BRIEFING OF THE SSCI ON TERRORISM AND THE WARNING SYSTEM BY THE NIO FOR COUNTERTERRORISM, 12 JUNE 1986, 1630-1800 HRS
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
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OCA 86-4035
12 June 1986
SUBJECT: Briefing of the SSCI on Terrorism and the
Warning System by the NIO for Counterterrorism,
12 June 1986, 1630-1800 Hrs
1. In response to a request from the SSCI, the NIO for
Counterterrorism, Charles E. Allen, briefed committee members
and staff on the warning system now in effect for dissemin-
ating threat information. The briefing also touched on a
variety of issues on international terrorism of interest to
Senators Hecht, Cohen and Murkowski who attended the session
at different times. James Kelly, Special Assistant/NIO/CT,
also participated in the briefing.
2. There were two points which require follow-up by the
3. The following staff personnel attended the briefing:
Bernie McMahon, Steven Ockenden, Ed Levine, John Elliff, John
Wickham, Mike Mattingly, Marvin Ott, Carolyn Fuller, Charlene
Packard, Dave Holliday, Charles Battaglia, Jim Dykstra, John
Nelson, Dan Finn, Natalie Bocock, Dot Roberson, George Tenet,
and John Despres.
4. Questions raised by the SSCI staff personnel
concentrated on the principal theme of the briefing: the
manner in which threat information is disseminated. There
were a number of queries related the effectiveness in warning
field personnel
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-- particularly the U.S. military. In contrast, questions
from the Senators led into other areas: the level of threat
in Europe today; the South Korean Government's plans for
security at the 88 Olympics; chronology of Libyan-supported
terrorist incidents leading to the U.S. bombing; Yugoslavia's
facilitating transit of terrorists; and the record of
terrorist incidents which have been avoided because of good
intelligence.
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