DCI SEMINAR, 23 JULY 1986 INTRODUCTION OF DEWEY CLARRIDGE AS SPEAKER

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• Publication Date: July 23, 1986
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DCI SEMINAR, 23 JULY 1986
INTRODUCTION OF DEWEY CLARRIDGE AS SPEAKER
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WHEN I ADDRESSED THE OPENING SESSION OF THIS SEMINAR A
YEAR AGO, I HOPED THAT IT WOULD HELP US LEARN FROM EACH OTHER
BY HEARING HOW SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES FROM ACROSS THE AGENCY
HAVE SUCCESSFULLY MET SOME REAL MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
CHALLENGES.
- I'M PLEASED AT THE RESULTS AND PARTICULARLY AT THE
WIDE RANGE OF ORGANIZATIONAL, OPERATIONAL, AND MANAGERIAL
TOPICS YOU HAVE COVERED IN YOUR NINE SESSIONS.
- AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN UNENDING LIST OF CHALLENGES,
PROBLEMS AND ISSUES FROM WHICH TO DRAW.
THE IDEA OF SEMINARS SUCH AS THIS SEEMS TO BE CATCHING
ON AROUND HERE.
- AT LEAST ONE OF THE DIRECTORATES -- THE DO -- IS
RUNNING ITS OWN IN-HOUSE SERIES OF DISCUSSIONS.
- WE NEED THIS KIND OF DIALOGUE BECAUSE THE RANGE
AND COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEMS WE FACE TODAY HAD MADE US
MORE INTERDEPENDENT THAN EVER BEFORE AND REQUIRES US TO
CONTINUALLY EXPAND OUR MANAGEMENT HORIZONS. THE GOOD NEWS
IS THE WAY WE RELISH IT.
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TELLS ME THAT THIS IS THE LAST SESSION FOR
THIS GROUP.
- HE IS NOW PUTTING TOGETHER A NEW CURRICULUM FOR
THE NEXT SEMINAR.
- IN A SENSE, YOU WERE THE GUINEA PIGS FOR THIS
PROCESS, AND I'M SURE JIM WOULD WELCOME YOUR IDEAS ON WHERE
IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD BE MADE.
- PLEASE LET HIM KNOW.
I THINK YOU'LL FIND THIS CLOSING SESSION ON COUNTERTERRORISM
THOUGHT-PROVOKING AND EVEN FASCINATING.
- THE DECISION TO FORM AN AGENCY TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS
BOTH A GROWING INTELLIGENCE PROBLEM AND AN URGENT OPERATIONAL
CHALLENGE WAS NOT AN EASY ONE.
- THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONAL, COMMAND AND CONTROL, AND
RESOURCE PROBLEMS THAT ARE NEVER EASILY RESOLVED.
- THERE IS ALSO THE CHALLENGE OF MESHING THE EFFORTS
OF PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE INTELLIGENCE BACKGROUNDS AND FOCUSING
THEM ON A SPECIFIC SET OF NEW OBJECTIVES.
I BELIEVE THESE PROBLEMS ARE BEING OVERCOME MORE RAPIDLY
THAN WE HAD ANY RIGHT TO EXPECT.
S-iCaET
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INDEED, OUR COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER, AS DESCRIBED BY DEWEY,
HAS BECOME A MODEL FOR RENEWED AND INVIGORATED ACTIVITY
YOUR SPEAKER THIS AFTERNOON IS A HIGHLY EXPERIENCED AGENCY
OPERATIONS OFFICER AND PROVEN TASK FORCE LEADER.
- DEWEY CLARRIDGE HAS BEEN WITH THE AGENCY SOME 31
YEARS -- ALL OF IT IN THE DO.
- DEWEY HAS SERVED IN THREE OF THE DO'S SIX REGIONAL
DIVISIONS -- NE, LA, AND EUR -- AND AS CHIEF OF TWO OF THEM.
- AFTER A TWO-YEAR INTERLUDE AS CHIEF OF EUR DIVISION,
WE ONCE AGAIN CALLED ON DEWEY TO ORGANIZE US TO ADDRESS A
PRESSING PROBLEM OF SUPREME IMPORTANCE, THAT OF INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM.
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- THE RESULT WAS THE FORMATION OF THE COUNTERRORISM
CENTER -- A TASK FORCE BY ANOTHER NAME.
- BASED ON THESE TWO EXPERIENCES, WITH CENTRAL AMERICA
AND NOW COUNTERTERRORISM, DEWEY KNOWS BETTER THAN ANYONE THE
PITFALLS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN ADDRESSING A CRITICAL AND URGENT
CHALLENGE OUTSIDE THE NORMAL LINE ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE.
- I KNOW YOU'LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
ASK SOME SEARCHING QUESTIONS.
DEWEY, WELCOME.
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