SSCI PERSONNEL REVIEW TEAM MEETING WITH(SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01390R000600690012-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 2010
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: September 17, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/12/10: CIA-RDP90B01390R000600690012-6
0 C A F
OCA 86-3123
17 September 1986
SUBJECT: SSCI Personnel Review Team Meeting with
1. On 16 September 19861 ]Executive
Assistant to the Director, briefed Merrill Kelly and Natalie
Bocock of the SSCI personnel review team on personnel
practices in the Directorate of Operations. Kelly asked a
question about whether the Agency can project its needs for
She responded that
our plans are based on the substantive requirements which
change over time and on the personal qualifications for case
officers which have remained the same. She stressed that
the DO still looks for an individual who has intellectual
curiosity, foreign language aptitude and is a risk taker.
In more recent years consideration has been given to the
needs of tandem couples and to the use of women case
officers. She mentioned that at a recent conference senior
operations officers revalidated the traditional profile of
the case officer and also the validity of the CT approach to
train them.
2.] ]and Kelly discussed the merits of
specialists and generalists, recognizing that both are
needed in the mix of talent that the DO will use in the
future. She pointed out that the DO looks for people who
are interested in a second career, former military and those
who have special skills in addition to the entry level CTs.
She commented that we have enough candidates because we
offer a unique occupation, but we must seek quality. We
lose some people because they can't wait for the processing
and others for security reasons, but we see no reason to
change or lower our standards.
3. In light of thel (said that we
are making a greater effort to deal with personnel who have
lifestyle or other problems. We are also screening
applicants more carefully to weed out potential problems.
25X1
25X1
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/12/10: CIA-RDP90B01390R000600690012-6
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/12/10: CIA-RDP90B01390R000600690012-6
4. Bocock asked whether the DCI saw any major problems
in the DI replied that the Director is pleased
with the way it is "chugging along." He does have concern
about the lack of depth of experience. Next they discussed
the value we see in rotational assignments in the DI both
within the Directorate and outside it in the policy
community.
Office of Congressional Affairs
Distribution:
Original - OCA Record
1 - D/OCA
1 - EO/OCA
1 - OP/PA&E
1 - D/PERS
1 - O/Compt
1 - C/Mgmt Staff/DDA
1 - EA/DCI
1 -
- ~. rono
OCA (17 September 1986)
25X1
25X1
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/12/10: CIA-RDP90B01390R000600690012-6