REMARKS BY WILLIAM H. WEBSTER DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BEFORE THE DARTMOUTH WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL DARTMOUTH COLLEGE HANOVER, NH OCTOBER 20, 1987

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REMARKS
BY
WILLIAtd H. WEBSTER
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
BEFORE THE
DARTMOUTH WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
HANOVER, NH
OCTOBER 20, 1987
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NEW CHALLENGES FOR INTELLIGENCE:
THE PROBLEMS OF TERRORISM AND NARCOTICS
IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK AT DART140UTH, ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME OF
YEAR. IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE MY LAST VISIT--45 YEARS TO BE
EXACT. WE WERE AT WAR. MOST OF US IN COLLEGE WERE WAITING TO BE
CALLED UP BY THE RESERVE UIJITS IN WHICH IJE WERE ENLISTED. SOME WERE
WAITING TO BE DRAFTED. GASOLINE RATIONING WAS IN EFFECT AIJD THERE
WERE VERY FEW CARS AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS. S0, A FRIEND AND I DID IT
THE HARD WAY. WE HITCHHIKED, BUT THE LAST TEtJ MILES WERE LITERALLY
ItJ THE BACK OF A HAY WAGON, AT NIGHT, AtJO WITH NO AUTUMN h1001J. AND
OF COURSE NO CO-EDS WERE AT HANOVER. BUT AT LAST WE h1ADE IT.
THAT SAME YEAR, AS I RECALL, AMHERST HAD THE TEh1ERITY TO
CHALLENGE DARTMOUTH TO FOOTBALL. WE WERE DEFEATED 40 TO NOTHING.
IT PRODUCED A POPULAR BALLAD OF THE DAY CALLED "WE'LL BE THERE BY
HALFTIME." I DON'T KNOIJ THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT. I WAS DISCUSSING
IT AT BREAKFAST WITH SENATOR KENIJEDY AND HE SAID THAT IT WASN'T T00
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THE SAh1E SCORE. SO THERE'S SOtdE ROOM FOR HUMILITY FOR ALL OF US.
WHILE I WAS HERE, I STAYED ON CAtdPUS WITH A GOOD FRIEND FROM
HOME IN MISSOURI. HE HAD BEEN CAPTAIN OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
TEAM, A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAh1, AND WAS NOT LACKING IN COURAGE, BUT HE
WAS CONFRONTING A DIFFICULT DECISIOPJ: HIS DEEP PERSONAL RELIGIOUS
CONVICTION SUPPORTING LIFE AND HIS OPPOSITION TO WAR. THE EVENING
WAS A LOtJG ONE IN THE BASEMENT OF THE PSI U HOUSE AS WE EACH TRIED
TO ARTICULATE OUR PERSONAL SENSE OF DUTY ANO OUR OBLIGATIOtJ TO OUR
COUNTRY AND TO OUR HIGHEST SENSE OF RIGHT.
IN THE MONTHS AND YEARS THAT FOLLOWED, EACH OF US WENT HIS
CHOSEN WAY. MY PATH TOOK ME IFJTO THE NAVY IN WORLD WAR II AND THE
KOREAN WAR AND LATER IN AND OUT OF PUBLIC SERVICE. HIS PATH TOOK
HIM TO DIVINITY SCHOOL AND A DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN THE DEPARTtdENT
OF RELIGION AT DARTMOUTH AND IN SERVICE TO CHURCHES IN AtJD AROUND
HANOVER.
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IN THE ENSUING YEARS, WAR AND THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM BOTH OF
THE MIND AND THE SPIRIT HAVE TAKEN MANY FORMS. THE CAPACITY OF
NATIONS AND MOVEMENTS IN THE WORLD TO DO DAMAGE TO EACH OTHER AND
EVEN TO DESTROY CIVILIZATION AS WE KNOW IT HAS GROWPJ TO AN EXTENT
NEVER DREAMED OF OR DISCUSSED IN THAT LONG NIGHT IN HANOVER SO MANY
YEARS AGO.
AND WtiILE MY GOOD FRIEND AND I MIGHT STILL FIND DIFFERENCES IN
APPROACHES TO OUR NATION'S PROBLEt~1S AND THE WORLD'S ILLS, I AM SURE
THAT WE COULD AGREE AT LEAST UPON THIS, THAT, AS ED1+IUND BURKE WROTE
NEARLY 200 YEARS AGO, "THE ONLY THING NECESSARY FOR THE TRIUMPH OF
EVIL IS FOR GOOD 1~1EN TO DO IJUTHING."
THERE ARE MANY, MANY THREATS TO OUR WATIONAL SECURITY AND TO THE
PEACE AND SECURITY OF THE FREE WORLD IN MANY, MANY PLACES T00
IJUMEROUS TO DISCUSS TONIGHT. IT IS ENOUGH TO SUGGEST THAT THIS HAS
QEEN A VERY BUSY SUMMER AND IS LIKELY TO 13E A VERY BUSY FALL. WHILE
YOU MAY WISH IN THE QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD TO RAISE OTHER
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SPECIFIC ISSUES, AIJD I'LL WELCOME THEM, I HAVE DECIDED TO TALK TO
YOU TONIGHT ABOUT TNO PROBLEMS WHICH IIJDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY
HAVE UNSETTLED THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN MANY COUNTRIES AND HAVE HAD A
SPECIAL IMPACT UPON OUR OIJN CITIZENS 60TH HERE AND ABROAD. I PROPOSE
TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE INTELLIGENCE COMt~1UNITY AND THE LAW ENFORCEt+IENT
COMMUFJITY ARE NOIJ WORKING IN CONCERT TO DEAL WITH THE TWIN SCOURGES
OF TERRORISt?1 AND tJARCOTICS AROUtJD THE WORLD.
LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS STILL DIRECTOR OF THE FBI, I SPOKE TO THE
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION IN NEW YORK AND OFFERED THE CONCLUSION THAT
THERE WERE FOUR KEY INGREDIENTS IN DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM
AGAINST TERRORISM: BETTER INTELLIGENCE, EFFECTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT,
INCREASED COOPERATION, AND AN INFORh1ED PUBLIC. NOIJ THAT I HAVE
F10VED OUT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT INTO FULL-TIME INTELLIGENCE WORK, I'M
DEVELOPING SOME NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE TERRORIST ISSUE.
NEVERTHELESS, I BELIEVE THAT THESE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF A
COUNTEROFFENSIVE STILL APPLY.
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TERRORISM IS THE ANTITHESIS OF CIVILIZED BEHAVIOR AS WE KNOW IT
YET, IT HAS BECOt4E A MAJOR FACTOR IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. IF WE
THINY. OF TERRORISM IN PURELY POLITICAL TERMS, IT INHIBITS COLLECTIVE
ACTIOid. I THINY. WE ARE FAR BETTER SERVED IF WE THINK OF TERRORISM
IN TERMS OF WHAT IT REALLY IS. TERRORISM IS CRIME. WHENEVER
INNOCENT VICTIMS ARE THE SUBJECT OF VIOLENCE FOR POLITICAL REASONS,
FAR AWAY FROM THE SCENE OF COtJFLICT, UIJDER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT IJOULD
BE CRIMINAL BY THE LAWS OF ANY CIVILIZED NATION--SUCH AS THE ACHILLE
LAURO--THEN THOSE ACTIONS ARE CRIMINAL. TERRORISM tAUST NOT BE
PROTECTED AND ITS PERPETRATORS t1UST NOT BE OFFERED SANCTUARY IN
FREEDOM-LOVING COUNTRIES.
TERRORISM FLOURISHES UNDER ITS SELF-PROCLAIMED BANNER OF
POLITICAL APJD SOCIAL REVOLUTION, BUT THE HIGH RHETORIC OF TERRORISM
IS USUALLY ACCOt'IPANIED BY VICIOUS ACTS OF VIOLENCE. I HAVE
REPEATEDLY TAKEN ISSUE WITH THOSE ldHO TALK ABOUT "WAGING WAR" ON
TERRORISM. Itd MY MIND THAT TENDS TO ELEVATE TERRORIST CONDUCT AND
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THE STATUS OF TERRORISM TO THAT OF A LEGITIMATE ACTIVITY. AFTER ALL,
THE ACT OF WAGItJG WAR IS A POLITICAL EXPRESSION. BUT TERRORISM IS
CRIME--ACTS OF TERRORISM ARE, BY ANY DEFINITION, CRIMINAL--AND I
SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD BETTER BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE
SCOURGE OF TERRORISM IF WE UNDERSTOOD IT FOR WHAT IT REALLY IS.
SOVIET DISSIDENT ANDREI SAKHAROV SUt4MED UP THE PROBLEM THIS WAY,
"NO MATTER HOW HIGH THE AIt4S PREDICATED BY TERRORISTS....THEIR
ACTIVITIES ARE ALWAYS CRIMINAL, ALWAYS DESTRUCTIVE, THROWING
HUMANKIND BACK TO A TIME OF LAWLESSNESS AtJD CHAOS, PROVIDING INTERNAL
AND INTERNATIOtdAL COt~IPLICATIOtJS, CONTRADICTING THE GOALS OF PEACE AND
PROGRESS."
TERRORISTS ALhtOST ALWAYS HAVE SOME POLITICAL PURPOSE IN MIND
WHEN THEY CARRY OUT THEIR CRIMINAL ACTS OF VIOLENCE. THE IMPACT IS
INTENDED TO REACH BEYOtJO THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL
ACTS OF TERRORISM. tJ0 TERRORIST ACT TODAY GOES UNNOTICED OR
UNREPORTED--AND TERRORISTS SOt+fETIMES OUTDO EACH OTHER TO CLAIM
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RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SAME TERRORIST ACT. THE PHONES IN THE
NEIJSROOMS ARE ALWAYS RINGING FOLLOWING SUCH AN INCIDENT. TERRORISTS
TAKE VIOLENT ACTION AGAINST EASY TARGETS PRIMARILY TO GAIN MEDIA
ATTENTION FOR ANY PARTICULAR CAUSE--IT IS THEATER: AS FRED
FRIEtJDLY, THE DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR EMERITUS AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
ONCE SAID, "TERRORISM...IS A SPECIES OF GUERRILLA WARFARE WHOSE
BATTLEFIELD IS THE TELEVISION SCREEN AtJD THE FRONT PAGE...."
THE PHEtJOMENOtJ OF TERRORISM HAS BEEN WITH US FOR CENTURIES, BUT
ITS NATURE HAS CHANGED IN RECENT YEARS. IT HAS BECOME t40RE INTENSE
AND t~10RE WIDESPREAD, AND ITS TARGETS HAVE GROWIJ. TERRORISTS HAVE
ATTACKED DIPLOMATS IN EIdBASSIES, PASSENGERS ON AIRPLANES, TRAVELERS
OIJ TRAINS AND SHIPS, TOURISTS IN HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS, AND CLERICS
IN CHURCHES AIJD SYNAGOGUES. GEORGE HABBASH, THE LEADER OF THE
NOTORIOUS POPULAR FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE, SAID IN
1970, "IN TODAY'S WORLD, NO ONE IS 'INtJOCENT', NO ONE IS 'NEUTRAL. "'
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IN OUR MODERN WORLD, TERRORISM TAKES ADVANTAGE OF SOPHISTICATED
WEAPOtJRY, ADVANCED ELECTRONICS, AND It4PROVED CO(~t4UNICATION. BUT
MORE ItAPORTANT, TERRORISM HAS BECOME A TOOL OF INTERNATIONAL
POLITICS BECAUSE SOf~E COUNTRIES ARE NOW DIRECTING, OR SPONSORING,
TERRORISM AS A PART OF THEIR FOREIGN POLICY. STATE-SPONSORED
TERRORISM IS MORE DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE SUCH SPONSORSHIP,
At40NG OTHER THINGS, t4EANS THAT TERRORISTS GAIN ACCESS TO DIPLOMATIC
POUCHES--ESSENTIALLY SECURE MEANS FOR MOVING FUNDS, WEAPONS, AND
MESSAGES. THEY GET REAL AND FALSE DOCUtdENTATION FOR TRAVEL AND
COVER. THEY RECEIVE TRAINING AND INTELLIGENCE. THEY GAIN A SAFE
HAVEN IN THE SPOtSORING COUNTRY, REDUCING THEIR VULNERABILITY. AND,
OF COURSE, THEY GET FUNDING.
THE OBJECTIVES OF COUNTRIES SPONSORING TERRORISTS ARE PLAIN. IN
THE CASE OF LIBYA, COLONEL QADHAFI SEEKS TO USE TERRORISM TO PROMOTE
HIS VOLATILE BRAND OF ISLAMIC RADICALISM AND PAN-ARAB NATIONALISM.
IRAN USES TERROR TO EXPORT ITS OWN VERSIOW OF ISLAMIC REVOLUTION
THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST. BOTH EMPLOY TERRORISTS TO ELIMINATE
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THEIR ENEMIES OVERSEAS, ESPECIALLY EXILED DISSIDENTS, AND IF THE ACTS
OF VIOLENCE KILL OR MAIM INIJOCENT VICTIMS, THAT MATTERS NOT AT ALL.
REACTIONS TO TERRORISM AND EFFORTS TO DEAL WITH THIS SCOURGE
HAVE VARIED AROUND THE WORLD. PROt?10TING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
AGAINST TERRORISI~1 HAS BEEN EXTREt4ELY DIFFICULT. PART OF THE PROBLEM
LIES IN THE FACT THAT MANY COUNTRIES ARE NOT OPPOSED TO ALL ACTS OF
TERRORISM, BUT ONLY TO THE ACTS OF CERTAIN TERRORIST GROUPS. SOh1E
IJATIONS HAVE FOUND OCCASIOtJAL TERRORIST ACTIVITY TO BE CONVENIENT
BECAUSE IT IS UNSETTLING TO THEIR OPPONENTS. OTHERS IN THE PAST
HAVE TAKEN THE SOFT ROUTE, SEEKING ACCO1~t~10DATI0N WITH TERRORISTS IPJ
EXCHANGE FOR THE TERRORISTS NOT STRIKING AT THEM. AND TODAY, THESE
COUNTRIES ARE REAPING THE REWARD.
IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS WE HAVE MADE CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS IN
TURNING AROUND EUROPEAN CONCEPTIONS OF TERRORISM AS POLITICAL AND
THEREFORE BEYOND INTELLIGENCE AND LAW ENFORCEt~1ENT INVOLVEMENT: FIRST
WITH THE UIJITED NATIONS CONGRESS OtJ CRIME IN MILAN, WHICH I ATTENDED
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WITH MANY OTHERS, FOLLOWED BY THE SUMMIT MEETING IN TOKYO, AND THEN
THE UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION COtJDEi4NING TERRORISM. THE TREVI
GROUPS, THE GROUPS OF MIiJISTERS OF INTERIOR AND OF JUSTICE OF THE
EUROPEAN COf+~4UNITY, HAVE NOW BECOt4E EFFECTIVE ADVOCATES OF COLLECTIVE
ACTIONS AGAINST TERRORISM. AND INTERPOL, THE ONLY INTERNATIONAL
POLICE ORGANIZATIOIJ IN THE WORLD, FINALLY GOT OFF THE DIME ON THE
QUESTIOIJ OF WHETHER OR IJOT TERRORISM FELL WITHIN THEIR PROTECTIVE
ARTICLE III ABOUT FREE SPEECH, RELIGIOtJ, AND SO ON; INTERPOL AGREED
THAT UNDER THESE DESCRIBED CIRCUMSTANCES TERRORISM WAS CRIMINAL AND
THEREFORE THEY COULD COOPERATE AMOtJG MEMBERS IN IDENTIFYING,
LOCATING, AIJD CAUSING THE ARRESTS OF WAtJTED TERRORISTS. THOSE WERE
MAJOR STEPS FORWARD.
ON THE DOMESTIC SCENE IT SEEMS UIJLIKELY THAT INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISTS WILL EVER BUILD A SOLID BASE OF SUPPORT IN OUR COUNTRY--
THIS JUST IS NOT FERTILE GROUND FOR TERRORISM. THE REASOtJ, I THINK,
IS THAT WE POSSESS IN OUR CONSTITUTION A VEHICLE FOR PEACEFUL CHANGE
AND THAT EVERYOtJE HERE KNOWS IT. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT TERRORISTS
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CAN'T COt4MIT A TERRORIST ACT NERE, BECAUSE TNEY D0, BUT IT DOES MEAN
THAT THEY'RE tJOT LIKELY TO GAIN A BASE OF SUPPORT. DOMESTIC
TERRORISM AIMED AT OUR OWN INTERNAL SYSTEM IS NOT tJOW A SERIOUS
THREAT. WITHIN OUR BORDERS, WE HAVE SEEN A HEARTENING DROP IN THE
tJUM6ER OF TERRORIST INCIDENTS, IN STARK CONTRAST TO THE REST OF THE
WORLD. IN 1977, JUST BEFORE I CAME ON BOARD, THE FBI RECORDED 112
TERRORIST INCIDENTS IN THIS COUNTRY; BY 1983, THAT WAS DOWN TO 31;
13 IN 1984; 7 IN 1985; AtJD THERE WERE 17 LAST YEAR. ONE IN PUERTO
RICO, ONE ItJ NEW YORK, AND THE REST IN COEUR D'ALENE, IDAHO. AND
WITH OIJLY ONE OF THESE INCIDENTS RESULTED IN DEATH. THIS DESPITE
THE FACT THAT WE REPEATEDLY INVITED TERRORIST INCIDENTS WITH SUCH
WORLDWIDE EVENTS AS THE PAN At~1ERICAN GAt~1ES, THE WINTER OLYt4PICS, THE
OLYI.IPICS IN LOS ANGELES, AND THE STATUE OF LIBERTY EXERCISES WHERE
THERE WERE 20,000 BOATS IN NEW YORK HARBOR. OF COURSE, I THINK I
HAVE TO SAY WITH SOME PRIDE, THAT THE FBI'S EFFORTS IN THIS ARENA
CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO DECREASING THE SITUATIOtJ, AS WE
DEVELOPED--WITH Y.IJOWLEDGE OF THE TERRORISTS THROUGH THE HOSTAGE
RESCUE TEAId, COMPUTERS AND OTHER TECHNIQUES--AN AWARENESS THAT WE
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1JERE PREPARED TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF TERRORIST INCIDENTS AtJO PREVENT
THEt~1 FR011 HAPPENING.
I t4UST SAY IN THIS CONNECTION THAT OUR LEADERSHIP ROLE ItJ THE
PERSIAN GULF AND IN OTHER AREAS ON BEHALF OF FREEOOt4 NECESSARILY
INCREASES THE POTENTIAL FOR RETALIATION AT HOME IN THE FORESEEABLE
FUTURE.
BUT FROt4 MY EXPERIENCE AT THE FBI, AND tJOW AT THE CIA, I CAN SAY
THAT THIS COUNTRY IS WELL-EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH INTERNATIONAL
TERRORIST ACTIVITIES THAT t~1AY BE IMPORTED TO THE UNITED STATES. I
CAtJ'T SAY THAT THEY WILL NOT OCCUR, BUT I BELIEVE THAT OUR SPECIAL
CAPABILITIES, INCLUDING VERY GOOD INTELLIGENCE, WILL, IN h1ANY CASES,
PREVENT THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY FROId HAPPENING OR FROM SUCCEEDING.
IN COtJTRAST TO THE DOtdESTIC SCENE, OUR INTERESTS OVERSEAS OFFER
TEMPTING TARGETS. IT'S EASIER THERE. ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD WE
LACK THE SAME RESOURCES AND THE SAME ABILITY TO CONTROL TFIE
SITUATION AS WE HAVE HERE IN OUR OWN COUNTRY. FOR EXAMPLE, SINCE
THE BEGINNING OF 1982, AMERICANS AND Ah1ERICAN INTERESTS HAVE BEEN
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VICTIMS IN AT LEAST ONE OF EVERY FOUR TERRORIST INCIDENTS OVERSEAS.
THAT, IN TURN, AFFECTS OUR VERY HIGHLY CHERISHED RIGHT TO TRAVEL AND
MOVE ABOUT. AMERICANS FROh1 TIME TO TIh1E INCREASINGLY BECOME AFRAID
TO h10VE ABROAD.
THE INTELLIGENCE COf4t4UNITY HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN THIS
EFFORT SINCE IT IS NOT PURELY A LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORT. THE
INTRICATE FINANCIAL, OPERATIONAL, RECRUITMENT, AND SUPPORT NETWORKS
USED 8Y INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM FORCE US TO PLACE A HIGH PREIdIUM ON
THE COLLECTION OF PRECISE, ACCURATE INTELLIGENCE. WHEREVER THEY
LIVE, INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS BAND TOGETHER IN IDEOLOGICAL CELLS
AND ARE AS DIFFICULT TO PENETRATE AS THEY ARE TO UNDERSTAND.
CONSEQUEtJTLY, GOOD INTELLIGENCE IS HARD TO COME BY, AND THE
INTELLIGENCE THAT IS DEVELOPED COMES IN FRAGMENTS THAT DO NOT FALL
EASILY INTO MEANINGFUL PATTERNS. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE
HIGHEST PROFESSIONAL ABILITY BE BROUGHT TO BEAR TO SIFT, ANALYZE,
ANU PUT TOGETHER IN A MEANINGFUL FORM THESE BITS AND PIECES OF
INFORMATION GATHERED AROUtJD THE WORLD tJOT ONLY BY HUMAN INTELLIGENCE,
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BUT BY ELECTRONIC AND SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE, IMAGERY INTELLIGENCE FROM
SATELLITES PICTURES, COUPLED, AS I SAID, WITH HIGH-LEVEL
PROFESSIONAL ANALYSIS.
UfJTIL THREE YEARS AGO, THE POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
WAS ESSENTIALLY A DEFENSIVE ONE. BUT THE PASSAGE OF NEW LEGISLATION
AND MOVES BY THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH BEGAN TO CHANGE THAT PICTURE. IN
1984, THE CONGRESS ENACTED STATUTES TI~AT CREATED WHAT h1IGHT BE CALLED
EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION TO fMY.E IT A FEDERAL CRIME TO TAKE
HOSTAGE AIJ AIRPLANE OR SHIP CONTAINING AMERICAN CITIZENS. IN 1986,
THAT LAW WAS FURTHER EXPANDED TO h1AKE VARIOUS COMMON CRIMES--MURDER,
ASSAULT, AtJD OTHER ACTS OF VIOLENCE--AGAINST U.S. PERSONS IN A
TERRORIST INCIDENT A FEDERAL OFFENSE. THIS GAVE THE FBI ADDITIONAL
EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. IT DIDN'T MEAN THAT THE FBI OR OTHER
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEhtEtJT AGENCIES HAD THE RIGHT TO GO TO ROME TO MAKE
AN ARREST OR PROSECUTE SOMEBODY. ALL THAT WE DID OR COULD DO IN
INVESTIGATItJG CRIh1ES AGAINST U.S. PERSOfJS ABROAD WOULD BE WITH THE
SUPPORT AND THE COOPERATION OF THE EXISTIFJG LAW ENFORCEf+IENT AWD
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INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES IN THE HOST COUNTRIES. ANO S0, A VERY
IMPORTANT GROWING LIAISON EFFORT HAS BEEN UNDERWAY.
LAST MONTH, A LEBANESE MAN NAh1ED FAWAZ YOUNIS WAS CHARGED IN THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WITH TAKItJG HOSTAGE IN 1985 THE PASSENGERS AND
CREW OF A ROYAL JORDANIAN AIRLINER WITH AMERICAN CITIZENS ON BOARD.
YOUNIS WAS ARRESTED BY SPECIAL AGENTS OF THE FBI IN ItJTERWATI01dAL
WATERS AtJO FLOWPJ TO THE UNITED STATES. THIS WAS THE FIRST ARREST BY
THE UNITED STATES UtJDER THE EXPANDED LAWS. AS PRESIDENT REAGAN HAS
SAID, TERRORISTS THROUGHOUT THE WORIU MUST KtJ01J THAT "THEY CAN RUN,
BUT THEY CAN'T HIDE."
IN GOItJG ON THE OFFENSIVE AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT STARTED TO SEEK AREAS OF TERRORIST
VULNERABILITY, TO DISRUPT THEIR NETWORKS, TO DIMINISH THE APPEAL OF
THEIR PROPAGAFJDA, TO UNDERt+fINE THE LINKAGES BETWEEN TERRORISTS AND
THEIR STATE SPOIJSORS.
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IN FEBRUARY 1986, THE CIA ESTABLISHED A COUNTERTERRORIST CENTER
TO FOCUS ITS RESOURCES 70 SUPPORT THIS NEW POLICY. WE BROUGi~T
OPERATIONS OFFICERS, ANALYSTS, ENGINEERS, SCIENTISTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS,
~~EAPONS AND EXPLOSIVES EXPERTS, TRANSPORTATIOtJ AND SUPPORT PERSOIJIJEL
UIJDER ONE ROOF, AtJD UNDER ONE CHAIN OF COMMAND. THIS ASSEt16LAGE OF
EXPERTS ALLOWS US TO IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE COUNTERTERRORIST
PROGRAM BASED ON SYSTEMATIC EXPLOITATION OF ALL-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE
AND IN-DEPTH TARGET ANALYSIS OF THE GROUPS AND STATES RESPOtJSIBLE
ItJ THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA, THE UNITED STATES GOVERIJMENT
CONTINUES TO TAKE THE LEAD IN A WORLDWIDE COUNTERTERRORISM NETWORK
MADE UP OF THE INTELLIGENCE, SECURITY, AtJD POLICE ORGANIZATIONS OF
LIKE-h1IIJDEO COUNTRIES AND WE'RE GETTING t4UCH BETTER AT IT. WITHIN
THIS NETWORK WE SHARE INFORtMTIOtJ AND TECHNICAL RESOURCES, WE WORK
TOGETHER OPERATIONALLY, WE PROVIDE TRAINING, AHD WE ISSUE THREAT
ALERTS AND WARNIIJGS.
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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AT THIS LEVEL HAS It+1PROVED
IMMEASURABLY--THE PROCESS DOES WORK. IN SEVERAL INSTANCES, THE CIA
PROVIDED SPECIFIC INTELLIGENCE AND PROMPT WARNING THAT DIRECTLY
ENABLED FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS TO ARREST TERRORISTS AND THWART THEIR
DESIGtJS. AS A RESULT OF NEW POLICIES ON TERRORISM, INTERPOL WAS
ABLE FINALLY TO PUT OUT A RED FLASH NOTICE AT OUR GOYERNtdENT'S
REQUEST RESULTING IN THE ARREST IIJ WEST GERMAtJY OF THE TERRORIST
MUHAt41~?1AD HAMMADI, CHARGED WITH 7HE HIJACKING OF TWA FLIGHT 847. IN
ADDITIOtJ TO IMPROVED US-EUROPEAN COOPERATION AGAINST TERRORISM, MANY
EUROPEAN NATIOIJS HAVE FOCUSED THEIR EFFORTS ON CLOSER SCREENItJG OF
INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS, TIGHTEtJING UP AIRPORT SECURITY AND STRICTER'
BORDER COIJTROL. ALL OF THIS BENEFITS US AS CITIZENS TRAVELING
ABROAD. THESE STEPS PROBABLY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CURRENT LULL
ItJ 61AJOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST INCIDEtJTS IN WESTERN EUROPE.
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND INTELLIGENCE
tJOW LET ME TURN TO THE PROBLEM OF INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
TRAFFICKItJG. THE CIA AND THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ARE DEEPLY
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INVOLVED TODAY, TO AN UNPRECEDENTED EXTENT, IN THE WAR THE UNITED
STATES IS FIGHTING AGAINST ILLICIT DRUGS. THE DRUG THREAT TO THE
UNITED STATES ITSELF IS ACUTE, PARTICULARLY WHEN MEASURED BY THE
DEBILITATING EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE AND THE PROBLEM OF DRUG-RELATED
CRIME. DRUGS CAUSE MORE CRIME, CORRUPT MORE LAW EtJFORCEtdENT AtJD
PUBLIC OFFICIALS, AND UNDERCUT CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT MORE THAN
ANY OTHER FACTOR, IN MY VIEW, IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY. BUT THE MULTI-
BILLIOIJ DOLLAR INTERNATIOIJAL NARCOTICS TRADE POSES A THREAT TO OUR
SECURITY INTERESTS THAT GOES FAR BEYOND THE DRUG PROBLEM ITSELF.
ItJCREASINGLY, DEMOCRATIC NATIOtJS ARE CONFRONTED BY POWERFUL
TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN CORRUPT AND UNDERMItJE THEIR
POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SECURITY INSTITUTIONS. IN LESS SECURE
NATIONS, SOME INSURGENT GROUPS ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN TRAFFICKING
AND ARE USING DRUG MONEY AND Sh1UGGLIIJG NETWORKS TO HELP SUSTAIN
OPERATIONS. WE KNOW THERE IS AT LEAST SPORADIC INVOLVEMENT BETWEEN
SOME TERRORIST GROUPS AND TRAFFICKERS. IN FACT, TERRORISTS AND
TRAFFICKERS HAVE A LOT IN COh1MON. BOTH OPERATE UNDERGROUIJD, 60TH
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ARE WILLING TO USE VIOLENCE. BOTH WANT ACCESS TO EASY MONEY. AND
60TH ARE INVOLVED IN VARIOUS FORMS OF SMUGGLING OPERATIONS. THEY
OUGHT NOT TO BE MELDED IN YOUR THINKING BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT.
AND IF WE CEASE TO REALIZE THE DIFFERENCES BECAUSE OF THE
SIMILARITIES WE WILL NOT USE THE RIGHT APPROACH IN SOLVING THE
PROBLEM.
IN LATE 1984, I THINK THERE IS A GOOD EXAt4PLE OF HOIJ TERRORIST
ACTIVITIES AfJD NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING SOMETIt~1ES MIX. IN THAT CASE, A
COOPERATING WITNESS CAME TO THE FBI AFTER HE WAS APPROACHED BY SOME
PEOPLE WHO WERE INTERESTED IN OVERTHROWING THE GOVERNMENT OF HONDURAS
AND IN ASSASSINATING PRESIDENT SUAZO THESE PEOPLE WERE LOOKING FOR A
HIT MAN TO CARRY OUT THE OPERATION. THE FBI ARRANGED FOR THE
COOPERATING WITNESS TO INTRODUCE AN UNDERCOVER AGENT TO THE GROUP.
THE PLOTTERS STRUCK A DEAL WITH THE FBI'S AGENT AND AGREED TO PAY
HIM $300,000 FOR THE ASSASSINATIOfJ.
DURING THE INVESTIGATION, THE FBI FOUND OUT THAT MEMBERS OF THE
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GROUP WERE ALSO INVOLVED IIJ DRUG TRAFFICKING, AND THEY INVITED THE
UNDERCOVER AGENT INTO A PREVIOUSLY ARRANGED DRUG DEAL. THE FBI
BROUGHT DOWN THE OPERATION BY ARRESTING EIGHT OF THE PLOTTERS. THE
NINTH CONSPIRATOR, GENERAL BUESO ROSA, WHO WAS SERVING AS HONDURAN
h11LITARY ATTACHE IN CHILE AT THE TIME, WAS ARRESTED IN NOVEMBER 1985
AFTER HIS EXTRADITION FROM CHILE. IN ADDITION TO PREVENTING THE
ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT SUAZO, THE FBI SEIZED A TWIN ENGINE
AIRPLANE, TWO SMALL JET AIRPLANES, A 158 FOOT FREIGHTER COfdVERTED TO
CARRY MARIJUANA, AfdD PERHAPS t~OST SIGNIFICANTLY, 345 KILOS OF
COCAINE--VALUED AT MORE THAN X10 t+1ILLI0N. THE COCAINE WAS BROUGHT
TO THIS COUNTRY AS A CONVENIENT l1ETHOD OF EXCHANGE AND A QUICK WAY
OF RAISING MOtJEY TO FINANCE THE RESOLUTION.
THE EBB AtJD FLOtJ OF VIOLENCE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PART OF THE DRUG
TRADE, BUT TRAFFICKERS INCREASINGLY ARE RESORTING TO TERRORIST
TACTICS, PARTICULARLY IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS COLOMBIA. WE ARE
STARTING TO SEE AN UtJPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF DRUG-RELATED VIOLENCE THAT
GOES BEYOND THAT WHICH CAN REASONABLY BE ASSOCIATED WITH MERE
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CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. TRAFFICKERS HAVE BEGUN TO STRIKE BOLDLY AT
VISIBLE SYMBOLS OF LAW AND ORDER IN A SYSTEMATIC ATTEMPT TO
INTIMIDATE AND DETER THE GOVERNt+1ENT FROM PURSUING STRONG
ANTINARCOTICS POLICIES, WHICH A FEW YEARS AGO IT WAS BUSILY
PROVIDING AN EXAMPLE TO ALL OF CENTRAL AFJD SOUTH AMERICA. IN
IJOVEMBER 1985, THE COLOMBIAN PALACE OF JUSTICE WAS BLOWtJ UP. THIS
VIOLENCE CONTINUED IN 1986 WITH THE ASSASSINATIONS OF A SUPREME
COURT JUDGE, TWO JOURNALISTS, AN AIRLINES OFFICIAL, AND TWO SENIOR
LAW. ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. HARDLY A WEEP. GOES BY THAT I DON'T READ
IN THE TRAFFIC OF ANOTHER MAJOR COLOMBIAN OFFICIAL SUBJECTED TO A
TERRORIST THREAT. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE FUIJDAt4ENTAL DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN THE AIMS OF DRUG TRAFFICKERS AND INSURGENT OR TERRORIST
GROUPS, THE SYSTEMATIC USE OF VIOLENCE BY DRUG TRAFFICKERS THREATENS
TO ERODE THE AUTHORITY AND THE STABILITY OF GOVERNt4ENTS IN THE SAME
MAIJNER AS t40RE TRADITIOtJAL TERRORIST ACTS.
THE INTELLIGENCE COMf?1UNITY IS A VITAL AND RECOGNIZED PLAYER IN
THE NATIONAL DRUG STRATEGY PROMULGATED BY THE WHITE HOUSE IN 1984,
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TO PREVEtJT DRUG ABUSE AND FIGHT DRUG TRAFFICKING AS IT APPEARS IN
THE UNITED STATES. IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A SIXFOLD
INCREASE WITHIN THE INTELLIGENCE COMI4UNITY OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY
SPEtJT TO COMBAT INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN
AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO WORK
IN THIS AREA. NARCOTICS INTELLIGENCE IS AMONG THE HIGHEST OF ALL
PRIORITY TARGETS IN OUR FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE EFFORT.
AS THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE, I AM A MEMBER OF THE
NATIONAL DRUG POLICY BOARD, CHAIRED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. THE
BOARD PURSUES THREE INTERRELATED GOALS: FIRST, TO REDUCE THE DEMAND
FOR ILLEGAL DRUGS THROUGH EDUCATION, MEDICAL REHABILITATION, AtJD
MEDICAL RESEARCH. SECOND, TO REDUCE THE SUPPLY OF ILLEGAL DRUGS BY
USING INTERDICTION EFFORTS, PROSECUTIONS, AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT
TECHNIQUES. AND FINALLY, TO REDUCE THE SUPPLY OF ILLEGAL DRUGS BY
FOSTERING LOWERED PRODUCTION IN THE WORLD'S NARCOTICS SOURCE AREAS.
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AN EXAMPLE OF INTERDICTION INVOLVING VERY G000 INTELLIGENCE AND
EFFECTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT OCCURRED WHEN DRUG ENFORCEMENT
ADMINISTRATION AGENTS WERE ABLE TO PICK UP ETHYL ETHER, WHICH IS A
NECESSARY PRECURSOR IN THE REFINING PROCESS WHICH CONVERTS COCAINE
BASE INTO COCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE. A TRANSMITTER WAS PLACED IN
BARRELS OF THE PRECUSOR PRODUCT AND THE BARRELS WERE TRACKED FROt~t
INDIANA TO LOUISIANA WHERE THEY WERE SHIPPED TO CARTAGENA,
COL0146IA. IRONIC THAT WE ARE SUPPLYING A PRECURSOR PRODUCT FOR THE
USE OF PRODUCTION OF COCAINE IN COLOMBIA. FROM THERE, THE BARRELS
t9ERE SUCCESSFULLY TRACKED TO CAQUETA, COLOMBIA, WHERE A COCAINE
MANUFACTURING SITE WAS IDENTIFIED 500 MILES FROM THE NEAREST ROADS,
UTILIZING ADVANCED INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES. COLOt4BIAN NATIONAL
POLICE WERE TIPPED OFF AtdO SUCCESSFULLY RAIDED THE SITE RESULTING IN
THE SEIZURE OF 10,000 KILOS OF COCAINE. I MIGHT ADD THAT ACCURATE
INTELLIGENCE ENABLED THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION TO FOREWARN
THE COLOMBIAtJ OFFICIALS THAT BARRELS HAD BEEN PLACED IN THE RUNWAY
OF THE AIRSTRIP.
THUS THEY USED HELICOPTERS FIRST TO CLEAR THE RUNWAY FOR THE OTHER
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AIRCRAFT AND MADE THE ASSAULT SUCCESSFULLY. VERY GOOD INTELLIGENCE
WORKING WITH VERY GOOD LAW ENFORCEMENT ON A COOPERATIVE BASIS. AND
OUT OF THAT PROCESS COMES MORE STRATEGY TO REDUCE THE AVAILABILITY
OF THOSE PRECURSORS WHICH ARE INDISPENSABLE TO THE PRODUCTION OF
COCAINE.
THE EFFORT TO CUT OFF THE SUPPLY OF ILLEGAL DRUGS REQUIRES
EXTENSIVE INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT. TIMELY AND USEFUL INTELLIGENCE,
BASICALLY TACTICAL IN NATURE, IS VITAL TO EFFECTIVE INVESTIGATIVE
AND INTERDICTIOIJ OPERATIONS. THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY NOW ASSISTS
DRUG AND LAi~! ENFORCEMENT AGEIJCIES BY SUPPLYING INTELLIGENCE
CONCERNING VIRTUALLY EVERY ASPECT OF INTERNATIONAL DRUG PRODUCTION
AND DISTRIBUTIOIJ, INCLUDING MONEY-LAUNDERING OPERATIONS, AND THE
ROLE OF POLITICAL FACTIONS, TERRORISTS, AIJD GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN
THE NARCOTICS TRADE. WE ALSO PROVIDE INTELLIGENCE ON THE POLITICAL,
SOCIAL, AND ECOIJOMIC IMPACT OF DRUG TRAFFICKING ON SOURCE AND
TRANSSHIPI4ENT COUNTRIES.
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WE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED OUR KIJOWLEDGE OF THE MAGNITUDE
AtJD DYNAMICS OF THE INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRADE AtJD THE CAPABILITIES OF
FOREIGN GOVERtJMENTS TO DEAL WITH IT. WE HAVE PROVIDED THE DEPARTh1ENT
OF STATE AND THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION WITH t4ARKEDLY
I14PROVED DATA ON DRUG CULTIVATION, REFINING, AND TRAFFICKING AROUhJD
THE WORLD. WE HAVE BECOME SHARPER IN DETECTING TRENDS IN DRUG
TRAFFICKING AND SPOTTING NEW ENTRIES IN THE TRADE. WE HAVE BECOME
MORE ADEPT AT ANALYZING OPERATIOtJS 8Y DRUG DEALERS AGAINST THE
POLITICAL, ECOtJOMIC, AND SECURITY INSTITUTIONS OF FOREIGN
COU-JTRIES. WE HAVE SUPPORTED NUMEROUS INTERNATIOIAL COOPERATIVE
EFFORTS TOWARD DRUG ERADICATION, DRUG INTERDICTION, AIJD DRUG LAW
ENFORCEMEIT. I WISH WE COULD SAY THAT WE WERE SUCCEEDING AND THE
DRUGS WERE DOWN. TFIEY'RE NOT, COCAINE IS UP. BUT IT SCARES ME TO
THINK ABOUT THE COFJDITION OF THIS COUtJTRY AND THE WORLD IF THIS
UNIFORf4 EFFORT HAD NOT STARTED WHEN IT DID.
DEALIWG WITH THE, NARCOTICS PROBLEM IS MUCH DIFFERENT FOR CIA
THAW IT IS FOR THE FBI. THE BUREAU IS IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
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BUSINESS--CIA IS, BY LAW, FORBIDDEN FROM ENGAGING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
OR INTERNAL SECURITY MATTERS. NEVERTHELESS, THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS
WOULD BE If4POSSIBLE WITHOUT GOOD INTELLIGENCE. AT THE SAME TIh1E,
LET ME ASSURE YOU THAT ALL THAT WE HAVE DOtJE IN THE COUIJTERNARCOTICS
FIELD HAS BEEtJ WITHIN CIA'S LEGAL CHARTER AS AN INTELLIGENCE
ORGAtJIZATI0IJ. THE INTELLIGENCE WE HAVE PROVIDED HAS AIDED EFFORTS
TO REDUCE THE SUPPLY OF DRUGS COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES AND TO
DEAL WITH THOSE RESPONSIBLE. OUR INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS OF THOSE
COUNTRIES HEAVILY ENGAGED IN THE CULTIVATION OF NARCOTICS HELP
POLICYI~IAKERS DEVELOP INITIATIVES AIJD ENIiAIJCE OUR COUIJTERNARCOTICS
EFFORT.
I HAVE USED THE PROBLEMS OF TERRORISht AND NARCOTICS TO SUGGEST
IN A VERY SMALL WAY THE MAGNITUDE OF THE OVERALL PROBLEMS CHALLENGING
OUR tJATIONAL SECURITY AND, INDEED, PEACE IN THE WORLD. WE FACE
OTHER PROBLEMS OF EQUAL OR GREATER IMPORTANCE AIJD MAGNITUDE. IT'S
VITAL THAT THIS COUIJTRY POSSESS THE INFORMATIOtJ, THE INTELLIGENCE,
SO THAT OUR LEADERS CAN MAKE WISE DECISIONS AFFECTING ALL OUR
LIVES.
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DANIEL WEBSTER EXPRESSED HIS HOPE FOR AMERICA WHEW HE SAID:
"MAY (THIS COUNTRY) BECOME A VAST AWD SPLENDID t40NUMENT, NOT OF
OPPRESSION AIJD TERROR, BUT OF WISDOM, OF PEACE, AND OF LIBERTY, UPON
WHICH THE WORLD MAY GAZE WITH ADt4IRATIOtJ FOREVER." CONTRIBUTIONS OF
THE INTELLIGENCE COMt4UJJITY TO THIS fJOBLE GOAL MUST BE MADE WITH DUE
REGARD FOR WHAT THIS COUtJTRY STANDS FOR. WE MUST WORK CLOSELY WITH
THOSE WHO MAKE THE POLICY RECOMh1ENDATIONS THAT DEFINE OUR PRESENT
AND SHAPE OUR FUTURE, PROVIDING OUR ASSESSMEtJTS OBJECTIVELY,
PROFESSIONALLY, HELPItJG TO PUT TRUTH INTO ACTION. WE MUST WORK WITH
THE COtJGRESSIONAL COI~MITTEES WHICH ACT IN SECRET h1ATTERS AS
SURROGATES FOR THE CONGRESS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AWD WE t~1UST BE
WORTHY OF THEIR TRUST. WE MUST DILIGENTLY CARRY OUT OUR ASSIGNMENTS
AROUND THE WORLD, HOWEVER DIFFICULT, WITH FIDELITY TO THE
COPJSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF OUR BELOVED COUNTRY. A NATION
DEDICATED TO THE RULE OF LAW CAN PROTECT ITSELF AND PRESERVE ITS
HERITAGE IN NU OTHER WAY.
WE WILL FIND IT DIFFICULT, IN THE END, TO CARRY OUT OUR
ENDEAVORS IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY WITHOUT THE SUPPORT AND
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ENCOURAGEMENT OF AN INFORMED AND UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC. I AM PLEASED,
THEREFORE, THAT YOU NAVE INVITED ME TO ADDRESS THIS FORUM AS A WAY
OF FOSTERING THE UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT THAT ARE SO VITAL TO OUR
MISSION.
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