DEGRADATION OF OPERATIONAL READINESS/MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT DUE TO PERSONNEL SECURITY INVESTIGATIVE SHORTFALLS

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CIA-RDP96M01138R001200020019-5
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5
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December 21, 2016
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June 3, 2008
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August 6, 1982
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MF
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Approved For Release 2008/06/04 :CIA-RDP96M01138R001200020019-5 ? ? ' THE OF ~'UTl' SCCR~; f'a~F2Y Of' D~(=~:~~JS:' . wnshiN:rrari? o c. a.~ao~ .. 6 AUG I9~2 1'{~:'~iORAJ`DUs"?1 i OR SFCR "iAjtIE5 ()F P~ILITARY D}i}'ARTI`IEiJTS CiiJ111t1+iAN, JOIIJT CIIIFFS OF STAFF llIRT:C1'ORS OF llEFDidSE AGF\'CIES S~J~JI:C~': Degradation of~Operational Readiness/Mission 1lccomplishmelit Due to Personnel Security Investigative Shortfal.ts Ttefcxencc iS *tlade to ,ity previous rcrlorandum, suhjact as above., cl~~tcci June 8, 1981, directing a number of p,c:rsonncl security policy changes des tined to rela::dy problems growing al.lt of irac:reasiJlc; investif;:ltive backlogs anct unctr_ceptab7.e. cor~l,x:ietion times. As pointc;d out then, those policies xemain in effect uliti.l _t },~? D~fc?nse Investigative Servico ~1~15? :?e~l!.lces -the baci:loc; to ?.0,000' cases--at. z?,hicl; tzl;lr. t}:e ), l..~i ii.~llc %i0I? anci pe.zsor.ne?. SCCLIr3 ty 1~a11cy irll. ' ' '' '.~ i b.. rc.~eti alua ~.ed. T}~c: effc;et of those mea$iares, plus a sxgnificar,t I)IS resource ~~;~L;;:len*aLioli, is rCfleCtect in a steady reduction of t}le DIS b~cl?:1og and the t].I1C it takes to complete investigatzons (cui~z-enL hr:c};log: 57,fi~~4 ctlses, dr.wn frc:~! 84,7.0; cuaz~ent cor~l~letiorl t:a.Ires: -~. ~1 dt ys, dawn from 181) . -rc ~~xc pat out of the woods ~~et. Our goal is to co;nrlete n~aal.ity t~c~rsc~n~~cl sc~cl~-~-ity i.n.csti;atic,I!s in Cis da}?s. t.iltir;-ate na_-mali.z.itian of t;;t~ sit~~atic~n rrquires file full L:QOp CTCit].On Uf a) ~ 1)C)D c1.c';T1e11t5, E'Sft'Cl:~lly .COntiT!!i~'Ci eJ1;F}13S1S ~'?Ji 7`F'Ctll^JtJ.J?f~ OI1lV tlll"%sC' ~)C1'SOIIIlf'1 sCCiJ`ilty '_.ilVC5i.1.(~cs~.lalls essr~ntial to I:~iss_i_cxzi ~lc.co,;~;>.lishrr,c?r~t. a ~~urther, a llaI) :,ele~:.t t~aTle3. c:n pers~nne_l ,security recently cuml_1_oted a broad x-evicw of. the Dep.lrtment's progra;r. The panel f inclings are beini; carefully evaluated by this office to deterrnirlc actr.Jiti.onal acta.an reuuirc.d to enhance t~IC program. ' Qrle r,~aTt:r'r, h:ibhl.is;nted as a panel cel;cern, involves indivic}LIa3.s c.lcarcd for access to Sers.i five Cc~r;lpartmented Irifai'r:~atioli t?:_iio ;orltin-.ic fox c.:ctcl~ded periods--after clearance--wit'lout C1,~Jk.~1:fCJ'It fuxtller ol~sez'vcctioJl or security evaltaati.an. I s:tz~re file panel's concexn. A ~t.rorig, on-soing individual ~~c~Ir~ty assessr2ent pxocess is of ftilr.d~amental i:~pc.rtance; ~G~~6 Approved For Release 2008/06/04 :CIA-RDP96M01138R001200020019-5 Approved For Release 2008/06/04 :CIA-RDP96M01138R001200020019-5 BEST COPY AVAILABLE Approved For Release 2008/06/04 :CIA-RDP96M01138R001200020019-5 Approved For Release 2008/06/04 :CIA-RDP96M01138R001200020019-5 >~: r ? ? ,' Therefore, to give .emphasis to this key aspect ~f the pErsoiinel :~=--~ r ~~ r ~ ~ .+ ~ 6-.. ~.. ... .... ~ ... _.. !a.J@.w s+w~.~.. n u-? ~bcro_..~...~RPP:t r+..~~~w~..... ~._ v ~,.r' ~, ~, g~ yA~ !~y" ~@ $ Eft y ~] S9 p. ~'~-~~?~'~~q_?.; ~~.,.y/Ji~.~~l_''~~4~1'~?~,L'9~"~a T~',4~~i'V~'~~~.''l~~'.f~`e-A~''~a^'^`r ~,d'~'4m5~~j~.'_&1~~"S:>,~SY~~/"~11a".-~. .~ s.~~i~. ~~ :a.ti~if:,.'+..~;~~~'.'7'~ a ~~I>. }~.~~e_.~Iki..:~h?!~'1 ti_ e'#sar~lY+:u~ r~ a:~o #~1'; ~vif ie,'~ A i~'V tr ~ ~.~~ ~ a Attact~fnent '-=-~. the moratorium levied on all Periodic Reinvestigations is mad;fnd by.*.he proce~?ures set forth in tine ati:achment. These procedures are~~ ,~- effective 15 August 1982. i645f Approved For Release 2008/06/04 :CIA-RDP96M01138R001200020019-5 C '?el~Cbt~Qi 3. Dc~ yctu know :tr:yc~nc K?hc, is cn~;:tl;c~l it: cshion:t~c t,r sahut:,t;c at :t:inst the U.`~.? Approved For Release 2008/06/04 :CIA-RDP96M01138R001200020019-5 PI:itIOUI.C R2;INVLSTI(,,1"ITN INU;~VIDIJt1LS CLEARED _FOR__ACC#:SS TO SIrNSI'T'INE. CO;~lP~`,RTPiENTEI) I,tiI=OF.,~IATION (SCI) On the {it~c year ar,ni,vcrsary d;ttc of the completio;l of thc~ most recent S}~~cial I3ac:kl.;round Itlvc,:ti);:ttion (S}3I) , the irtdivic,ual cortv~rncd wt! ( execute an updated statctn~~nt c# }:ersbnal history (or Personnel sec~c~rity questionn:tirc} to cover the period since the last S13I t?;as CoM~leted. IJp011 c~~r~;,rlction cf t.}tc ~*_:tt~r~c?rlt of pcrson~tl history, the individual's I[?:MGdiate st:Pcrt?isar .ill rct?i~w the statcc:,rrtt oi~ pcr~on:tl history to r~~etvrr,;inc if arty relevant Per-scrnri~l security anforta:.it.ion (in terns o{ criteria clelincateci i.n I~