REMARKS OF WILLIAM J. CASEY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BEFORE THE COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF CALIFORNIA PALO ALTO CALIFORNIA 3 APRIL 1984

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REMARKS OF WILLIAM J. CASEY
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
BEFORE
THE-COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF--CALIFORNIA
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA
3 APRIL 1984
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THE CHALLENGE OF AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE
THAT WE LIVE IN A DANGEROUS AND INCREASINGLY COMPLEX WORLD
IS MADE CLEAR EVERY DAY, FREQUENTLY IN EXCESSIVE DETAIL, BY
THE NEWSPAPERS WE READ AND THE TELEVISION SCREENS WE WATCH.
TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU BRIEFLY WHAT AMERICAN
INTELLIGENCE SEES OUT THERE AND HOW WE PERFORM THE TASK OF
SERVING AS THE NATIONS FIRST LINE OF.DEFENSE? THE SOVIET
UNION STILL DOMINATES OUR INTEREST. AS GREAT KREMLIN WATCHERS,
WE LOOK AND WE SEE THE THIRD OF THREE AGING AND SICK LEADERS.
CHERNENKO IS A SECOND TRANSITIONAL LEADER AND WHETHER HE DIES
TOMORROW QR TWO YEARS FROM NOW MAKES NO DIFFERENCE- CIA BURIED .
CHAIRMAN MAO SOME TWENTY TIMES BEFORE HE FINALLY DIED AND THAT
MADE US VERY ..CAREFUL ABOUT PREDICTING tiEN ANYONE MIGHT CASH IN-
UNTIL THE NEXT GENERATION TAKES OVER, THE SEPTUAGENARIAN
CLUB COMING OUT OF THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX WILL HAVE
THE CLOUT- WE SEE TWO MEN COMPETING TO COME OUT ON TOP IN THE
SUCCESSOR GENERATION- ONE IS ROMANOV, FIRST SECRETARY FROM
THE LENINGRAD, AND THE OTHER IS GORBACHEV, WHO ANDROPOV WAS
GROOMING TO SUCCEED HIM.
THE SOVIETS HAVE A LARGE AND GROWING ARSENAL OF NUCLEAR
WEAPONS WHICH ARE AIMED AT THE UNITED STATES, WESTERN EUROPE
AND EAST ASIA- ON TOP OF THAT, NEW MISSILES AND MISSILE CARRYING
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PLANES AND SUBMARINES ARE BEING DESIGNED, DEVELOPED, TESTED
AND DEPLOYED IN AMAZING PROFUSION. THIS IS COMPOUNDED BY
THE WORK THE SOVIETS HAVE CARRIED ON OVER THE LAST DECADE TO
IMPROVE THEIR CAPABILITY FOR MISSILE DEFENSE WHILE WE HAVE
DONE LITTLE OR NOTHING. RECENTLY WE HAVE SEEN ALARMING SIGNS
OF RADAR DEPLOYMENTS, WHICH MAY GO BEYOND THE 1972 TREATY
LIMITING MISSILE DEFENSE, THE TESTING OF INTERCEPTORS AND
OTHER ACTIVITIES WHICH WOULD GIVE THEM A RUNNING START IF THEY
DECIDED TO BREAK THE TREATY AND ESTABLISH A NATIONWIDE MISSILE
DEFENSE. THIS COULD HEAVILY TIP THE STRATEGIC BALANCE AGAINST US-
ON THE EUROPEAN FRONT, THE WARSAW PACT FORCES OUTNUMBER US
IN TROOP STRENGTH, TANKS, GUNS AND PLANES. -THESE WEAPONS ARE
BEING DEPLOYED IN AN INCREASINGLY AGGRESSIVE WAY AND BACKED--UP
WITH- LONG-RANGE "MISS'ILES WHICH CAN REACT EUROPEAN C-APITALS?
THE SOVIETS HAVE DEMONSTRATED INCREASING CAPABILITY TO
PROJECT POWER OVER LONG DISTANCES BEYOND THEIR NATIONAL BORDERS
FROM BASES IN CUBA, VIETNAM, ANGOLA, ETHIOPIA AND LIBYA. OVER
THE LAST TEN YEARS WE HAVE SEEN THEM SEND WEAPONS THOUSANDS OF
MILES AWAY TO LINK UP WITH CUBAN TROOPS IN ANGOLA, ETHIOPIA
AND SOUTH YEMEN. SOVIET POWER HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED:
IN VIETNAM ALONG CHINA'S SOUTHERN, BORDER AND ASTRIDE
THE SEA LANES WHICH BRING .JAPAN'S.OIL FROM THE PERSIAN GULF.
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IN AFGHANISTAN, 500 MILES CLOSER TO THE WARM WATER
PORTS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN AND TO THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ THROUGH
WHICH COMES THE OIL ESSENTIAL TO WESTERN EUROPE.
ON THE HORN OF AFRICA OVERLOOKING THE PASSAGEWAY OF
SUEZ WHICH CONNECTS THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN.
IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, RICH IN MINERALS, WHICH THE
INDUSTRIAL NATIONS MUST HAVE-
AND IN THE CARIBBEAN AND CENTRAL AMERICA ON THE VERY
DOORSTEP OF THE UNITED STATES-
FROM THESE BASES WE SEE A PROCESS OF CREEPING IMPERIALISM
TO ESTABLISH SUBSERVIENT GOVERNMENTS IN OTHER AREAS OF STRATEGIC
SIGNIFICANCE; THE MOST EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUE EMPLOYED IN THIS
STRATEGY.HAS BEEN THE USE OF PROXIES. THIS IS NOT EXACTLY NEW
IN HISTORY- THE ROMANS USED-MEN FROM CONQUERED COUNTRIES TO'
FIGHT THEIR ENEMIES. LATER, SWISS AND GERMAN MERCENARIES WERE
AVAILABLE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER ALL OVER EUROPE. THE BRITISH
ARMY HAD ITS GHURKAS AND THE FRENCH THEIR FOREIGN LEGION. BUT
THE SOVIETS USE THE CUBANS, EAST GERMANS, LIBYANS AND VIETNAMESE
IN A QUITE DIFFERENT ROLE.
THESE PROXIES ACT IN PEACE AS WELL AS WAR. THEIR ROLE IS
AS MUCH POLITICAL AS MILITARY- EAST GERMANS IN AFRICA, CUBANS
IN LATIN AMERICA, VIETNAMESE IN ASIA HAVE A CERTAIN LEGITIMACY
AND FREEDOM FROM IMPERIALIST TAINT THAT SOVIET TROOPS WOULD NOT
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ENJOY. DIFFERENT PROXIES HAVE SPECIALIZED FUNCTIONS- OF,
THE MORE THAN 40,000 CUBANS IN AFRICA, 80 PERCENT OF THE
SOLDIERS ARE ON ACTIVE DUTY- VIETNAM, WITH THE FOURTH LARGEST
ARMY IN THE WORLD, KEEPS CHINA AND THAILAND WORRIED AS IT
SOLIDIFIES ITS POSITION IN KAMPUCHEA- MOST OF THE THOUSANDS
OF EAST GERMAN EXPERTS IN AFRICA OR LATIN AMERICA ARE ACTIVE
IN THE SECURITY FORCES WHICH ORGANIZE BLOCK WATCHERS TO
PROTECT THE REGIMES FROM THE PEOPLE. LIBYA, CUBA, SOUTH YEMEN,
EAST GERMANY, AND BULGARIA OPERATE CAMPS FOR TRAINING TERRORISTS
AND INSURGENTS WHO ARE THEN SENT AROUND THE WORLD.
TERRORISM HAS BECOME A WEAPONS SYSTEM BACKED AND EMPLOYED
BY SOVEREIGN STATES TO DESTABILIZE, DISRUPT AND INTIMIDATE
OTHER GOVERNMENTS IN THEIR FOREIGN POLICY. As PRACTICED TODAY,
TERRORISM 1S 'O'BL'I'TERATING THE DISTI'NCTIOlT BETWEEN PEACE AND
WAR- WE COUNT OVER 5.0 MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AND A
GREAT MANY MORE "MOM AND POP SHOPS" WHICH CAN BE HIRED BY
IRAN, SYRIA, LIBYA AND OTHER RADICAL GOVERNMENTS- US FACILITIES
AND PEOPLE HERE AND AROUND THE WORLD ARE A MAJOR TARGET AND
THIS IS A MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR OUR INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES-
NARCOTICS FLOW INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM SOUTH AMERICA,
THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE OF SOUTHEAST ASIA,'FROM AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN.
AND IRAN- THEY COME IN CONTAINERS, THEY COME IN AIRCRAFT,
THEY EVEN COME IN STOMACHS- WE SEE SOME OF THE HUGE AMOUNTS
OF MONEY INVOLVED IN THIS ACTIVITY GOING INTO-DESTABILIZING
POLITICAL AND TERRORIST ACTIVITY-
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THEN WE MUST COPE WITH NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION AND TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER AND THE THIRD WORLD DEBT AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS
PROBLEMS WHICH COULD UNDERMINE POLITICAL STABILITY IN SO MANY
COUNTRIES, AS WELL AS OUR OWN SECURITY AND PROSPERITY.
YOU IN THIS ROOM ARE THE BULL'S EYE IN A MASSIVE, WELL
COORDINATED, AND PRECISELY TARGETED SOVIET TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION
PROGRAM. THE ABILITY OF THE SOVIET MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
TO ACQUIRE AND ASSIMILATE WESTERN TECHNOLOGY FAR EXCEEDS ANY
PREVIOUS ESTIMATES-
DURING THE LATE 1970s, THE SOVIETS GOT ABOUT 30,000
SAMPLES OF WESTERN PRODUCTIONJQUIPMENT, WEAPONS AND MILITARY
COMPONENTS, AND OVER 400,000 TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS BOTH CLASSIFIED
AND UNCLASSIFIED. THE MAJORITY WAS OF US ORIGIN, WITH AN
INCREASING SHARE OF OUR TECHNOLOGY OBTAINED THROUGH WESTERN
EUROPE AND JAPAN. THIS TRULY IMPRESSIVE TAKE WAS ACQUIRED BY
BOTH LEGAL AND ILLEGAL MEANS, INCLUDING ESPIONAGE- WE ESTIMATE
THAT DURING THIS PERIOD, THE KGB AND ITS MILITARY EQUIVALENT,
THE GRU, AND THEIR SURROGATES AMONG THE EAST EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE
SERVICES ILLEGALLY STOLE ABOUT 70 PERCENT OF THE TECHNOLOGY
MOST SIGNIFICANT TO SOV]ET MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND WEAPONS
PROGRAMS.
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THE SOVIETS HAD OUR PLANS TO THE C'5A BEFORE IT
THE SOVIET TRUCKS WHICH ROLLED INTO AFGHANISTAN
CAME FROM A PLANT OUTFITTED WITH $1.5 BILLION OF MODERN
AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN MACHINERY.
THE PRECISE GYROS AND BEARINGS IN THEIR LATEST
GENERATION OF ICBMs WERE DESIGNED BY US-
THE RADAR IN THEIR AWACS IS OURS.
'- THEIR SPACE SHUTTLE IS A VIRTUAL COPY OF OURS.
AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON-
.JUST.HOW DO THE SOVIETS GET SO MUCH OF OUR TECHNOLOGY?
FIRST OF ALL, THEY COMB THROUGH OUR--OPEN LITERATURE, BUY
THROUGH LEGAL TRADE CHANNELS, RELIGIOUSLY ATTEND OUR SCIENTIFIC
AND--TECHNOLOGICAL CONFERENCES;` AND` SEND STUDENTS OVER HERE T'0
STUDY. BETWEEN 1970 AND 1976, THE SOVIETS PURCHASED SOME
$20 BILLION OF WESTERN EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY, SOME OF WHICH
HAD POTENTIAL MILITARY APPLICATIONS- IN ADDITION TO EXPLOITING
ALL OPEN, LEGAL CHANNELS, THEY USE ESPIONAGE-
THERE ARE NOW SEVERAL THOUSAND SOVIET BLOC COLLECTION
OFFICERS AT WORK PRIMARILY IN THE UNITED STATES, WESTERN-
EUROPE, AND JAPAN. AND AS I STATED BEFORE, YOUR FIRMS HERE.
IN SILICON VALLEY ARE AT THE VERY TOP OF THEIR LIST. THE
SOVIETS ESPECIALLY PINPOINT AND TARGET SMALL, HIGHLY INNOVATIVE
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COMPANIES IN THE COMPUTER AND MICROELECTRONICS FIELD, NOT ONLY
BECAUSE THEY ARE AT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT
MOSCOW IS MOST IN NEED OF1 BUT ALSO BECAUSE SUCH .FIRMS'
.SECURITY PROCEDURES ARE USUALLY INADEQUATE TO PROTECT AGAINST
PENETRATION BY A DETERMINED, HOSTILE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE-
THEY ALSO USE SOPHISTICATED INTERNATIONAL DIVERSION
OPERATIONS- WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME 300 FIRMS OPERATING FROM
MORE THAN 30 COUNTRIES ENGAGED IN SUCH DIVERSION SCHEMES-
AND THERE ARE PROBABLY MANY MORE THAT REMAIN UNIDENTIFIED.
MOST DIVERSIONS OCCUR BY WAY OF WESTERN EUROPE, WHICH IS WHY
WE HAVE MADE SUCH A STRONG EFFORT TO ENLIST THE HELP OF OUR
EUROPEAN ALLIES IN COMBATING ILLEGAL TRA-DE ACTIVITIES-
US MICROELECTRONICS PRODUCTION'TECIOLOGY IS THE SINGLE`
MOST SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY ACQUIRED BY THE SOVIETS
SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II? SILICON VALLEY AND YOUR FIRMS
ARE THE PRIMARY TARGET OF SOVIET AND EAST EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE
SERVICES- IN THE LATE 1970s ALONE, MOSCOW ACQUIRED SEVERAL
THOUSANDS OF PIECES OF WESTERN MICROELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT WORTH
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ALL OF THE MAJOR PROCESSING
AND PRODUCTION AREAS:
WAFER PREPARATION
CIRCUIT MASK PROCESSING
DEVICE FABRICATION, AND
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ASSEMBLY AND TEST EQUIPMENT, WHICH THEY ARE MOST
WITH THESE GAINS, THE SOVIETS HAVE SYSTEMATICALLY BUILT
A MODERN MICROELECTRONICS INDUSTRY. FOR EXAMPLE, THE
ZELENOGRAD SCIENCE CENTER, THE SOVIET EQUIVALENT OF SILICON
VALLEY, WAS EQUIPPED, LITERALLY FROM SCRATCH, WITH WESTERN
TECHNOLOGY. ALL SOVIET MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS ARE
COPIES OF US DESIGNS. THEY EVEN COPIED THE IMPERFECTIONS
CONTAINED IN SOME OF THE US SAMPLES!
THE WEST MUST ORGANIZE TO PROTECT ITS MILITARY, INDUSTRIAL,
COMMERCIAL, AND SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITIES, KEEPING TWO OBJECTIVES
CLEARLY IN VIEW. FIRST, THE WEST MUST SEEK TO MAINTAIN ITS
TECHNOLOGICAL LEAD TIME OVER THE SOVIETS IN VITAL DESIGN AND
MANUFACTURING KNOW-HOW. SECOND, MANUFACTURING, INSPECTION,
AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY,
AUTOMATIC TEST EQUIPMENT, WHICH CAN
ALLEVIATE ACUTE SOVIET DEFICIENCIES IN MILITARY-RELATED
MANUFACTURING AREAS, MUST BE STRICTLY CONTROLLED.
LET ME MAKE A FEW BRIEF COMMENTS ABOUT THE WAY TECHNOLOGICAL
DEVELOPMENTS, IN THE WORLD MARKETPLACE CAN AFFECT OUR NATIONAL
INTEREST.
THE ISSUE OF JAPANESE QUALITY, VERSUS US QUALITY WILL NOT
BE RESOLVED THROUGH RHETORIC OR PUBLIC RELATIONS. IF THE US
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INDUSTRY CANNOT DEMONSTRATE EQUIVALENT OR BETTER QUALITY I.T
WILL SEE A CONTINUING EROSION OF ITS MARKET SHARE IN THE US-
THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT'S EFFORT TO BRING TO TASK COMPANIES
WHO HAVE FAILED TO MEET DOD SPECIFICATIONS IS AN EFFORT THAT
WE CONSIDER ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE AND INDEED SHOULD BE REDOUBLED-
INCREASINGLY IN EUROPE AND THE US DOMESTIC COMPANIES
ARE SERVING AS A "TROJAN HORSE" FOR JAPANESE SEMICONDUCTOR
AND COMPUTER SUPPLIERS. THAT IS, THE JAPANESE COMPANIES SUCH
AS NEC, FUJITSU, HITACHI HAVE MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO SUPPLY
TOP-OF-THE-LINE COMPUTERS AND PERMIT THE DOMESTIC FIRMS TO
AFFIX THEIR OWN LABELS- WE VIEW THIS AS A DANGEROUS COURSE
IN A NATIONAL SECURITY CONTEXT AS WELL A-G IN A COMMERCIAL
CONTEXT. -
WE HAVE HAD A FAIR NUMBER OF SUCCESSES IN FRUSTRATING
SOVIET TECHNOLOGY- I JUST MENTION ONE.
YOU MAY RECALL IN LATE 1983 AND EARLY 1984, WEST GERMAN
AND SWEDISH CUSTOMS SEIZED SEVERAL ADVANCED VAX COMPUTERS
AND 30 TONS OF RELATED EQUIPMENT THAT WERE BEING SMUGGLED
TO THE USSR BY THE NOTORIOUS ILLEGAL TRADER, RICHARD MUELLER.
THIS WAS BUT THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG- OUR EVIDENCE SHOWS
THAT MUCH LARGER QUANTITIES OF COMPUTING AND ELECTRONIC
EQUIPMENT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY DIVERTED TO THE USSR.
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NOW LET ME CLOSE WITH SOME COMMENTS ON THE APPARATUS.
WHICH AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE HAS DEVELOPED TO MEET THIS BROAD
ARRAY OF CHALLENGES- MY PREDECESSORS ENLISTED PHOTOGRAPHY,
ELECTRONICS, ACOUSTICS, SEISMIC READINGS, AND OTHER TECHNOLOGICAL
MARVELS TO GATHER FACTS FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE EARTH. THESE
CAPABILITIES ARE ENHANCED AS NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND REFINED
SENSING CAPABILITIES EMERGE. TO EVALUATE AND GET PRACTICAL
MEANING FROM THE ENORMOUS FLOW OF FACTS THAT COME IN TO US
WE MUST RECRUIT AND DEVELOP DEDICATED PEOPLE- WE HAVE SKILLS
IN EVERY SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINE--AS WELL AS
ENGINEERS, SPECIALISTS IN COMPUTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS--IN
A PROFUSION UNMATCHED BY ANY UNIVERSITY. WE TAP SCIENTISTS
AND BUSINESSMEN WHO ROAM THE WORLD IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL
CAPACITIES FOR THE INFORMATION THAT COMES THEIR WAY AND FOR
THE ANS I GHTS- AND UNDERSTANDING THEY DEVET-OP? , ALL T H I S I S
DISTILLED INTO NATIONAL ESTIMATES RELEVANT TO THE ISSUES WHICH
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS COLLEAGUES IN POLICYMAKING MUST DEAL
WITH. THE CHIEFS OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY--THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, THE NATIONAL SECURITY
AGENCY, THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, THE ARMY, NAVY, AIR
FORCE AND MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE STAFFS, THE FBI, THE
DEPARTMENTS OF STATE, TREASURY AND ENERGY--COMPRISE A BOARD OF
ESTIMATES. THESE MEMBERS ARE CHARGED WITH CONTRIBUTING THE
INFORMATION DEVELOPED BY HIS COMPONENT AND THE JUDGMENTS
DEVELOPED BY THEIR ANALYSTS- WE NO LONGER TRY TO DEVELOP A
HOMOGENOUS SANITIZED CONSENSUS CONCLUSION-' OUR ESTIMATES.
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PRESENT A RANGE OF JUDGMENTS ON THE FUTURE- A COMPROMISED,
CONSENSUS IS NOT AS USEFUL AS DEVISING A POLICY FOR A FUTURE
WHICH HAS NOT YET EMERGED AS A RANGE OF ALTERNATIVE OUTCOMES
WHICH ARE WELL REASONED AND SUBSTANTIATED. TO GET THE
.ASSISTANCE OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WHO SHARE OUR VALUES
AND PURPOSES AND TO ACHIEVE THE DEGREE OF COOPERATION AND
COHESIVENESS WHICH THIS INTRICATE PROCESS REQUIRES, THOSE
ENGAGED IN IT MUST HAVE A REPUTATION FOR CONFIDENTIALITY,
RELIABILITY AND SECURITY. As YOU WILL RECALL, THERE WAS A
TIME SOME SIX TO TEN YEARS AGO IN WHICH IT WAS IN.FASHION TO
DENIGRATE AND CASTIGATE THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY- WITH FEW
EXCEPTIONS, THE HIGHLY PUBLICIZED CHARGES TURNED OUT TO BE
FALSE. THE CHARGES WERE ON THE FRONT PAGES AND THEIR REFUTATIONS
WERE BURIED AWAY SO THAT FEW PEOPLE NOTED THEM. THIS TRYING
"ORDEAL =WAS'- TERMINATED BY RESPONSIBLE CONMRESSMEN WHO --SPOKE .ffi'
TO DECLARE THAT THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY HAD BEEN LIBELED
AND TRADUCED. OUT OF THIS CAME A CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT
PROCESS WHICH HAS ASSURED THAT SPECIAL ACTIVITIES ASSIGNED TO
INTELLIGENCE ARE KNOWN AND SCRUTINIZED BY ELECTED LEGISLATORS
RESPONSIBLE DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE- STILL, INTELLIGENCE GETS
A LOT OF FLACK. EVERYTHING IMAGINABLE IS CHARGED TO SECRET
INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES- ITS PURPOSE AND ACTIVITIES ARE WIDELY
MISREPRESENTED. THIS FUNCTION IS SO CRITICAL TO OUR FUTURE
NATIONAL INTERESTS THAT IT MUST BE DEFENDED AND THE PEOPLE WHO
PUT THEIR CAREERS ON THE LINE TO CARRY OUT THIS FUNCTION HAVE
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MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY EXPECT THEIR LEADERS TO DEFEND THEM
AND THEIR PROBITY, AND TO SPEAK UP FOR THEIR. INTEGRITY WITHOUT
WHICH THEY CANNOT SECURE THE TRUST AND SUPPORT ESSENTIAL TO
THEIR MISSION-
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO MEET
THIS SWEEPING CHALLENGE EVERY DAY BY TELLING YOU WHAT THEY SAY
ABOUT THEMSELVES. THEIR QUALITY AND CHARACTER IS EPITOMIZED
IN THE CIA CREDO WHICH DECLARES THEIR MISSION AND THE STANDARDS
THEY DEMAND OF THEMSELVES. IT SAYS:
WE PRODUCE TIMELY AND HIGH QUALITY INTELLIGENCE FOR
THE PRESIDENT AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES-
PROVIDE OBJECTIVE AND-UNnASED EVALUATIONS ADD
ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO NEW PERCEPTIONS AND READY TO CHALLENGE
-' WE CONDUCT OUR ACTIVITIES AND OURSELVES ACCORDING
TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF INTEGRITY, MORALITY AND HONOR AND
ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT AND LETTER OF THE LAW.
WE BELIEVE OUR PEOPLE ARE THE AGENCY'S MOST IMPORTANT
RESOURCE- WE SEEK THE BEST AND WORK TO MAKE THEM BETTER.
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WE EXPECT OUR LEADERS TO DEMONSTRATE INITIATIVE, A
COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, AND A PROPENSITY FOR ACTION, TO
REWARD AND PROTECT US IN A MANNER WHICH REFLECTS THE SPECIAL
NATURE OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY, OUR CONTRIBUTION, AND OUR SACRIFICES;
AND TO PROMOTE AMONG US A SENSE OF MUTUAL TRUST AND SHARED
RESPONSIBILITY.
WE DERIVE OUR INSPIRATION AND COMMITMENT TO
EXCELLENCE FROM THE INSCRIPTION IN OUR FOYER: "AND YE SHALL
KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE-"
CIA PEOPLE HAVE SURVIVED ONE OF THE MOST RIGOROUS
SCREENING PROCESSES KNOWN TO MAN" THE HIGHEST SKILL REQUIREMENTS,
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING, MEDICAL'CLEARANCES, SECURITY CLEARANCES,
POLYGRAPHS- OUT OF AN ANNUAL AVERAGEOF53,000 INQUIRIES OVER
RECENT YEARS, WE INTERVIEW ONLY APPLICANTS- OF THOSE,
ARE ACTIVELY CONSIDERED BY COMPONENTS- ONLY F__1 ARE
PUT IN PROCESS, AND OF THOSE,
25X1
2~DAI
MAKE IT THROUGH THE ENTIRE 25X1
SCREENING PROCESS AND ENTER ON DUTY. AFTER A CANDIDATE HAS
EMERGED FROM THAT FUNNEL, THERE IS A 3-YEAR.PROBATIONARY PERIOD-
THOSE WHO ATTAIN CAREER STATUS AND THEIR FAMILIES LIVE WITH
ANY NUMBER OF SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES" TRAVEL AND AWAY FROM
HOME DEMANDS, HEAVY PRESSURE AND TIME REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER
CONSTRAINTS. LAST YEAR THEY FORFEITED 97,000 HOURS OF ANNUAL
LEAVE AND WORKED UNTOLD HOURS OF UNCOMPENSATED OVERTIME YOU
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WONT FIND THAT IN YOUR ORDINARY ORGANIZATION. THERE IS NO
PUBLIC RECOGNITION FOR ACHIEVEMENTS, AND CRI.TICISMS--RESPONSIBLE
OR OTHERWISE" MUST BE TOLERATED IN SILENCE-
STILL, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE OUR NATIONAL LEADERS TURN TO
WHEN SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE WELL AND FAST. IN THEIR BURDENS,
THERE IS A SATISFACTION TO BE FOUND. PERHAPS IT IS PERVERSE,
IT MAY BE SUBTLE, BUT IT IS REAL. IT IS FOUNDED ON THE
KNOWLEDGE THAT INTELLIGENCE IS OUR FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE, THAT
ON DOING IT WELL MAY HANG OUR SECURITY AND FUTURE AS A NATION-
THAT SATISFACTION IS HEIGHTENED BY UNDERSTANDING THE PERILS
REPRESENTED BY NUCLEAR WEAPONS, BY TERRORISM, A WEAPONS-SYSTEM
LONG WIELDED'"BY OUTLAW GROUPS AND NOW BY SOVEREIGN STATES, NOW
ABOUT TO OBLITERATE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN WAR AND PEACE, BY
THE PERVASIVENESS OF DELIBERATE DESTABILIZATION, SUBVERSION
AND INSTIGATION AND SUPPORT OF REVOLUTIONARY VIOLENCE AGAINST
FRAGILE SOCIETIES AND GOVERNMENTS AND BY A VIRTUAL LITANY OF
THREATS LIKE NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION, NARCOTICS, THEFT OF OUR
TECHNOLOGY, ACTIVE MEASURES TO DAMAGE OUR REPUTATION, CONFUSE
OUR PEOPLE AND OUR PURPOSES AND DIVIDE US FROM OUR FRIENDS AND
ALLIES AND ON AND ON. THERE IS SATISFACTION AND CHALLENGE IN
BEING THE ONES CALLED UPON TO COPE WITH THESE THREATS WITH
CONSTANT VIGILANCE AND READINESS FOR RESPONSE-. THE BONDS, THE
TRUST AND THE SHARING OF RESPONSIBILITY BETWEEN AND AMONG US
FLOURISH FROM KNOWING THE BURDENS AND THE RISKS THAT ARE CARRIED
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WITH COURAGE AND GRACE, REALIZING HOW SUCCESS, EFFECTIVENESS
AND SAFETY DEPENDS ON THE CONTRIBUTION AND RELIABILITY OF EACH
OF US, FEELING THE HUMAN AND ECONOMIC COST OF EACH GRANULE OF
INFORMATION THAT POURS INTO OUR HANDS AND MINDS AND KNOWING
HOW THE VALUE OF ALL THAT HANGS FINALLY ON THE CARE AND DEPTH
AND BREADTH AND.PRECISION WITH WHICH THOSE NUGGETS ARE EVALUATED,
ANALYZED AND INTERPRETED FOR THEIR PRACTICAL MEANING- IT IS
BY CONFRONTING ALL THIS IN ITS MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS AND MEETING
THAT RESPONSIBILITY IN DIFFERENT WAYS AT VARIOUS LEVELS AND
WITH GROWING EFFECTIVENESS OVER TIME THAT THE QUALITIES OF
MIND AND HEART AND SPIRIT CHARACTERIZE THE AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY AND ITS PEOPLE-
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