REMARKS OF WILLIAM J. CASEY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BEFORE THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS COLLEGE PLACEMENT ASSOCIATION

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• Publication Date: July 30, 1986
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REMARKS OF WILLIAM J. CASEY
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
BEFORE
THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS COLLEGE PLACEMENT ASSOCIATION
SNOWMASS, COLORADO
30 JULY 1986
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GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ITS A REAL PLEASURE TO BE
HERE THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT THE AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE ENGAGED IN IDENTIFYING AND DEVELOPING YOUTHFUL
TALENT, THE AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY HAS A CRITICAL MISSION
IN PROTECTING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY, ALERTING OUR POLICYMAKERS OF
THREATS TO OUR NATIONAL WELFARE, AND WAYS TO OVERCOME THEM. OUR
SUCCESS IN THAT MISSION DEPENDS ON THE QUALITY OF THE PEOPLE WE CAN
RECRUIT TO DISCHARGE IT, WE CAN'T STAY ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF
CREATIVITY, CHANGE AND LEARNING WITHOUT SUCCESSFUL RECRUITMENT.
THIS IN TURN MEANS GETTING THE HELP AND UNDERSTANDING OF PLACEMENT
DIRECTORS SUCH AS YOURSELVES, SO, ITS NOT ENTIRELY THE BEAUTY OF
THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS THAT BRINGS ME HERE THIS MORNING; I WAS QUICK TO
EMBRACE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS SUCH A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO
CAN BE SO HELPFUL TO CIA AND TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY,
YOU, NO DOUBT, EXPECT TO GET A RECRUITING PITCH FROM ME AND YOU
WILL. BUT PERHAPS THE BEST PITCH I CAN MAKE FOR CIA IS TO SPEND A
LITTLE TIME DISCUSSING WITH YOU THE KIND OF WORLD OUR NATION
CONFRONTS, AND HOW THIS SHAPES THE MISSION OF INTELLIGENCE IN
SUPPORT OF UNITED STATES POLICY,
THE CIA'S ORIGINAL INTELLIGENCE MISSION WAS THE PREVENTION OF A
SURPRISE ATTACK ON THE U.S. -- ANOTHER PEARL HARBOR, THANKS IN
LARGE PART TO OUR EXTRAORDINARY TECHNICAL COLLECTION CAPABILITIES,
WE ARE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB HERE, BUT ANYONE WHO IS AWARE OF THE
TREMENDOUS EFFORT MOSCOW HAS MADE TO ERODE THE STRATEGIC NUCLEAR
BALANCE, KNOWS WE HAVE OUR HANDS FULL,
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THE SOVIETS FOR SOMETIME NOW HAVE BEEN RELENTLESSLY EXPANDING A
LARGE ARSENAL OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AIMED AT THE U.S., EUROPE AND EAST
ASIA, NEW MISSILES AND MISSILE CARRYING AIRCRAFT AND SUBMARINES ARE
BEING DEVELOPED, TESTED AND DEPLOYED IN AMAZING PROFUSION, BY 1980
SOVIET STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE FORCES ALREADY HAD CAUGHT UP, AND IN SOME
KEY AREAS SURPASSED THOSE OF OUR OWN. JUST ONE SOBERING EXAMPLE:
THE SOVIETS ARE NOW PROTECTING THEIR LAND BASED MISSILE FORCES BY
DEPLOYING MOBILE MISSILES, A MOBILE U.S. ICBM WILL NOT BE DEPLOYED
UNTIL THE 1990s AT BEST,
PERHAPS EVEN MORE ALARMING, THE SOVIETS ARE IN THE MIDST OF A
MAJOR LONGTERM MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM -- THEIR OWN "STAR WARS", IF
YOU WILL, INVOLVING SOME 10 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES AND
THOUSANDS OF SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS. THEY LONG AGO DEPLOYED AN
ABM SYSTEM AROUND MOSCOW, WE ARE THE NEWCOMERS ON THE BLOCK,
ALTHOUGH YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW IT BY LISTENING TO SOVIET PROPAGANDA
CONDEMNING THE PRESIDENT'S STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE AS
"DESTABLIZING",
IT IS HARDLY SURPRISING THAT MOSCOW AT PRESENT IS ADVANCING NEW
ARMS CONTROL INITIATIVES DESIGNED TO CONSOLIDATE THEIR IMPRESSIVE
GAINS AND TO CUT OFF OUR GOVERNMENT'S OWN PLANS TO MODERNIZE OUR
STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE FORCES, BUT YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW
THAT MOSCOW PRESENTLY CONTINUES, THROUGH CAMOUFLAGE, CONCEALMENT AND
OTHER MEASURES, TO DENY US CRITICAL INFORMATION WE NEED TO ASSESS
THE CURRENT STRATEGIC BALANCE OR TO VERIFY ANY FUTURE ARMS CONTROL
AGREEMENT.
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IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL AMERICANS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SOVIET
LEADERSHIP REMAINS COMMITTED TO BUILDING A MILITARY FORCE THAT COULD
FIGHT AND WIN A NUCLEAR WAR, FOR CIA, THIS GRIM REALITY MEANS THAT
WE MUST DEVOTE ENORMOUS RESOURCES AND A WIDE VARIETY OF HUMAN SKILLS
AND SPECIALIZATIONS TO NOT JUST UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM BUT ALSO TO
ACCURATELY ASSESS SOVIET NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL STRATEGIES AND THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF SOVIET WEAPONS THAT MAY NOT BE DEPLOYED FOR
ANOTHER 10 TO 15 YEARS, MUCH OF OUR BUDGET, TIME AND ATTENTION WILL
CONTINUE TO BE DEDICATED TO THIS CORE PROBLEM,
THERE WAS A DAY WHEN UNDERSTANDING THE MILITARY CAPABILITIES OF
OUR PRINCIPLE ADVERSARY WAS PRACTICALLY OUR ONLY MISSION. THAT DAY
IS LONG PAST. THE WORLD HAS CHANGED TREMENDOUSLY SINCE THE
IMMEDIATE POST-WORLD WAR II ERA WHEN THE U.S. AND SOVIET UNION WERE
THE ONLY WORLD PLAYERS THAT MATTERED. THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS HAS
PROLIFERATED, ISSUES HAVE BECOME BEWILDERINGLY COMPLEX, THE PACE OF
CHANGE AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE ALMOST OVERWHELMING, AND THE WORLD
MUCH SMALLER AND FAR MORE INTERDEPENDENT, AND THIS, IN TURN, HAS
REVOLUTIONALIZED THE WORLD OF INTELLIGENCE,
PERHAPS THE BEST EXAMPLE I CAN GIVE YOU IS THE EMPHASIS WE MUST
NOW GIVE TO THE THIRD WORLD -- FOR MOST OF CIA'S HISTORY A
RELATIVELY NEGLECTED AREA. THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION MADE IT PAINFULLY
CLEAR THAT THE LONGER TERM INTERESTS AND SECURITY OF THIS COUNTRY
CAN BE DIRECTLY AT STAKE IN THE THIRD WORLD, IN THE WAKE OF OUR SAD
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EXPERIENCE IN IRAN, WE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED OUR EFFORT TO
MONITOR AND ANTICIPATE INSTABILITY AND UNREST IN COUNTRIES OF KEY
IMPORTANCE TO THE U.S.
ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE OUR HANDS FULL, MUCH OF THE THIRD WORLD IS
IN CRISIS. ONE NEEDS TO LOOK NO FURTHER THAN JUST BEYOND OUR
SOUTHERN BORDER TO SEE A GOOD CROSS SECTION OF THE PROBLEM:
CRUSHING DEBT, A GROWING DISEQUALIBRIUM IN FOOD SUPPLY, RAPID
POPULATION GROWTH, AND EXPLOSIVE URBANIZATION. BUT UNFORTUNATELY,
THE THREAT TO THIRD WORLD STABILITY DOES NOT COME SOLELY FROM SUCH
INHERENT DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS. IT COMES AS WELL FROM OVERT AND
COVERT SOVIET ACTIVITIES AIMED AT SUBVERTING OR DESTABILIZING
GOVERNMENTS FRIENDLY TO THE U.S. IN FACT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE
WEST ONCE AGAIN IS ENGAGED IN A CRITICAL STRUGGLE WITH
TOTALITARIANISM -- THIS TIME IN THE FORM OF MARXISM - LENINISM AND
THE PRIMARY BATTLEFIELD OF THIS STRUGGLE IS NOT ON THE MISSILE TEST
RANGE BUT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE OF THE THIRD WORLD,
THE SOVIET UNION HAS BEEN BUSILY TESTING WHETHER THE U.S. WILL
RESIST FOREIGN PROVOKED AND SUPPORTED INSTABILITY AND INSURGENCY IN
THE THIRD WORLD. IT HAS DEVELOPED AN AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY WHICH
AVOIDS DIRECT CONFRONTATION AND INSTEAD TAKES MAXIMUM ADVANTAGE OF
THIRD WORLD SURROGATES LIKE CUBA, VIETNAM, LIBYA AND NICARAGUA TO
OBTAIN SOVIET OBJECTIVES, THIS ENABLES MOSCOW TO DENY INVOLVEMENT,
LABEL SUCH CONFLICTS AS INTERNAL, AND WARN SELF-RIGHTEOUSLY AGAINST
OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE. TIME AND AGAIN WE HAVE WATCHED THE SOVIETS
AND THEIR SURROGATES MOVE IN TO EXPLOIT AND INSTIGATE SOCIAL AND
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ECONOMIC DISCONTENT, THEY GAIN AN INSURGENT BASE, EXPAND IT WITH
TRAINED MEN AND MILITARY ARMS, DRIVE OUT INVESTMENT, AND WAIT FOR
ANOTHER COUNTRY TO FALL. SINCE 1972 MOSCOW HAS ADDED FIVE NEW
CLIENT STATES IN THE THIRD WORLD AND THREATENS MORE THAN A DOZEN
OTHER REGIMES VIA CROSSBORDER MILITARY OPERATIONS, INSURGENCIES AND
SUBVERSION,
BUT THE PENDULUM OF HISTORY SLOWLY BUT SURELY IS SWINGING AWAY
FROM SOVIET MARXISM AS A MODEL FOR COUNTRIES IN ASIA, AFRICA AND
LATIN AMERICA, AND TOWARD THE CONCEPTS OF DEMOCRACY AND FREE MARKET
ECONOMICS. MOSCOW NOW FINDS ITSELF ON THE DEFENSIVE, SUPPORTING
HIGH COST, LONG TERM EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN IN POWER THE REPRESSIVE
REGIMES THEY HAVE INSTALLED OR COOPTED IN PLACES LIKE AFGHANISTAN,
ANGOLA, ETHIOPIA, CAMBODIA, MOZAMBIQUE, YEMEN AND NICARAGUA. THIS
ROLE REVERSAL COULD TURN OUT TO BE ONE OF THE GREAT HISTORICAL
TURNING POINTS OF OUR LIFETIME. BUT IT WILL ONLY WORK OUT THIS WAY
IF THE INDIGENOUS THIRD WORLD FORCES RESISTING MARXISM-LENINISM,
TOGETHER WITH THE U.S. AND THE WEST, CAN ACT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THIS OPEN "WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY" TO ADVANCE DEMOCRACY. THE
IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. POLICY AND FOR INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT ARE FAIRLY
OBVIOUS, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THIRD WORLD PROBLEMS AND
POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS, WE HAVE TO BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN SEARCHING
FOR SOVIET VULNERABILITIES AND IN DOING WHAT WE CAN TO SUPPORT THE
RESISTANCE TO SOVIET-BACKED REPRESSIVE REGIMES. NEEDLESS TO SAY,
WE'VE HAD TO MOVE THIS HUGE GENERAL ISSUE OF THIRD WORLD STABILITY
AND FREEDOM UP TO ONE OF OUR FRONT BURNERS. OUR NEED FOR PEOPLE
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WITH LANGUAGE CAPABILITIES, SOME EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF FOREIGN
CULTURES, FOR THIRD WORLD ECONOMISTS AND SOCIAL SCIENTISTS HAS NEVER
BEEN GREATER,
CIA ALSO HAS BEEN DRAWN INTO OTHER NON-TRADITIONAL AREAS OF
COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS. I AM TALKING ABOUT THE KIND OF
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES THAT ARE IMPOSING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT
CHALLENGES TO OUR SOCIETY, THE LIST IS LONG -- NARCOTICS,
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE, INDUSTRIAL
COMPETITIVENESS, THE PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR, CHEMCIAL AND
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS JUST TO MENTION A FEW, EACH OF THEM DESERVES A
SPEECH ALL ITS OWN, SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT TODAY'S POLICYMAKER HAS
TO DEAL WITH AN INCREDIBLE RANGE OF COMPLEX, INTRACTABLE ISSUES.
FOR CIA IT MEANS WE HAVE HAD TO DEVELOP NEW COLLECTION TECHNIQUES,
HIRE NEW KINDS OF ANALYSTS AND DEVELOP NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO DEAL WITH
THIS EXPANDED AGENDA,
LET ME TALK IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT OUR EVOLVING EFFORT ON
ONE OF THESE NEW AGENDA ITEMS -- INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, A SCOURGE
THAT IS INCREASINGLY COMING TO DOMINATE OUR LIVES AND TIMES, IN
1983 WE RECORDED ABOUT 500 INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM INCIDENTS: LAST
YEAR THE NUMBER ROSE TO ABOUT 800. THE UNITED STATES AND ITS
FRIENDS AND ALLIES CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY TARGETS, THE NUMBER
OF PERSONS KILLED OR INJURED IN 1985 EXCEEDED 2,200 -- MORE THAN ANY
OTHER YEAR, MORE EVEN THAN THE TERRIBLE TOLL IN 1983 WHEN THE US AND
FRENCH CONTINGENTS OF THE PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN LEBANON WERE BOMBED.
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THE CAPABILITY OF THE TERRORIST TO KILL, MAIM, KIDNAP, AND
TORTURE HIS VICTIMS HAS BEEN ENORMOUSLY ENHANCED BY STATE
SPONSORSHIP, LIBYA, SYRIA, AND IRAN USE TERRORISM AS AN INSTRUMENT
OF FOREIGN POLICY, THEY HIRE AND SUPPORT ESTABLISHED TERRORIST
ORGANIZATIONS, OF WHICH THERE ARE MANY AROUND THE WORLD. THEIR
OFFICIALS, THEIR EMBASSIES, THEIR DIPLOMATIC POUCHES, THEIR
COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS, AND THEIR TERRITORY AS SAFEHAVEN ARE
AVAILABLE TO PLAN, DIRECT AND EXECUTE BOMBINGS, ASSASSINATIONS,
KIDNAPPINGS AND OTHER TERRORIST OPERATIONS.
THEY HAVE OPERATED LARGELY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND IN EUROPE.
BUT TODAY THEY ARE SPREADING THEIR WINGS INTO THIS HEMISPHERE. THE
LINK BETWEEN LIBYAN- AND CUBAN-SPONSORED TERRORISM AND
NICARAGUAN-SPONSORED TERRORISM IS LARGE AND GROWING LARGER. FOR
SOME YEARS, THE LIBYANS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THE SANDINISTA
GOVERNMENT IN NICARAGUA WITH SOMETHING LIKE $100 MILLION DOLLARS A
YEAR, WE NOW SEE NICARAGUA TRAINING YOUNG MEN FOR VIOLENCE AND
SUBVERSION, SENDING THEM AS FAR DOWN INTO SOUTH AMERICA AS CHILE.
YOUNG MEN FROM LATIN AMERICA ARE BEING SENT TO LIBYA FOR TRAINING IN
THE TERRORIST CAMPS THERE AND THEN ARE BROUGHT BACK TO BE PLANTED
AMONG THE POPULATION IN CENTRAL AMERICA, IN VENEZUELA, IN ECUADOR.
IF THE SANDINISTA REGIME CONSOLIDATES ITSELF, WE CAN EXPECT MANAGUA
TO BECOME THE BERUIT OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
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SO AGAIN WE HAVE OUR HANDS FULL. IN ORDER TO PREVENT TERRORIST
PLANS OR DISRUPT THEIR ACTIVITIES, WE NEED INFORMATION ABOUT THEM.
BUT THE VERY NATURE OF TERRORIST GROUPS AND THEIR ACTIVITIES MAKES
THIS TASK EXTREMELY COMPLICATED.
SO HOW DO WE GO ABOUT IT? FIRST, WE ARE ACQUIRING AS MUCH
INFORMATION AS WE CAN ABOUT TERRORIST GROUPS INCLUDING MODUS
OPERANDI, ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, PERSONNEL SUPPORT, FINANCIAL AND
COMMUNICATIONS ARRANGEMENTS, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER
GROUPS OR STATE SPNSORS. MUCH OF THIS IS JUST HARD RESEARCH,
COMPILING A LARGE DATA BASE AND ATTEMPTING TO FILL IN THE GAPS. IT
IS NOT VERY GLAMOROUS AND PEOPLE WHO DO IT DO NOT CAPTURE THE
HEADLINES. BUT IT IS THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH THE U.S.
COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORT RESTS. CONTINUING COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS
ENABLES US TO IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO DETECT TRENDS IN TERRORISM
OPERATIONS, UPGRADE SECURITY IN AREAS MOST LIKELY AT RISK, AND
DETERMINE VULNERABILITIES OF TERRORIST GROUPS, AND WE ARE CREATING
A WORLD-WIDE COUNTERTERRORISM NETWORK WORKING WITH SECURITY
ORGANIZATIONS OF OTHER COUNTRIES: A NETWORK THAT ALLOWS US TO PASS
OUR CONCLUSION AND WARNINGS QUICKLY TO THE POINT OF THREAT, PREEMPT
ATTACKS AND KEEP THE TERRORISTS OFF-BALANCE,
IN THIS LATTER REGARD, OUR MILITARY RAID ON LIBYA WAS A REAL
SUCCESS. TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR STATE SPONSORS MUST NOW
FACTOR INTO THEIR EQUATION THE CERTAINTY OF SWIFT AND PAINFUL
RETALIATION, THIS ALREADY HAS HAD AN INHIBITING EFFECT ON
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND A GALVANIZING EFFECT ON THE RESOLVE OF
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OUR FRIENDS AND ON THEIR WILLINGNESS TO ACT IN CONCERT WITH US,
THEIR IS NO GETTING AROUND IT, A CREDIBLE THREAT OF FORCE MUST BE
ONE ELEMENT OF A SUCCESSFUL COUNTERTERRORISM POLICY,
I THINK I HAVE SAID ENOUGH TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT BOTH THE WORLD
AND THE INTELLIGENCE PROFESSION ARE A LOT DIFFERENT THAN JUST 10
YEARS AGO, AT CIA WE HAVE THE INFORMATION, EXPERTISE AND RESOURCES
TO DO INDEPTH RESEARCH ACROSS THE BROAD SPECTRUM OF INTERNATIONAL,
POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, MILITARY AND DEMOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENTS AND
PRODUCE CAREFUL ASSESSMENTS OF THE PROBLEMS WE WILL FACE NOW AND
BEYOND THE YEAR 2,000,
THIS BROAD MISSION MAKES IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE A
TYPICAL CIA CAREER, SOME OF OUR NEW RECRUITS WILL BE CHARGED WITH
UNRAVELING THE PUZZLE OF HOW THE SOVIET UNION AND SOME OTHER
COUNTRIES ARE SETTING UP HUNDREDS OF DUMMY CORPORATIONS IN ORDER TO
ILLEGALLY ACQUIRE SOME OF OUR MOST SENSITIVE NEW TECHNOLOGY, OTHERS
WILL BE GIVEN THE JOB OF CHARTING THE CONVULUTED ROADMAP OF
INTERNATIONAL DRUG DEALING, OTHERS WILL BE CHARGED WITH THE TASK OF
EXPOSING AND COUNTERING THE HUGE SOVIET ESPIONAGE AND PROPAGANDA
APPARATUS, MANY WILL BE GIVEN THE TASK OF DEVELOPING NEW METHODS OF
GATHERING, ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING DATA. THERE IS, IN FACT, AN
ENDLESS PARADE OF NEW CHALLENGES -- A SUCCESSION OF PROBLEMS AND
EXPERIENCES WHICH OUR RECRUITS CAN FIND IN THIS UNIQUE ORGANIZATION
WHICH IS CHARGED WITH SCOUTING THE FUTURE GATHERING INFORMATION FROM
ALL OVER THE GLOBE AND PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER,
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SINCE A CAREER IN INTELLIGENCE CAN TAKE AN ALMOST INFINITE
NUMBER OF FORMS, PERHAPS IT WOULD BE MORE HELPFUL FOR ME TO CONCLUDE
BY TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE MORE GENERAL STANDARDS AND
QUALIFICATIONS WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN NEW RECRUITS. FIRST OF ALL,
WHILE INTELLIGENCE MAY SOUND SHADOWY AND OUT OF SIGHT, MOST OF US
ARE NOT. OUR PEOPLE AT HEADQUARTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO HAVE CLOSE
AND ACTIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN THE
POLICY COMMUNITY -- THEY CAN'T DO THEIR JOB OTHERWISE. BUT WE DON'T
STOP THERE, IF WE FAIL TO TAP THE IMPRESSIVE SOURCE OF EXPERTISE IN
THIS COUNTRY OUTSIDE OF GOVERNMENT, OUR OWN CAPITAL STOCK OF
KNOWLEDGE WILL RAPIDLY DEPLETE. WE WORK HARD TO MAINTAIN A
PRODUCTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE ACADEMIC AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY. IN
OTHER WORDS, WE DON'T WORK IN A CLOISTER AND WE ARE NOT PARTICULARLY
INTERESTED IN PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR THAT WORK STYLE,
NOR IS CIA THE PLACE FOR TENDER EGOS OR SHRINKING VIOLETS.
INTELLIGENCE IS NOT COLLECTED OR ANALYZED IN IVORY TOWERS. THE
DEBATES AND CLASHES OF IDEAS CAN GET ROUGH. NO ONE'S VIEWS, FROM MY
OWN TO THOSE OF THE MOST JUNIOR ANALYSTS, ARE PROTECTED FROM
CHALLENGE. NOR IS CIA THE PLACE FOR THE CYNICAL OR THE MERELY
CURIOUS. WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE AWARE OF THE WORLD AND
WHO ARE READY AND WILLING TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO SERVE THEIR
COUNTRY IN A CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT WHERE ONE PERSON CAN INDEED
MAKE A DIFFERENCE, WE CAN OFFER YOUR CLIENTS AN HONORABLE,
REWARDING AND CHALLENGING CAREER. AS ONE TESTAMENT TO THAT, WE HAVE
ONE OF THE LOWEST PERSONNEL ATTRITION RATES OF ANY U.S. GOVERNMENT
AGENCY.
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WE WORK HARD AT RECRUITING JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. ONE PART OF
OUR EFFORT IS TO BRING COLLEGE PLACEMENT DIRECTORS TO CIA FOR A
TWO-DAY SEMINAR DURING WHICH WE EXPLAIN IN SOME DETAIL WHAT WE DO,
THE KIND OF PEOPLE WE NEED AND WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THROUGH OUR
RIGOROUS SCREENING PROCESS, WE'VE BROUGHT IN ABOUT 300 PLACEMENT
PEOPLE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. I DARE SAY THAT SOME OF YOU HERE
THIS MORNING HAVE VISITED US ALREADY AND I AM SURE THAT OTHERS OF
YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WHEN YOU
DO COME VISIT US, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TALK TO OUR NEW RECRUITS
DIRECTLY AND GET THEIR OWN ASSESSMENT OF THE PROFESSION I HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO DESCRIBE. I THINK YOU'LL BE IMPRESSED, I CERTAINLY HOPE
SO BECAUSE WE DO NEED YOUR SUPPORT.
I HAVE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND IN VERY LITTLE TIME. I WILL STOP
NOW AND BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN YOUR QUESTIONS.
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