REMARKS AT ARMED FORCES COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS ASSOCIATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-01448R000502260004-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 8, 2012
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 9, 1976
• Content Type: MISC

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REMARKS AT
ARMED FORCES COMMUNICATIONS
AND ELECTRONICS ASSOCIATION
BY
GEORGE BUSH
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
9 JUNE 1976
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
IT IS A PLEASURE FOR ME TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
I WANT TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY AND
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AND TO SHARE WITH YOU MY PERCEPTIONS
AND SOME OF MY EXPERIENCES SINCE I BECAME DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE.
I MUST CONFESS THAT WHEN I WAS OFF IN CHINA, THE WHOLE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AND THE WELTER OF CHARGES AND ALLEGATIONS
ABOUT IT SEEMED VERY REMOTE AND UNREAL TO ME. MANY OF YOU HAVE
HEARD AND READ SO MUCH CONFLICTING INFORMATION ABOUT INTELLIGENCE
THAT YOU MUST WONDER JUST WHAT IT ALL MEANS.
LET ME SAY FIRST OFF, THAT I HAVE LEARNED THAT THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ASSETS WE HAVE IN DEFENDING AMERICA'S
SECURITY. THE COMMUNITY ITSELF IS DIVERSE, AND ITS RANGE OF TALENTS
AND CAPABILITIES IS ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE.
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MANY OF YOU THINK OF INTELLIGENCE AND PERHAPS THINK ONLY OF
THE CIA AND JAMES BOND SPY ADVENTURES. WELL, THAT IS A TINY PART
OF OUR BUSINESS. MOST OF THE AGENCY'S WORK IS THE FAR LESS EXCITING,
BUT EQUALLY IMPORTANT, TASK OF GATHERING INFORMATION, SIFTING FACTS,
AND ATTEMPTING TO DEVELOP AN ACCURATE PICTURE OF EVENTS AND TRENDS
ABROAD.
OTHERS OF YOU MAY THINK OF INTELLIGENCE ONLY IN. CONNECTION
WITH THE EXCESSES OF THE PAST. INDEED, THERE WERE SOME MISTAKES
AND SOME BAD JUDGMENTS, BUT THERE WERE ALSO A LOT OF CHARGES. MADE
THAT WEREN'T TRUE. THE MISTAKES WERE ROOTED OUT AND STOPPED BY
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ITSELF WELL BEFORE THEY WERE PUBLICLY
REVEALED. AND I'CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WE ARE TAKING EVERY POSSIBLE
PRECAUTION TO ENSURE THAT SUCH ABUSES NEVER OCCUR AGAIN.
I SAID THAT THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IS TRULY A NATIONAL
ASSET. LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF ITS ACTIVITIES THAT
MAY BE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO THIS GROUP--TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE
COLLECTION.
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THE MAIN MISSION OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE IS TO PRODUCE
QUALITY INTELLIGENCE FOR THE USE OF OUR POLICY-MAKERS SO THAT
THEY CAN DETERMINE POLICIES WITH THE BEST POSSIBLE INFORMATION
AND JUDGMENT WE CAN GIVE THEM. (I SHOULD ADD WE ARE NOT IN THE
POLICY BUSINESS.) OBVIOUSLY, PRODUCING QUALITY INTELLIGENCE
DEPENDS UPON COLLECTING QUALITY INTELLIGENCE TO SUPPORT AND FEED
THE ANALYTICAL PROCESS.
OVER THE PAST TEN TO FIFTEEN YEARS, THE COLLECTION OF THIS
KIND OF INFORMATION HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED. HUMAN SOURCES--SPIES,
IF YOU WILL--REMAIN IMPORTANT--AND IN MANY CASES ESSENTIAL, BUT
THEY ARE INCREASINGLY HARD TO COME BY. WE HAD TO FIND NEW WAYS
TO COLLECT INFORMATION TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR INCREASINGLY
TECHNICAL PROBLEMS.
IN RESPONSE TO THESE NEEDS, AN ACTIVITY KNOWN AS TECHNICAL
COLLECTION HAS EVOLVED. THIS HAS PERHAPS HAD ITS GREATEST IMPACT
ON OUR ABILITY TO SOLVE KEY MILITARY INTELLIGENCE PROBLEMS -- SUCH AS
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DETERMINING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND DEPLOYMENT OF WEAPON SYSTEMS...
SYSTEMS THAT ARE THEMSELVES BASED ON ADVANCING AND SOPHISTICATED
TECHNOLOGY.
A MOST DRAMATIC EXAMPLE OF A SYSTEM TO EMERGE FROM HARNESSING
TECHNOLOGY TO THE ENDS OF INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION, WAS THE U-2 PROGRAM.
IN THE MID AND LATE 50s, THE U-2 WAS A UNIQUE AIRCRAFT IN TERMS.OF
ITS PERFORMANCE, THE CAMERA SYSTEMS IT CARRIED, AND THE SUPERB
INFORMATION IT COLLECTED.
FOR MANY REASONS, THE U-2 IS NO LONGER A USEFUL INTELLIGENCE
COLLECTOR. BUT AS THE U-2 BEGAN TO LOSE ITS EFFECTIVENESS, OTHER.
SYSTEMS CAME ALONG TO FILL THE GAP.
THE NEW SYSTEMS HAVE DRAMATICALLY EXPANDED THE CAPABILITIES
AND APPLICATIONS OF TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION. TODAY I,
TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION SYSTEMS REPRESENT A LARGE PORTION
OF THE TOTAL NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE RESOURCES.
ANOTHER PART OF THIS NATIONAL ASSET IS ITS WEALTH OF HIGHLY
EDUCATED AND GIFTED ANALYSTS. COLLECTING QUALITY INFORMATION IS
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NOT THE END OF THE INTELLIGENCE PROCESS. THERE IS A GREAT
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INFORMATION AND INTELLIGENCE.
IF I MAY CITE AN EXAMPLE THAT MANY OF YOU IN THIS ROOM
UNDERSTAND ALL TOO WELL.. .PEARL HARBOR. IN THE DAYS BEFORE THE
SECOND WORLD WAR, THE UNITED STATES HAD WHAT COULD BE CALLED
DEPARTMENTAL INTELLIGENCE. IN OTHER WORDS, EACH DEPARTMENT AND
AGENCY HAD BITS AND PIECES OF INFORMATION THAT THEY CAREFULLY
CONTROLLED. IN TODAY'S TERMINOLOGY, NO ONE WAS "GETTING IT
TOGETHER." ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT MIGHT HAVE L-ED-AN-ANAY-LST--
TO CONCLUDE THAT THE JAPANESE INTENDED TO ATTACK PEARL HARBOR WAS
AVAILABLE IN WASHINGTON. BUT IT WAS NOT IN ONE PLACE FOR AN
ANALYST TO STUDY: IT WAS SCATTERED ALL OVER TOWN...AND THEREFORE
IT WAS USELESS. THAT WAS INFORMATION -- NOT INTELLIGENCE. TODAY,
AS DCI, I HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR GETTING IT ALL TOGETHER. IT'S
WORKING.
INTELLIGENCE IS THE RESULT OF PATIENT, PAINSTAKING WORK BY
ANALYSTS THROUGHOUT THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. LET ME GIVE YOU
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A STATISTIC THAT I'THINK AMPLY DEMONSTRATES THE KIND OF TRAINING
AND BACKGROUND OUR PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES HAVE: BETWEEN 1971
AND 1975, 51 PERCENT OF ENTERING CIA PROFESSIONALS HAD BACHELOR'S.
DEGREES, 34 PERCENT HELD MASTER'S, AND ALMOST 10 PERCENT HAD PhD's....
THESE GIFTED PROFESSIONALS HAVE ACHIEVED SUCCESS AFTER SUCCESS:
-- AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE SPOTTED THE SOVIET NUCLEAR
MISSILES BEING DELIVERED TO CUBA IN 1962 AND SUPPORTED
THE PRESIDENT AS HE WORKED THROUGH 13 NIGHTMARISH DAYS
TO FORCE THEIR REMOVAL;
-- AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE GAVE SEVEN YEARS WARNING OF
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOSCOW ANTI-BALLASTIC MISSILE SYSTEM;
-- AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE PINPOINTED EIGHT NEW SOVIET INTER-
CONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES AND EVALUATED THE DEVELOPMENT
OF EACH THREE OR MORE YEARS BEFORE IT BECAME OPERATIONAL;
-- TWO MAJOR NEW SOVIET SUBMARINE PROGRAMS WERE ANTICIPATED
WELL BEFORE THE FIRST BOATS SLID DOWN THE WAYS;
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-- AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE HAS CREATED A COLLECTION AND
ANALYTICAL CAPABILITY SUFFICIENT TO REDUCE THE NEED FOR
ON-SITE VERIFICATION FOR SOME KINDS OF STRATEGIC ARMS
CONTROL AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED WITH.THE USSR.
THE ABM TREATY AND THE INTERIM AGREEMENT ON OFFENSIVE
WEAPONS OF 1972 WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT THESE.
"NATIONAL TECHNICAL MEANS OF VERIFICATION" AND THE RELEVANT
ANALYTICAL CAPABILITY.
I AM PROUD OF THIS RECORD AND THE PEOPLE THAT COMPILED IT AND YOU SHOULD BE, TOO.
THE DEDICATION OF THE PEOPLE IN THE CIA AND IN THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE IS REMARKABLE. AS YOU PROBABLY ALSO KNOW, SOME
INDIVIDUALS BOTH HERE AND ABROAD HAVE RECKLESSLY PUBLISHED THE NAMES
OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHOM THEY CLAIM ARE CIA EMPLOYEES. DESPITE THE
THREATS, THE HAZARDS, AND THE DANGERS -- NOT ONE AGENCY EMPLOYEE HAS
ASKED TO BE SENT HOME. THAT IS THE KIND OF DEDICATION I AM TALKING
ABOUT.
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LET ME CONCLUDE BY GIVING YOU A BRIEF LOOK AT WHERE THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY NOW STANDS.
EIGHTEEN MONTHS OF INVESTIGATIONS INTO INTELLIGENCE, BY
BOTH THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND THE CONGRESS, HAVE COME TO AN END.
THE PRESIDENT HAS ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER CLEARLY SETTING
FORTH GUIDELINES SPECIFYING WHAT AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE CAN AND
CANNOT DO. WE ARE FOLLOWING THOSE GUIDELINES TO THE LETTER.
THE CONGRESS HAS ESTABLISHED ANEW OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IN
THE SENATE. SENATOR INOUYE IS CHAIRMAN AND SENATOR_'BAKER IS
VICE-CHAIRMAN. WE INTEND TO COOPERATE FULLY WITH THAT COMMITTEE
AND THE OTHER CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED
TO OVERSEE THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. IN TURN,_ I HAVE URGED EACH
COMMITTEE TO SAFEGUARD THE SECRET INFORMATION THAT WE PRESENT TO
THEM.
I BELIEVE THAT ONE OF MY PRINCIPAL TASKS AS DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL.
INTELLIGENCE IS TO RESTORE THE FAITH OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THEIR
INTELLIGENCE SERVICE. THIS WE CAN DO BY OPERATING FULLY'WITHIN THE
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GUI`DELLINES ESTABLISHED. WE MUST NOT AND WILL NOT VIOLATE THE LAWS
OF THIS COUNTRY.
BUT WE CANNOT RUN AN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE IN A GLASS BOWL.
I AM CHARGED UNDER THE LAW WITH PROTECTING OUR SOURCES AND METHODS
OF INTELLIGENCE. I WILL HONOR THAT CHARGE. I AM SICK AND TIRED
OF LEAKS FROM WHATEVER SOURCE, AND I WILL DO MY LEVEL BEST TO GUARD
AGAINST THEM.
WE MUST NOT HIDE BEHIND A CLOAK OF SECRECY. I AM TAKING STEPS
TO END THE OVERCLASSIFICATION THAT HAS PLAGUED THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY. I WANT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WHEN WE SAY
SOMETHING IS SECRET, IT REALLY IS A SECRET WORTHY OF PROTECTION.
AMERICA'S INTELLIGENCE IS GOOD. WE ARE WORKING HARD TO MAKE
IT EVEN BETTER...AND YOUR SUPPORT IS IMPORTANT TO US.
THANK YOU.
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