REMARKS OF WILLIAM J. CASEY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AT THE FOURTH NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SYMPOSIUM SPONSORED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88G01117R001004080001-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 30, 2011
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• Publication Date: May 5, 1986
• Content Type: MISC

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REMARKS OF WILLIAM J? CASEY
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
AT THE
FOURTH NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SYh1POSIUM
SPONSORED BY THE
ASSOCIATION OF FORMER INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS
NAPLES LEACH CLUB HOTEL
NAPLES, FLORIDA
P'~ONDAY, 5 MAY 1986
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GOOD f1URN I NG ? I Af~1 VERY PLEASED TU BE AT T11 I S FOURTH
AFIO SYMPOSIUM ON INTELLIGENCE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOh1E OF h1Y
THOUGHTS ON NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE-
LOOKING AROUND AND SEEING ALL THE INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONALS
AND VETERANS IN THE AUDIENCE, I AM SORT OF REMINllED OF A FELLOW
WHU LUVEiI TO TALK ABOUT THE JOHNSTO~JN FLOOD- THERE CAf1E A TIf~E
WHEN HE PASSED AWAY- HE WAS RECEIVED BY ST? PETER, WHO FOUND
HIf~ A PRETTY GUUll FELLOW- HE HEARll THAT HE LOVED TO TALK ABOUT
THE JOHNSTUWN FLOOD- SO PETER GATHERED A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO
HEAR HOW THE WATERS HAD GATHEREll, HAU COME CRASHING DOWN INTO
JOHNSTOWN, ANU FLOOllED THE STREETS AND SWEPT UP THE BUILDING-
HE WAS JUST ABUU1 REACHING HIS FINALE WHEN ST? PETER REACHED
OVER, TAPPED HIM ON THE SHOULDER AND SAID, "BY THE IJAY, I
FORGOT TU TELL YUU THAT NOAH IS IN THE AUDIENCE-"
THIS MORrJING I WOULD LIKE TU TALK TO YUU ABOUT THE THREATS
ANU CHALLENGtS WHICH CUNFRON-f US, HUW INTELLIGENCE HAS CHANGED,
ANll THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE IN REBUILllING UUR CAPABILITIES
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS?
I DON'T HAVE TU TELL YUU THAT, AS A NATIOrJ, wE FACE
MULTIPLE THREATS ANU PROBLEMS- LET ME TAKE YUU BACK A DECADE
OR TWU?
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BACK WHEN LYNDON JOHNSON WAS PRESIDENT, DICK HELMS ASKED
ME AND A FEW OTHERS OUT TO CIA HEAll~UARTERS AT LANGLEY,
VIRGIfJIA? HE WANTEll US TO PUT TOGETHER A SCHOLARSHIP FUNll
TO HELP KEEP EXPERIENCED PEOPLE WHU HAD JOINED CIA AT ITS
INCEPTION SOME 2U YEARS EARLIER AND WHU NOW WERE TEMPTED TU
f~UVE TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR TU MAKE ENOUGH f~10NEY TU SEND THEIR
KIDS TU COLLEGE.
I RECALL SAYING, "DICK, WHAT KEEPS YUU HERE?" HE SAID,
"WHEN YUU SIT HERE EVERY DAY AND SEE ALL THESE MESSAGES COMING
THROUGH, AND REALIZE HOW BELEAGUERED THE UNITED STATES IS IN
THE WORLD, YOU JUST HAVE TO STICK WITH IT?"
NOW, AT THAT TIME WE DUhIINATEll THE WORLD ECONOMICALLY,
POLITICALLY, AND MILITARILY. RUSSIA WAS LARGELY CONFINED TO
THE EURASIAN LANDMASS- APJD THE ONLY OTHER WORRY WAS A
"BRUSHFIRE" WAR IN VIETNAM.
HOW DIFFERENT THE WURLU IS TOllAY WITH SOVIET AGGRESSION
UN THREE CONTINENTS AND IfJTERNATIONAL TERRORISM TARGETING US
EVERYWHERE!
MANY OF YOU, AS h1YSELF, WERE AROUND AT THE BIRTH OF OUR
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE- IF YOU WERE TO RETURN TODAY,
f1ANY THINGS WOULD BE FAM I L I AR--THE COh1f~1 I TMErJT AND DED I CAT I UN
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OF UUR INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS, THE WILLINGPJESS TO CHALLENGE THE
CONVENTIONAL WISDOh1, THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SOUND ANALYSIS
AND EFFECTIVE COLLECTION STILL PREVAIL, THE "CAN-DO" SPIRIT
STILL FLOURISHES IN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE REBOUNDED FROM THE CUTS OF THE 7Us? WE HAVE A
GROWING AND DEDICATED WORKFORCE- ANEW HEADGIUARTERS BUILDING
HAS BEEN COMPLETED FOR THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY AND
ONE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT CIA- A BIGGER BUDGET- IMPROVED
MORALE- I THINK WE ARE FIT, HEALTHY, AND HAVE REDEDICATED
OURSELVES COMMUNITY-WIDE TO A SEARCH FOR GREATER EXCELLENCE-
ONE DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE IS IN THE NUMBER OF TARGETS-
THE SOVIET UNION IS STILL OUR PRIMARY FOCUS, AS IT WAS IN THE
IMMEDIAl-E POST-WORLll WAR II PERIOD, BUT OTHER TARGETS HAVE
BECOME Ih1PORTANT? TODAY, MANY OF THIS COUNTRY'S ENEMIES
OPERATE f~1USTLY UNDERGROUND, MOVING DRUGS, TERROR, STOLEN
BLUEPRINTS, AS WELL AS WEAPONS APJD SUBVERSION ACROSS
INTERNATIONAL BORDERS WHEREVER INSTABILITY AND REVOLUTION
CAN BE FOMENTED-
'' THE SOVIETS CONTINUE TU EXPAfJD A LARGE ARSENAL OF NUCLEAR
WEAPONS AIMED AT THE UNITED STATES, EAST ASIA AND EUROPE.
NEW MISSILtS AND MISSILE-CARRYING AIRCRAFT ANU SUBf4ARINES AE
BEING DESIGNED, DEVELOPED, TESTED, AND DEPLOYED IN AMAZING
PROFUSION- HIS IS AUGMENTEll BY WORK CARRIEll ON OVER THE
LAST DECADE TO IMPROVE THEIR MISSILE DEFENSES.
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IN EUROPE, THE WARSAW PACT CONVENTIONAL FORCES OUTNUP1BER
NATO IN TROOP STRENGTH, TANKS, GUNS AND PLANES. "Sh1ART" BOMBS,
ANTI~(ANK AND APJTIAIRCRAFT MISSILES, ALONG WITH OTHER SOPHISTICATED
CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS, ARE BEING DEPLOYED IN AN INCREASINGLY
FORWARD AIJU AGGRESSIVE MANNEK? AND A GROWING NUMBER OF LONG-
RANGE MISSILES ARE AIhIED AT CAPITAL CITIES AND h1ILITARY TARGETS
IN WESTERN EURUPE~
BUT THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE SOVIETS MAY LIE ELSEWHERE.
THE f1ASSIVE NUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL FORCE WHICH TIDE SOVIETS
HAVE MAY BE ONLY A SHIELD TO r1AKE IT EASIER AND LESS RISKY
TO INTIh1IDATE AND SUBVERT WEAKER GOVERNMENTS AND TO GOBBLE UP
PIECES OF TERRITORY AROUND THE GLOBE.
MOSCOW VIEWS THE THIRD WORLD AS OUR ACHILLES HEEL AND
THE INCREASING ECUNOhIIC AND SOCIAL STRAINS IN UNDERDEVELOPED
COUNTRIES WILL AFFORD THEM MANY OPPORTUNITIES IPJ THE FUTURE.
TU IMPLEr~ENI ITS OVERALL STRATEGY, THE SOVIE~iS USE THE
WORLDWIDE APPARATUS OF THE KGB, PLUS SOME 7U NUN-GOVERNING
COMf~1UNIST PARTIES, PLUS "PEACE AIJll FRIENDSHIP" URGANIZATIU(JS
ALL OVER THE WORLD DIRECTED FROM MOSCOW, PLUS THE EAST GERh1AN,
CUBAN ANl) OTHER BLOC INTELLIGENCE SERVICES--ALL ~lURKING 10
STEAL OUR TECHNOLOGY, TO DAh1AGE UUR REPUTATION, TU DIVIDE US
FROM OUR FRIENDS, TU DESTABILIZE, SUBVERT ANll OVERTHROW
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GOVERNMENTS FRIENDLY TO US? RUMORS, AGENTS OF INFLUENCE,
"KEPT" PRESS AND RADIO FACILITIES AND FORGERIES SPREADING
POISON AROUND THE WORLD NEED TU BE SPOTTED AND CUUNTEREU?
CIA IS THE ORGANIZATION IN THE FREE WORLD MOST CAPABLE
OF DEALING EFFECTIVELY WITH THIS ENORr1UUS APPARATUS ANll
FRUSTRATING ITS OBJECTIVES. TERRORISM IS A NEW WEAPONS SYSTEM
WHICH WORKS TU DISSOLVE THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN WAR ANll PEACE.
WE'VE SEEN IT f10VE FRUP1 PLASTI~UE CHARGES, TO ASSASSINATIONS,
TO HIJACKING, TO CAR B01`1BS, ANll WE WORRY ABOUT NUCLEAR AND
BIOLOGICAL TERRORISM-
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C~~ THE SOVIETS HAVE ACOUIREU BRIDGEHEADS IN CUBA AND VIETNAM,
IN SOUTH YEMEN ANll ETHIOPIA AND ANGOLA, AND NICARAGUA, CAMBODIA
AND AFGHA(JISTAPJ AND ELSEWHERE. THESE BRIDGEHEADS.,A~ BEING
LINKED IN A GROIJING LOGISTICAL AND SUPPORT NETWORf~ SUPPORTED
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BY EXPANDING SOVIET NAVAL AND AIR POWER?~
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~ THESE BRIDGEHEADS ARE VERY RE SAND TH- ARE NOT STATIC.
THEY HAVE A PURI'USE? THE SUVIE-IS ARE LOC TING THEIR STRATEGIC
CHOKE POINTS IiJ THE WORLD'S SEA ANE, 0 IN AREAS OF HIGH
TENSION Ok POTENTIAL CONFLICT THEY A BEING USEII TU
SPREAD SUBVERSION AND TERROR AND SPAWN NEW BRIDGEHEADS IN
NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES- FROM CUBA ANll NICARAGUA ~ER-~frl~'Sf~P
SUBVERSION A~ BEING EXPURTEU THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AMERICA
AND INTO CHILE ANll COLUf~1BIA ANll ELSEWHERE IN LATIPJ AMERICA-
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FRUh1 LIBYA THERE IS INVASION OF CHAD, ATTEMPTS AT DESTABILIZING
GOVERNMENTS IN EGYPT AND TUNISIA, ZAIRE AND SUDAN AND SUBVERSION
THROUGHOUT WEST AFRICA. FROM ANGULA THERE ARE INTRUSIONS INTO
ZAIRE. FROM SOVIET-OCCUPIED AFGHANISTAN THERE ARE CONTINUING
INCURSIUrJS INTO PAKISTArJ?
THIS CREEPING Ih1PERIALISM HAS, IN MY VIEW, TWO PRIMARY
TARGETS--THE OIL FIELDS OF THE MIDDLE EAST WHICH ARE THE
L1F~: LINE OF THE WESTERN ALLIANCE AND THE ISTHMUS BETWEEN
~~`~~JORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA. AFGHANISTAN, SOUTH YEMEN, ETHIOPIA,
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AS WELL AS CAM RANH BAY IN VIETNAM, AND MOZAMBIDUE AND ANGOLA
IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, BRING SOVIET POWER MUCH CLOSER TU THE
SOURCES OF UIL AND f~IINERALS ON WHICH THE INDUSTRIAL NATIONS
llEPEPJD AND PUTS SOVIET NAVAL AND AIR POWER ASTRIDE THE SEA
LANES WHICH CARRY THOSE RESOURCES TU Af~1ERICA, EUROPE AND
JAPAPJ?
CAPABILITIES TU THREATEN THE PANAf1A CANAL IN THE SHORT
TERh1 AND f~EXICO IN A SOMEWHAT LONGER TERM ARE BEING DEVELOPED,
WIIH SOVIET SUPPORT, BY CUBA AND NICARAGUA- THEY HAVE WOKKED
DUIETLY AND STEADILY TOWARD THEIR OBJECTIVES OF BUILDING THE
POWER OF THE STATE SECURITY APPARATUS, BUILDING THE STRONGEST
ARMED FORCES IN CENTRAL AMERICA, AND BECOMING A CENTER FOR
EXPORTING SUBVERSION TU NICARAGUA'S NEIGHBORS-
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AND WE HAVE A NEW SOVIET LEADER, h1R- GURBACHEV? ALREADY
A HALLMARK OF HIS REGIME IS AN INTENSIFIED EFFORT TO ~~JAIL DOWN
AND CEMENT THESE BRIDGEHEADS AND f9AKE THEh1 PEKMANENT WITH HUGE
NEW INFUSIONS OF WEAPONS AND SOVIET TROOPS AND ADVISORS IN
ANGOLA, AFGHANISTA(J AND NICARAGUA?
STARTING TWO P10NTHS AGU WITH HALF A BILLION DOLLAKS
WOKTH OF SOPHISTICATED WEAPONS RECENTLY ACQUIKED, THE
SANDINISTA ARMY WITH CUBAN HELICOPTER PILOTS AND COMBAT
DIKECTIUN HAS BEEN GOING ALL OUT TU DESTROY THE CONTRAS DOWN
THERE BEFORE CONGKESS ACTS TU KENEW ASSISTANCE TO THEP1? LAST
MONTH SOME 1,500 SANDINISTA TROOPS CROSSED THE HONDURAN BORDEk
FOR THIS PURPOSE AND RECENTLY WE HAVE SEEN THOUSANDS OF MISKITO
INllIANS OF THE EASTERN PART OF NICAKAGUA DKIVEN ACKOSS THE
BORllER INTO HONDURAS-
RIGHT NOW, SUMS 10,000 YOUNG NICARAGUANS ARE FIGHTING
THE SOVIET-AR~IED NICARAGUAhd ARMY INSIDE NICARAGUA? ANOTHER
10-ZU THOUSAND CAh1PtSINUS AKE READY TU JOIN THEM AS SOON AS
ARMS AND SUPPLIES ARE AVAILABLE- SOVIET SHIPS ARE CARRYING
AllDi(IUNAL HELICOPTERS APJD OTHER WEAPOrJS TO ENHANCE THE
ABILITY OF THE SANDINISTA ARf?lY TO CRUSH THIS GALLANT RESISTANCE
FORCE- IF THEY SUCCEED, THE C0f~1P1UhdIS1 BASE WILL HAVE BEEN
CONSOLIDATED- FOR THE FIRST TIME THERE WILL BE A SOVIET
MILITARY BASE UN THE AMf=RICAN CONTINENT DIVIllING NORTH ANll
SOUTH AMERICA-
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WE ALREADY SEE NICARAGUA TRAINING YOUNG MErJ FUR VIOLENCE
AND SUBVERSION, SENDING THEM INTO NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES--IrJTO
CULOf1B I A FUR THE ATTACK ON THE PALAyCE~OF~UST I CE I N BOGOTA
ANU AS FAR SOUTH AS CHILE- YEN ARE BEING SENT TO LIBYA
FOR TRAINING IN THE TERRORIST CAMPS THERE AIJD THEN BROUGHT BACK
TO BE PLANTED AMONG THE POPULATION IN CENTRAL AMERICA, IN
VENEZUELA, IN ECUADOR. IF THE SANDINISTA REGIME CONSOLIDATES
ITSELF, WE CAN EXPECT PIANAGUA TO BECOME THE BEIRUT OF THE
WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
WHEN THE CUMfF1UrJ I STS TOOK OVER EASTERN EUROPE, CUBA,
VIETNAM, AND ETHIOPIA, EVERYWHERE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE LEFT THEIR COUNTRY TU COf1E TU THE WEST, PRIMARILY TU
THE UNITED STATES- WHEN THE SOVIETS INVADEll, ONE-DUARTER OF
THE POPULATION FLED AFGHANISTAN INTO PAKISTAN. ALREADY HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF NICARAGUArJS AND SALVADORANS HAVE FLED THEIR
COUNTRIES AND CUf~1E TU HEAU NURTH? CAN ANYUIJE DOUBT THAT AS
SOON AS IT BECOMES APPARENT THAT THE COM~IUNISTS ARE ABOUT TO
COMPLETE THEIR CUrdcaUEST OF NICARAGUA ANOTHER SIGNAL WILL BE
FLASHED AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WILL LEAVE CENTRAL AMERICA, AND
ULTIMATELY h1EXIC0, TU CROSS THE BUKDER OF THE UNITED STATES.
RECENTLY, I SPOKE IN SAN ANTONIO- THE MAYOR SURPRISED ME BY
TELLING ME THAT SAN ANTUrJIU HAS BECOME THE TENTH LARGEST CITY
IN THE UNITED STATES- I TOLD HIP1 IF THE SANDINISTAS CONSOLIDATE
IN NICARAGUA IT WOULD IJUT BE LUNG BEFORE SAN ANTONIO BECOMES
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THE LARGEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES, AND I BELIEVE THAT- SO
THE STAKES IN CENTRAL AMERICA ARE HUGE AND HISTORIC IN THEIR
IMPACT-
HAVING SAID ALL THIS, I WOULD BE REf~1ISS IF I DID NOT
SPEND A FEW MINUTES DESCRIBING THE INTELLIGENCE PROCESS AT
CIA AIJD THE f~A(JY TALENTED PEOPLE--SOME OF WHOM YOU TRAINED
AND PREPARED--WHO SERVE YOUR COUNTRY TODAY- AS YOU KNOW,
THE RAW MATERIALS NEEDED IN THE PROllUCTION OF FINISHED
INTELLIGENCE INCLUDE PHOTOGRAPHY, ELECTRONICS, ACOUSTICS,
SEISf'IIC READINGS, AND OTHER TECHNOLOGICAL MARVELS TO GATHER
FACTS FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE EARTH- THESE CAPABILITIES
HAVE BEEN, ANll ARE BEING, ENHANCED AS NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND
NEW INTELLIGENCE NEEDS EMERGE- AS A RESULT, WE EXPECT A
FOURFOLD INCREASE IN PHOTOS, SIGNALS, AND REPORTS IN THE NEXT
FIVE YEARS- TO SIFT AND EVALUATE AND GET PRACTICAL MEANING
FROM THIS ENOfZMOUS FLOW OF FACTS WE MUST RECRUIT AND DEVELOP
DEDICATED PEOPLE- WE NAVE SCHOLARS AND SCIENTISTS IN EVERY
DISCIPLINE OF THE SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES--AS WELL AS
ENGINEERS AND SPECIALISTS IN COMPUTERS AfJD COMP1UNICATIUNS?
WE FREGIUENTLY ASK SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, ANll SPECIALISTS IN
THE HUMANITIES WHU ROAM THE WORLD IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL
CAPACITIES TU VOLUNTEEk INFORMATION THAT COMES THEIR WAY AND
FOR THE INSIGHTS ANll UNllERSTANDING THEY DEVELOP-
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ALL THIS IS DISTILLED INTO CIA INTELLIGENCE ASSESSf~ENTS
AND, WHERE APPROPRIATE, ADDRESSED IN NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
ESTIMATES RELEVANT TO THE DECISIONS WNICH THE PRESIllENT AND
HIS COLLEAGUES MUST P1AKE-
TO GET THE ASSISTANCE OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WHU
SHARE OUR VALUES AND WANT TO HELP US IN THIS WORK, CIA MUST
MAINTAIN ITS REPUTATION FUR INTEGRITY, COMPETENCE, CONFIDENTIALITY,
RELIABILITY, AND SECURITY? THE QUALITY OF THE INTELLIGENCE WE
PRUllUCE, THE LOYALTY ANll DEDICATION OF UUR PEOPLE, ANll THE
LARGE NUMBERS OF AMERICANS INTERESTED IN JOINING UUR RANKS
CLEARLY DEh'IONSTRATE THAT WE DU MAINTAIN THAT KINll OF A
REPUTATION DESPITE A DRUMBEAT OF CRITICISM IN THE MEUTA-
LET h1E TELL YUU SOMETHING ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHU MEET THIS
CHALLENGE EVERY DAY-
THr~ PEOPLE EMPLOYED BY CIA HAVE SURVIVED ONE OF THE MUST
RIGOROUS SCREENING PROCESSES KNOWN TO MAN--THE HIGHEST SKILL
REGIUIREMENTS, THE TOUGHEST INTELLIGENCE AND PSYCHULUGICAL
TESTING, CLOSE MEDICAL SCRUTINY, SECURITY CLEARANCES, AND
PULYGRAPHS? THE ONES WHU GET THROUGH THIS OBSTACLE COURSE
ARE SMART, CLEAN OF DRUG AIdD ALCOHOL ADllICTION, HEALTHY, AND
PSYCHOLOGICALLY ABLE TU CUPE? LAST YEAR WE HAD 153,000
INQUIRIES FOR EMPLUYf~ENT; WE SELECTED 23,000 APPLICANTS FOR
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INTERVIEWS; OF THUSE, 10,000 WERE ACTUALLY COPJSIDERED FOR
EMPLOYMENT- FOUR THOUSAND WERE GIVEN ALL THE TESTS- OF
THUSE, 1,500 MADE IT THROUGH THE ENTIRE SCREENING PROCESS
ANU ENTERED ON DUTY- AFTER A CANDIDATE HAS EMERGED FROM
THAT FUNNEL, THERE IS A THREE-YENR PROBATIONARY PERIOD~
THOSE WHO OBTAIN CAREER STATUS f1UST LIVE WITH ANY NUMBER OF
SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES, HEAVY TRAVEL DEMANllS, HEAVY PRESSURE
ANll TIME REOUIREf~ENTS, CUf~PLETE ANONYMITY IN MANY CASES, AND
h1ANY OTHER CONSTRAINTS- LAST YEAR THEY FORFEITED NEARLY
100,000 HOURS OF ANNUAL LEAVE AND WORKED UrJTOLD HOURS OF
UNCUf1PENSATED OVERTIME- YUU WON'T FIND THAT IN YOUR ORDINARY
ORGANIZATION- FINALLY, THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREER THEY KNOW THAT
THERE IS LITTLE PUBLIC RECOGNITION FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS
AND THAT CRITICISMS--JUSTIFIED OR NOT--MUST BE TOLERATED IN
SILENCE-
UUR INTELLIGENCE IS OUR FIRSI LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST
(ERRURISM, AGAINST SOVIET AGGRESSION, AGAINST POLITICAL AND
ECUNUh1IC AGGRESSION. IT IS ONLY AS GUUll AS THE PEOPLE WE
RECRUIT AND THE HELP WE GET FROM CITIZENS LIKE YOU IN A
~ARIEIY OF WAYS- THERE ARE SEVEkAL THINGS YUU CAN DO TU HELP
IT:
- YUU CAN SPEAK UP WHEN OUR WORK ANll PURPOSES
ARE h1ISUNDERST00D AND h1ISREPRESENTED AS THE
PEOPLE ON THIS PROGRAf~ DO REGULARLY. YUU CAN
SUGGEST NOW WE CAN DO BETTER.
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- YOU CAN SHARE YUUR KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, AND
INSIGHTS WITH OUR OFFICERS WHO WORK AROUND THE
CUUN1-RY TO CONTACT THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR GUIDANCE
AND INFURMATION?
- YUU CAN DIRECT PROh1ISIPJG YOUNG PEOPLE LOOKING
FOR A CHALLEPJGING AND HONORABLE CAREER TO OUR
RECRUITERS-
THANK YOU?
NOW, REh1EP1BER THAT THERE ARE NO SUCH THINGS AS BAll QUESTIONS--
JUST BAD ANSWERS- I'LL DO MY BEST, SO FIRE AWAY?
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