INTELLIGENCE - A TIME OF CHANGE

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CIA-RDP80B01554R002900220001-0
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8
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December 12, 2016
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August 6, 2001
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February 14, 1979
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Approved For Release 2001/11/22 : CIA-RDP80B015540029002200O114 J Cl ub, CIA Auditorium, 1A Feb 79 INTELLIGENCE - A 11ML 01 CH!A;JGE Period of rofound chafe in CIA/I( - Affecting ? What do ? How do ? Where 0 Why Because - End of a working generation of 30 years since first organized ? After 30, 1st generation workers leaving ? After 30, different world outsides America. inside Changes manifest in many ways - want to talk about 5 today. 1) Oversight - Revelations of abuses - alleged/real - Church, etc. - 1st time accountable ? Not just Pres & key members of Congress as past 0 Select Committees 0 IOB ? Covert action approval mechanism - Means: ? Traumatic impact ? End of era - relative freedom to make decisions on own 0 Closer management of activities and resources Approved For Release 2001/11/22 : CIA-RDP80BO1554R002900220001-0 Approved For Release 2001/11/22 : CIA-RDP80B01554R002900220001-0 Gr ea ter j i,-, i ci C ) .jrSs i ih taiioning e~ctivitie to expressed fQ}^eican policy greeter' Cooperation with State) ? Has disadvantage -- less flexible, more bureaucratic than past: ? Has disadvantage - leaks inhibiting ? But advantage - less change of intel making/disrupting foreign policy - more under control. 2) New model - 1st time Priorities changed - world changed around us - Soviet military - same emphasis - Economic & political - from little 10 years ago to parity with military today - Means: ',Different techni ues of collection and analysis 0 Different expertise to do same ? Disadvantage - dilutes military effort somewhat; strains capacity But advantage - more c_om rehensive intel picture. Greater breadth and depth yields better overall quality of intel. Approved For Release 2001/11/22 : CIA-RDP80BO1554R002900220001-0 Approved For Release 2001/11/22 : CIA-RDP80BO1554R002900220001-0 3) Public exposure - Wanted - Unwanted ? Leaks ? Exposures - Sense frustration - Sense where next in what was totally private 4) Personnel - Departure of 1st Generation - 30+ years - generation of founders retiring - Perception of change distressing to many of them ? Suspicious of media - yet openness policy Confidence in own professionalism -- yet oversight 0 Importance of focus on cold war military targets - yet shifting focus to econ and pol as well ? Enormous respectability, even nobility of intelligence profession through history - yet widely questioned/ maligned today - Disturbing times - can understand low morale and resentment of change - Yet - 0 Must change with times ? Vital for strength of organization in future 0 Openness; refocus on new problems, need to reassess what doing to ensure IAW American values/ethics; need to open top if want to create -- flow through -- reality of reward/jobs for low and middle level performers. - 3- Approved For Release 2001/11/22 : CIA-RDP80BO1554R002900220001-0 Approved For Release 2001/11/22 : CIA-RDP80BO1554R002900220001-0 Cauabl i i ti es (Ujro`v; illy Fast - Technology burgeoning ? Could overwhelm us if steps not taken Could overshadow HU!MII NT 'i i- tech not kept in perspective - Means: Must develop better ways to manage - select/discard not overlook/nor waste assets on what don't want - e.g., vacuum/ pearl analogy ? Must integrate tech with HUMINT complementary - both vital Portends -- 1) Collecting/analyzing more - 2) Direction of work - looking toward future - not mired in past 3) Accountable to Congress & through them to people for 1st time 4) Public more realistic understanding - Means: 0 Difficult years been through forced introspection and questioning - establishing better idea of role in democracy - building sounder relationship with public and other institutions forging a model which will be a prototype for other intelligence organizations around the world Approved For Release 2001/11/22 : CIA-RDP80BO1554R002900220001-0 Approved For Release 2001/11/22 : CIA-RDP80BO1554R002900220001-0 ? Confident of present performance ? Optimistic will be better able to serve nation in future. Approved For Release 2001/11/22 : CIA-RDP80BO1554R002900220001-0 Approved For Release 2001/11/22 CIA-RDP89JB01554R002900220001-0 Cac.tc- . f ,ZJC r/ 4 T H E -W` T-E- ti-~ Approved For Release 2001/11/22 : CIA-RDP80BO1554R002900220001-0 Approved For Release 2001/11/22 : CIA-RDP80BO1554R002900220001-0 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON r/ c Fx -- cv~r~v R4 Vj PVT d A' -C OsT ~3~'/~-s Approved For Release 2001/11/22 CIA-RDP80BO1554R002900220001-0 Approved For Release 2001/11/22 : CIA-RDP80B01554R002900220001-0 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON 4-- ~i~~~-rive} Z $'J C-7 7,,/6 p ~FF.S v1 4, / ax 'C vL t7 / , /,Z -x-7-1 d Al ai/i/T Approved For Release 2001/11/22 : CIA-RDP80B01554R002900220001-0