TASK TEAM VII - ANALYSTS COMMUNICATIONS INTERVIEW OUTLINE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01139A000300060022-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 2, 2002
• Sequence Number: 22
• Content Type: OUTLINE

TASK TEAM ,ANALYSTS COMMUNICATIONS 'f.RV'IEY OUTLINE
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Obit: To ascertain present practices and procedures in the
field of intelligence analyst-to-analyst communications in order to
determine whether improvement is required; and; if required, how best
to facilitate the exchange between intelligence analysts of substantive
information and personal judgment and expertise.
Contributory Informa:tIon:
What is your present functional assignment specialty?
How long have you been engaged in it?
Are you mostly involved with current intelligence?
estimative intelligence?
basic intelligence?
Is your intelligence product primarily for:
departmental or agency briefing purposes?
departmental. or agency estimates or publications?
incorporation in policy papers?
interdepartmental estimates?
NIS?
Is your Intelligence product normally coordinated
within your am agency?
with other parts of the intelligence coamnity as well?
Do you have opposite "numbers" within
DIA, CIA, State?
If you do, within what offices of CIA, DIA, State?
Do you know these opposite numbers by name, telephone,
room number?
Do you consult these opposite numbers, frequently, infrequently,
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not at all;
In what manner does.such consultation take place; in com-
mittees, infoxmal working group, directly, etc.?
Are these reasons for lack of consuul.tation arising from
problems
of security?
related to caninand channels?
lack of knowledge of capabilities of other agencies?
internal agency policy?
press of time?
distance between analysts:and lack of secure eommmications
facilities?
Do you have occasion to need infc...... tioru outside your
normal specialty (e.g,,.political analyst requiring military or
economic 3 xforanation) ?
If so, do you know bow to secure such information, by
direct personal request through formal Interagency channels?
Would your product be improved if you could have more consul
Cation with other experts in your field?
If so, would such.consultatiori.be for the purpose of
exchanging personal judgment and expertise? avoiding duplicatory
research? securing additional information:' assuring that no
additional information exists? acquiring.iiaformation outside
your normal field of expertise?
If existing procedures and practices for consultation could
be improved, would you feel more confident about the validity of
your intelligence product? If not, why not?
What improvements in procedures and practices would seem to
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A current Intelligence Comandty Directory Service?
Rapid means of ascertaining security elearanee-~- status
(two way) ?
More secure Qomnnaicetione facilities between analysts?
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