPEDE US INTO ACCEPTING NEW AGREEMENTS THAT MERELY ALLOW THE
SOVIETS TO CONSOLIDATE THEIR GAINS WHILE CUTTING OFF OUR OWN
OPPORTUNITIES TO MODERNIZE OUR STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSE
FORCES.
I HAVE BEEN TALKING IN A STRATEGIC MILITARY CONTEXT BUT THE
MAIN THREAT FROM THE SOVIETS PROBABLY LIES ELSEWHERE. THE WEST
ONCE AGAIN IS ENGAGED IN A CRITICAL STRUGGLE WITH
TOTALITARIANISM, THIS TIME IN THE FORM OF MARXISM/LENINISM.
AND THE PRIMARY BATTLEFIELD OF THIS STRUGGLE IS NOT ON THE
MISSILE TEST RANGE OR AT THE ARMS CONTROL NEGOTIATING TABLE BUT
IN THE COUNTRYSIDE OF THE THIRD WORLD,
IN THE AFTERMATH OF OUR SAD EXPERIENCE IN VIETNAM, THE
SOVIET UNION BEGAN TO TEST WHETHER THE US WOULD RESIST FOREIGN
PROVOKED AND SUPPORTED INSTABILITY AND SUBVERSION ELSEWHERE IN
THE THIRD WORLD. IT DEVELOPED AN AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY WHICH
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AVOIDS DIRECT CONFRONTATION AND INSTEAD TAKES MAXIMUM ADVANTAGE
OF THIRD WORLD SURROGATES LIKE CUBA, VIETNAM, LIBYA AND
NICARAGUA TO OBTAIN SOVIET OBJECTIVES,
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE SOVIETS AND THEIR ALLIES
HAVE SUPPORTED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RADICAL REGIMES OR
INSURGENCIES IN MORE THAN A DOZEN COUNTRIES OF THE THIRD
WORLD. TIME AND AGAIN WE HAVE WATCHED THE SOVIETS AND THEIR
SURROGATES MOVE IN TO EXPLOIT AND INSTIGATE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
DISCONTENT, THEY GAIN AN INSURGENT BASE, EXPAND IT WITH
TRAINED MEN AND MILITARY ARMS, DRIVE OUT INVESTMENT, AND WAIT
FOR ANOTHER PLUM TO FALL. SINCE 1972 TWENTY-FIVE NATIONS HAVE
FALLEN UNDER A SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED DEGREE OF SOVIET
INFLUENCE OR INSURGENCY SUPPORTED BY THE SOVIETS OR THEIR
PROXIES, WHILE ONLY FIVE NATIONS HAVE EXTRICATED THEMSELVES
FROM SOVIET GRASP,
THAT'S THE BAD NEWS, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE PENDULUM OF
HISTORY SLOWLY BUT SURELY HAS BEEN SWINGING AWAY FROM MARXISM
AS A MODEL FOR COUNTRIES IN ASIA, AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA, AND
TOWARD THE CONCEPTS OF DEMOCRACY AND FREE MARKET ECONOMICS.
MOSCOW NOW FINDS ITSELF ON THE DEFENSIVE, SUPPORTING HIGH COST,
LONG TERM EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN IN POWER THE REPRESSIVE REGIMES
THEY HAVE INSTALLED OR COOPTED IN PLACES LIKE AFGHANISTAN,
ANGOLA, ETHIOPIA, CAMBODIA, MOZAMBIQUE, YEMEN AND NICARAGUA.
THIS DEVELOPING TRANSITION FROM AGGRESSOR TO A DEFENSIVE,
STATUS QUO BACKER OF REPRESSION COULD TURN OUT TO BE ONE OF THE
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GREAT HISTORICAL TURNING POINTS OF OUR LIFETIME. BUT IT WILL
ONLY WORK OUT THIS WAY IF THE WEST, WORKING WITH INDIGENOUS
THIRD WORLD FORCES, CAN MUSTER THE RESOLVE AND COURAGE TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THIS "WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY" TO ADVANCE DEMOCRACY,
IN THIS REGARD, IT WILL COME AS NO SURPRISE TO ANY OF YOU
THAT I BELIEVE THE STAKES IN CENTRAL AMERICA ARE HUGE AND
HISTORIC, A SOVIET MILITARY BASE ON THE AMERIAN CONTINENT
DIVIDING NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA IS BEING PUT INTO PLACE -- A
TOEHOLD OF SOVIET MILITARY POWER AND SUBVERSION THAT COULD
ENDANGER THE PANAMA CANAL IN THE SHORT TERM AND MEXICO IN THE
SOMEWHAT LONGER TERM. RIGHT NOW THE SANDINISTA ARMY WITH CUBAN
HELICOPTER PILOTS AND COMBAT DIRECTION AND A HALF BILLION
DOLLARS OF SOPHISTICATED SOVIET WEAPONRY IS GOING ALL OUT TO
DESTROY THE NICARAGUAN RESISTANCE BEFORE NEW ASSISTANCE CAN
REACH IT, IN THE MEANTIME, THE SANDINISTAS ARE STICKING TO
THEIR BLUEPRINT OF BUILDING AN ALL-POWERFUL STATE SECURITY
APPARATUS, THE STRONGEST ARMED FORCES IN CENTRAL AMERICA, AND
IN DEVELOPING A CENTER FOR EXPORTING SUBVERSION AND TERRORISM
TO THE REGION.
IN THIS LATTER REGARD, THE LINK BETWEEN LIBYAN-AND
CUBAN-SPONSORED TERRORISM IN CUBA AND NICARAGUA IS LARGE AND
GROWING LARGER, FOR SOME YEARS, THE LIBYANS HAVE BEEN
SUPPORTING THE SANDINISTA GOVERNMENT IN NICARAGUA WITH
SOMETHING LIKE $100 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. WE NOW SEEN
NICARAGUA TRAINING YOUNG MEN FOR VIOLENCE AND SUBVERSION,
r
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SENDING THEM AS FAR DOWN INTO SOUTH AMERICA AS CHILE, YOUNG
MEN FROM LATIN AMERICA ARE BEING SENT TO LIBYA FOR TRAINING IN
THE TERRORIST CAMPS THERE AND THEN ARE BROUGHT BACK TO BE
PLANTED AMONG THE POPULATION IN CENTRAL AMERICA, IN VENEZUELA,
IN ECUADOR. IF THE SANDINISTA REGIME CONSOLIDATES ITSELF, WE
CAN EXPECT MANAGUA TO BECOME THE BEIRUT OF THE WESTERN
HEMISPHERE,
AND OF COURSE, THERE IS NO WAY THIS COUNTRY CAN IMMUNIZE
ITSELF FROM SUCH AN INFECTION. ALREADY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF NICARAGUANS AND SALVADORANS HAVE FLED THEIR COUNTRIES AND
HEADED NORTH, CAN ANYONE DOUBT THAT AS SOON AS IT BECOMES
APPARENT THAT THE COMMUNISTS ARE ABOUT TO COMPLETE THEIR
CONQUEST OF NICARAGUA ANOTHER SIGNAL WILL BE FLASHED AND
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WILL LEAVE CENTRAL AMERICA, AND ULTIMATELY
MEXICO, TO CROSS THE BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES. RECENTLY, I
SPOKE IN SAN ANTONIO. MAYOR CISNEROS SURPRISED ME BY TELLING
ME THAT SAN ANTONIO HAS BECOME THE TENTH LARGEST CITY IN THE
UNITED STATES. I TOLD HIM IF THE SANDINISTAS CONSOLIDATE IN
NICARAGUA, IT WOULD NOT BE LONG BEFORE SAN ANTONIO BECOMES THE
LARGEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES, AND I BELIEVE THAT,
THERE IS NOTHING INEVITABLE ABOUT THIS SCENARIO, TWO CAN
PLAY THE SAME GAME, JUST AS THERE IS A CLASSIC FORMULA FOR
COMMUNIST SUBVERSION AND TAKEOVER, THERE ALSO IS A PROVEN
METHOD OF OVERTHROWING REPRESSIVE GOVERNMENT THAT CAN BE
APPLIED SUCCESSFULLY IN NICARAGUA. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT
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MATCHING THE SANDINISTAS WEAPON-FOR-WEAPON OR OF ACHIEVING A
CLASSIC MILITARY VICTORY. HISTORY SHOWS THAT A COMBINATION OF
NAGGING INSURGENT MILITARY PRESSURE AND PROGRESSIVE WITHDRAWAL
OF DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT IS WHAT BRINGS DOWN OR
ALTERS AN UNPOPULAR GOVERNMENT. THIS PROCESS ALREADY IS
UNDERWAY IN NICARAGUA. THE INSURGENTS HAVE MADE GAINS AMONG
RURAL PEASANTS UNHAPPY WITH MANAGUA'S RECENT COLLECTIVIZATION
AND RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS THE GOVERNMENT'S
MANDATORY MILITARY DRAFT AND ANTI-CHURCH POLICIES. THE HEAVY
FINANCIAL BURDEN OF THE SANDINISTAS' COUNTERINSURGENCY EFFORT
COMBINED WITH POOR ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ALSO IS CREATING
MOUNTING DISCONTENT WITHIN THE COUNTRY.
THE NEW MONEY RECENTLY VOTED BY CONGRESS WILL MAKE IT
POSSIBLE TO FURTHER TURN UP THE HEAT ON THE SANDINISTAS BY
STEADILY EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF RESISTANCE TROOPS IN THE FIELD
AND BY OPENING NEW AREAS OF OPERATION. BUT WE SHOULD NOT KID
OURSELVES. THE SOVIETS AND THEIR SANDINISTA CLIENTS WILL NOT
GIVE UP THEIR TOEHOLD WITHOUT A DETERMINED FIGHT, WE ARE ONLY
AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS STRUGGLE AND WE HAVE TO RESIST THAT
OLD AMERICAN TENDENCY TO EXPECT INSTANT AND EASY SUCCESS, A
MORE PROTRACTED COMMITMENT IS NECESSARY AND THIS MEANS
CONVINCING CONGRESS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT NOW IS THE
TIME TO COUNTER SOVIET SUBVERSIVE INVOLVEMENT IN THE THIRD
WORLD. GIVEN THE NATURE OF INSURGENT CONFLICTS, THE COST TO
MOSCOW AND ITS ALLIES OF COUNTERING AN INSURGENCY IS
CONSIDERABLY GREATER THAN THE COST TO THE WEST. BY REQUIRING
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MOSCOW TO COUNTER MULTIPLE IASURGENCIES, THE RISK AND COST TO
THE SOVIETS ARE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, AND ALTERNATIVES TO
SOVIET DOMINATION CAN BE KEPT ALIVE IN SEVERAL THIRD WORLD
ARENAS.
I TOLD YOU THAT I WANTED TO DISCUSS THE STATE OF U.S.
INTELLIGENCE, THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF THE PRESIDENT AND
CONGRESS, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE OUR INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM TODAY
IS MORE ROBUST THAN AT ANY TIME IN OUR HISTORY AND IN FAR
BETTER SHAPE THAN 6 OR 7 YEARS AGO. WE HAVE MADE ENORMOUS
PROGRESS ACROSS THE BOARD IN COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS, ANYONE
WHO LEFT US MORE THAN THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO WOULD NOT
RECOGNIZE THE PLACE. WE HAVE RESTAFFED THE CLANDESTINE SERVICE
AND OUR ANALYTICAL CADRE. WE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED BOTH
THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS. RESOURCES
IN SUPPORT OF MILITARY OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN GREATLY INCREASED,
WE HAVE REBUILT OUR CAPABILITY ON THE THIRD WORLD,
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED OUR WORK ON THE SOVIET UNION, AND
CREATED THE CAPABILITY TO TACKLE NEW INTELLIGENCE PROBLEMS,
BUT THE WORLD MOVES ON WITHOUT REGARD FOR PAST
ACHIEVEMENTS. WE STILL ARE WORRIED ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO KEEP
PACE WITH NEW SOVIET WEAPONS PROGRAMS AS THEY KEEP EXPANDING
AND THE SOVIETS TURN MORE AND MORE TO MEASURES INTENDED TO DENY
US CRITICAL INFORMATION. WHILE OUR CAPABILITIES AGAINST
TERRORISM, NARCOTICS, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, SUBVERSION AND A
LONG AND STEADILY GROWING LIST OF OTHER NEW CHALLENGES HAVE
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IMPROVED BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS, THEY ARE STRETCHED TO THE LIMIT
AND OFTEN BEYOND, AND STILL WE, OF ALL ORGANIZATIONS, MUST TRY
TO HOLD IN RESERVE RESOURCES TO MONITOR COUNTLESS WARS AND
CRISES AND STILL LOOK TO THE FUTURE,
SO WHILE WE HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES IN REBUILDING THIS
COUNTRY'S INTELLIGENCE APPARATUS, THE BACKING AND UNDERSTANDING
OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IS GOING TO BE NEEDED TO SUSTAIN AND
BUILD ON THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE. I AM NOT JUST TALKING
ABOUT PASSIVE ACCEPTANCE OR SUPPORT. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT NO
MATTER HOW STRENUOUS OUR OWN INTERNAL EFFORTS, WE CANNOT
APPROACH OUR JOB WITH A STRICTLY IN-HOUSE MENTALITY. IF WE
DON'T TAP THE IMPRESSIVE SOURCES OF EXPERTISE OUTSIDE OUR
BUILDING, OUR OWN CAPITAL STOCK OF KNOWLEDGE AND IMAGINATION
WILL RAPIDLY DEPLETE. WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO REBUILD OUR
BRIDGES TO THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY FOLLOWING THE BAD OLD DAYS OF
THE VIETNAM ERA. WE SUBMIT MANY OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT
ASSESSMENTS FOR REVIEW BY OUTSIDE ACADEMIC EXPERTS WHO WORK
WITH US ON A CONSULTANT BASIS.
BUT THERE IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT SOURCE OF OUTSIDE EXPERTISE
WE ARE USING MORE EFFECTIVELY -- THE PRIVATE BUSINESS SECTOR.
IN ADDITION TO ALL THE COMMERCIAL INFORMATION SERVICES WE
SUBSCRIBE TO, THE PUBLICATIONS WE PURCHASE, THE DATABASES WE
RECEIVE OR COMPILE, AND OUR OWN PEOPLE OVERSEAS, WE LISTEN
CLOSELY TO WHAT THE US BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAS TO TELL US. WE
FIND U.S. BUSINESSMEN -- WHETHER THEY BE MANUFACTURERS,
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BANKERS, OR COMMODITY DEALERS -- READY AND WILLING TO SHARE
THEIR INSIGHTS WITH US ON SUBJECTS RANGING FROM HIGH-TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE AND JAPAN TO THIRD WORLD DEBT PROBLEMS
TO SOVIET GRAIN PURCHASES AND MANY MORE,
WE KNOW THEY'RE OUT THERE DEALING WITH THEIR FOREIGN
COUNTERPARTS EVERY DAY AND HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND IDEAS
THAT THE US GOVERNMENT CANNOT GET IN ANY OTHER WAY, WE HAVE
REORGANIZED OUR COMPONENT RESPONSIBLE FOR BEING IN TOUCH WITH
THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND WE ARE DEVOTING SOME OF OUR BEST
TALENT -- AND A LOT OF IT -- TO THE ENDEAVOR. IN SUM, WE VIEW
THIS RELATIONSHIP AS ESSENTIAL TO OUR MISSION AND WE WANT TO
ENSURE THAT IT REMAINS A STRONG ONE.
BEFORE I SIT DOWN, LET ME LAY DOWN JUST ONE MORE MARKER, I
AM SURE YOU HAVE ALL HEARD ABOUT THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION'S
RECENT EFFORTS TO DEAL WITH AN OLD NATIONAL SECURITY PROBLEM
THAT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY INTOLERABLE, I AM TALKING ABOUT
THE DELIBERATE LEAKING OF SENSITIVE CLASSIFIED INTELLIGENCE
INFORMATION FROM THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF OUR GOVERNMENT, AND
THE REPLAYING OF THAT INFORMATION BY THE MEDIA.
I DON'T HAVE TIME TONIGHT TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE CHAMBER
OF HORRORS ON LEAKS,
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ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST IS THE
INVESTIGATIVE TEAMS THE NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST HAVE
FORMED TO COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER IN PUBLISHING EXCITING OR
CONTROVERSIAL STORIES ON THIS COUNTRY'S INTELLIGENCE EFFORT.
AND THEY PROFESS TO BE BEWILDERED WHEN WE DO NOT EXPRESS
ENTHUSIASM AND GRATITUDE FOR THIS EFFORT TO TELL WHAT THEY CALL
"THE REAL STORY" OF INTELLIGENCE,
WE KNOW WE CAN'T THROW ROCKS AROUND IN A GLASS HOUSE, OUR
FIRST PRIORITY, MUST BE TO TIGHTEN DISCIPLINE WITHIN OUR
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GOVERNMENT AND, BELIEVE ME, WE ARE DOING JUST THAT, WE ARE
PUTTING INTO PLACE MECHANISMS TO AGGRESSIVELY INVESTIGATE
APPARENT CASES OF LEAKING WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT AND TO TAKE
PUNITIVE AND LEGAL ACTION AGAINST GUILTY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.
PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS IN RECENT MONTHS.
BUT, OF COURSE, THE LEAK ITSELF IS JUST ONE SIDE OF THE
EQUATION. WE HAVE TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB THAN WE HAVE IN THE
PAST OF CONVINCING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE MEDIA OF THEIR
OWN RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND
SENSITIVE TECHNICAL COLLECTION SYSTEMS, HERE ARE SOME GOOD
ARGUMENTS, WE CAN, AND DO, LOSE SENSITIVE COLLECTION, SYSTEMS
THAT COST BILLIONS OF HARD EARNED TAX DOLLARS. AGENTS CAN, AND
DO, DIE AS A DIRECT RESULT OF LEAKS AND OUR ALLIES CAN, AND DO,
LOSE FAITH IN OUR ABILITIES TO PROTECT INFORMATION THEY PASS
US, JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE OF ONE OF
OUR CLOSEST ALLIES TOLD US THEY CAN NO LONGER PASS US ADVANCE
INFORMATION ON TERRORIST ACTIVITIES. IT HAS HAD ENOUGH OF
READING ABOUT ITS MOST SENSITIVE, WELL-PROTECTED INFORMATION IN
THE U.S. MEDIA. AND WHEN SOURCES AND METHODS ARE COMPROMISED
IN AREAS SUCH AS COUNTERTERRORISM, THE DIRECT RESULT EASILY CAN
BE DEAD AMERICAN TOURISTS AND OTHER ORDINARY CITIZENS,
BUT DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. LET ME QUOTE A MORE
PROMINENT AMERICAN PUBLIC FIGURE ON THIS ISSUE, HE HAS SAID
THAT
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"THE NECESSITY OF PROCURING GOOD INTELLIGENCE IS
APPARENT AND NEED NOT BE FURTHER URGED. ALL THAT
REMAINS FOR ME TO ADD IS THAT YOU KEEP THE WHOLE
MATTER AS SECRET AS POSSIBLE FOR UPON SECRECY SUCCESS
DEPENDS IN MOST ENTERPRISES OF THIS KIND AND FOR WANT
OF IT THEY ARE GENERALLY DEFEATED,"
THAT WAS GEORGE WASHINGTON SPEAKING, YOU KNOW IT'S TRULY
AMAZING HOW GOOD MOST OF WASHINGTON'S ADVICE WAS AND HOW WELL
IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME, IT'S ALSO TRUE THAT A LOT OF
HIS ADVICE HAS NOT BEEN EASY TO FOLLOW AND I SUPPOSE THIS IS A
GOOD EXAMPLE, BUT IT'S ADVICE THAT I BELIEVE THIS NATION AND
ITS ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS HAVE TO ACT ON, IN THIS
DANGEROUS WORLD WE LIVE IN AND IN THIS MODERN ERA OF
INTELLIGENCE, THE STAKES HAVE BECOME ENTIRELY TOO HIGH TO KEEP
SWEEPING THIS PROBLEM UNDER THE RUG,
AS DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE I AM CHARGED BY LAW
WITH PROTECTING THE SOURCES OF INFORMATION THAT ENABLE THIS
COUNTRY TO PROTECT ITS CITIZENS IN AN INCREASINGLY UNFRIENDLY
WORLD, AND I AM SURE YOU ARE GOING TO BE HEARING MORE ABOUT
OUR EFFORTS. YOU WILL ALSO HEAR CHARGES THAT THIS
ADMINISTRATION IS ATTEMPTING TO INTIMIDATE THE MEDIA AND
UNDERMINE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. I KNOW I CAN COUNT ON YOU TO
PUT SUCH SHRILL REACTIONS INTO PERSPECTIVE. I HAVE BEEN A
PRACTICING JOURNALIST MYSELF AND NO ONE VALUES MORE THAN I THE
FIRST AMENDMENT AND THE ENORMOUS PRIVILEGE OF LIVING IN A
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COUNTRY THAT HAS A FREE PRESS, THE MEDIA ALSO NEEDS TO BE
REMINDED THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF CIA ARE IN A DANGEROUS,
DIFFICULT, AND NOT PARTICULARLY WELL PAID PROFESSION BECAUSE
THEY WANT TO ENSURE THAT THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WILL
CONTINUE TO ENJOY THAT PRIVILEGE.
BUT NATIONAL SECURITY IS ALSO A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT AND
PRIVILEGE, OBVIOUSLY WHAT'S NEEDED IS SOME BALANCE AND
ACCOMMODATION. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE MEDIA MUST WORK TOGETHER
TO ENSURE THAT SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS ARE
NOT PUBLISHED, AT THE VERY LEAST THE MEDIA SHOULD CEASE
SEEKING SECRETS AS AN END IN ITSELF AND SHOULD EXERCISE CAREFUL
JUDGMENT IN PRINTING LEAKED INFORMATION, THAT'S REALLY ALL WE
ARE ASKING. AND ONCE AGAIN PEOPLE SUCH AS YOURSELVES CAN BE OF
ENORMOUS HELP IN FORGING A NATIONAL CONCENSUS THAT WILL SUPPORT
SUCH A MODEST BUT CRITICAL OBJECTIVE,
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