SPONSORSHIP OF PROJECT SLAMMER

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 3, 2013
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 12, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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30 SEP 1988
12 January 1988
Executive Officer, Office of Security
Community Counterintelligence and Security
Countermeasures Office, IC Staff
SUBJECT: Sponsorship of Project Slammer
the t-nrust of his remarks left the firm impression that he was totally
satisfied with the OS/CIA sponsorship of the project under the overall
umbrella of the Personnel Security Committee, IG/CM(P). He added that he had
and then with the undersigned. spent about 45 minutes with me and
1. On 4 January 19881 (came to our office at our, to discuss the content of the reference attached. He talked first toj
always received anything he asked for and has had no basis for complaint.
never been dissatisfied with the support his effort has received, starting
with SECOM, then CCISCMO, and now OS/CIA. He remarked repeatedly that he li~
2. ~ agreed that Slammer was of high interest to FBI, NSA, and DoD and
other agencies. 0 remarked that the project was always a Community effort-
without parochial motivations or objectives. He said he ought he knew
very well and had difficulty believing would have told
hat they desired a change in sponsorship or inferred that there was
uncertain y or lack of confidence in the OS/CIA s onsorship since
had never even intimated such feelings to him. felt certa
would hay to him before broaching the matter with an "outside"
element. was only vaguely aware o relationship with SAFSS
and did not know or an of the other persona ities in that office.
He opined that somehow perhaps ma have misinterpreted something
said. FIoffered to talk to for clarification of the
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SUBJECT: Sponsorship of Project Slammer
foregoing. aid he was a personal friend and professional colleague of
and if was talking ab comer in a substantive policy sense
to outside .organizations, he owed an explanation since was the
project director. F --]added that e 1 n't want that to sound immodest or
authoritative.) I encouraged him to contact
3. On 5 January
communicat ion.
called me. He said ~ was surprised at the
claimed he never expressed any
dissatisfaction with the project s onsorship and never even hinted that a
change would be beneficial. is now convinced that for
unknown reasons, was himself, or speaking for his org ization, suggesting
that the change of sponsorship would be a good idea. again stated that
he was totally pleased with his support... physical., moral, and financial, and
hoped he has convinced us of that. He wanted OS/CIA to know that also, in
case they heard otherwise.
4. For our part, I believe this issue is closed. But because of the
contents of these memoranda, you can see why I believe it is important for
to make an appearance t t e Slammer Work' rou
meeting on 17 February. 1 attempted to learn if- had called
p~ ea ring to she reii sure~would have told her if
had talked to him about Slammer. I related the essence of the
foregoing tom and told her I would send a memo to you.
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SUBJECT: Sponsorship of Project Slammer
CCISCMO/ICS
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1 - Project Slammer file
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CCI CMO/IC
SUBJECT: Sponsorship of Project SLAMMER
1. On this dateof SAFSS called on the secure line
concerning the captioned su sec . recounted how SLAMMER began under
SECOM sponsorship, what the program was all about, and what the objectives
were. Over my comment that I was rather familiar with SLAMMER,
continued talking, perhaps hoping to win his point by sheer weight o speech.
His point was that SLAMMER needed a strong or i tional sponsor and it was
felt that the program lacked that at present
2. said he was talking to me to enlist support for the concept
that CCI CMO, as an element of the ICS, should be the sponsor as preferred by
the principal person m. By way of explainina.th 's,
said he had in his office and had
expressed concern that FBI, NSA, and would all like to take over
sponsorship of SLAMMER. According to were
fearful that the program could change in character and direction if any one
agency/department had the control of sponsorship. It was inferred that the
present sponsorship (Personnel Security Committee under IG/CM[P]) was not
strong or powerful enough to retain the sponsorship. It was stated that
Chairman, Personnel Security Committee, did not evidence strong interest or
enthusiasm for SLAMMER. ter I remarked that I had been present at
the PSC meeting at which ed the pilot report on SLAMMER to
the Committee members. I found remarks about the -program to be
enthusiastically supportive. Fur er, A had provided in FY 88 for
continued work on the program. That would seem to indicate a genuine
interest.
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SUBJECT: Sponsorship of Project SLAMMER
3. cit d meeting relative to SLAMMER in which ~ had
affirmed to his support for the program and urged that the results
be disseminate to Community agencies where it could be put to use. To this I
remarked that if Q made that remark to it may well have been
"filler".comment in their conversation because e meeting with was
only ostensibly to discuss S MM R and there was anoth weighty matter
discussed between I opined that may have
misinterpreted remarks. We know very well that SLAMMER is only
through the initial stage of development and results thus far are not intended
to be considered anything more than those of the pilot phase. Results have in
faces passed to PSC members with just such a caveat. Messrs.
and others working with SLAMMER are not ready to draw any firm and
final conclusions on which they will put their professional endorsement.
4.said that there was a feeling that perhaps the sponsorship
could be shifted on the basis that it was a technical effort. I told him we
did not agree. We felt that SLAMMER properly belonged under the Personnel
Security umbrella. It was acknowledged that certain technical (medical)
measurements and computer-aided analyses were employea in the program, but the
problem was one concerned with human behavior and motivation and was not a
technical problem. For those reasons we felt that sponsorship under the PSC
was the natural and logical place for SLAMMER.
5. I urged to talk to Executive Secretary of the
PSC, and express the same feelings and convictions with him to get his
reaction to a shift'in sponsorship. I agreed to make D/CCISCMO aware of the
conversation and the suggestion for CCISCMO to sponsor SLAMMER again,, but I
added that I would recommend against it. I reminded of the
expression "if it works, don't fix it" and told him we saw nothing wrong with.
PSC sponsorship that needed fixing.
6. D/CCISCMO was verbally briefed on this date regarding the above.
'also advised and a reed to invite ''to our office
in the next few days to learn whether is n the same wavelength as
Fred will also ask if he thinks achange in
sponsorship is necessary and, if so, why.
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SUBJECT: Sponsorship of Project SLAMMER
CCISCMO/ICS
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