SECRECY IN AMERICAN SOCIETY REMARKS BY ADMIRAL STANSFIELD TURNER DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE

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REMARKS BY
ADMIRAL STANSFIELD TURNER
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
12 AUGUST 1977
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
BEVERLY WILSHIRE HOTEL
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
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I AM VERY GRATEFUL THAT SO MANY OF YOU HAVE COME HERE TODAY
TO HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT OUR NATION'S INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES
AND EFFORTS. THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME IN AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE.
WE ARE, IN EFFECT, TODAY CREATING A NEW MODEL OF INTELLIGENCE,
AN AMERICAN MODEL, UNIQUE TO OUR COUNTRY AND ITS VALUES.
THIS MODEL HAS BEEN FORGED OVER THE PAST 2-3 YEARS IN THE
CRUCIBLE OF PUBLIC EXAMINATION OF OUR INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS.
OUT OF CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS AND EXPOSURES IN THE NEWS
MEDIA, HAVE COME SOME IMPORTANT PRESSURES TO MODIFY THE OLD HABITS
OF INTELLIGENCE. THOSE HABITS, IN FACT, DERIVE LARGELY FROM OUR
CLOSE FRIENDS, THE BRITISH.
THE BRITISH INTELLIGENCE SERVICE IS AN EXTREMELY SECRETIVE
ORGANIZATION. IT
0 IS NOT RECOGNIZED IN COMMON LAW;
0 IS NOT ESTABLISHED BY STATUTE;
0 IS NOT SUBJECT TO DEBATE - EVEN IN GENERAL TERMS - IN
PARLIAMENT - EITHER ON THE FLOOR IN PUBLIC OR IN COMMITTEE
IN PRIVATE.
THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS SECRECY IS ACCOMPLISHED LARGELY
THROUGH THE OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT WHICH, ALTHOUGH, OSTENSIBLY
DESIGNED TO PREVENT :ESPIONAGE IS, IN FACT, AIMED INWARD AS A
POWERFUL INTERNAL RESTRAINT AGAINST THE LEAKAGE OF OFFICIAL
SECRET INFORMATION.
UNDER THE ACT, ANY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE, CIVILIAN OR
CONTRACTOR, WITH ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CAN BE SENT
TO PRISON FOR DIVULGING ANY "OFFICIAL SECRET".
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NO MEMBER OF THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE CAN BE REQUIRED TO
APPEAR BEFORE PARLIAMENT BECAUSE HE COULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO
COMMENT ON OFFICIAL SECRETS; PUBLIC INVESTIGATION IS UNHEARD OF;
RESEARCH, EVEN ON THE PAST RECORD OF INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES, IS
IMPOSSIBLE SIMPLY BECAUSE ACCESS TO OFFICIAL FILES IS DENIED.
NOW CONTRAST THESE GROUND RULES WITH JUST FOUR EVENTS IN MY
RECENT EXPERIENCE:
0 10 DAYS AGO I VOLUNTARILY TESTIFIED BEFORE A COMMITTEE
OF CONGRESS, MEETING IN OPEN SESSION, ON SENSITIVE AND
HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE CIA-SPONSORED DRUG RESEARCH CARRIED
ON WAY BACK IN THE 1950's AND EARLY 1960's.
0 THE NEXT DAY THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED PLANS TO REORGANIZE
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. HE DETAILED ITS VARIOUS
COMPONENTS, THEIR FUNCTIONS, AND HOW THE PARTS WOULD
INTERRELATE WITH ONE ANOTHER;
0 LAST TUESDAY, THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS
RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC A STUDY ON THE OUTLOOK FOR THE
SOVIET ECONOMY WHICH THE CIA HAD DELIBERATELY PRODUCED IN
UNCLASSIFIED FORM FOR THEM.
0 IN BETWEEN THESE THREE EVENTS I GAVE ONE PUBLIC SPEECH,
AND PARTICIPATED IN THREE PRESS CONFERENCES AND ONE TV
INTERVIEW.
THESE ACTIVITIES ILLUSTRATE HOW DIFFERENTLY OUR AMERICAN
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY OPERATES FROM THE BRITISH MODEL WHICH
MOST OTHER INTELLIGENCE SERVICES IN THE WORLD EMULATE. I KNOW
OF NO OTHER INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION WHICH HAS EVER REVEALED
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HOW IT OPERATES, RELEASED SOME OF ITS WORK TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC,
AND GIVEN ITSELF A BLACK EYE -- LET ALONE IN A SPAN OF 10 DAYS.
WHY ARE WE GOING ABOUT OUR BUSINESS IN THESE UNTRADITIONAL
WAYS?
FIRST, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN EXCESSES IN THE PAST. A DEGREE
OF PUBLIC SCRUTINY IS ONE OF THE BEST SAFEGUARDS AGAINST REPETITION.
MORE THAN THAT, HOWEVER, OURS IS AN OPEN SOCIETY. THE MOST
FUNDAMENTAL STRENGTH OF OUR SOCIETY IS THE INFORMED CITIZEN WHO
PLAYS AN ACTIVE ROLE IN SHAPING HIS GOVERNMENT'S ACTIVITIES.
LET ME DESCRIBE HOW EACH OF THESE FOUR EVENTS I HAVE MENTIONED
WILL HELP TO PROMOTE A CITIZENRY THAT IS INFORMED ABOUT ITS
SECRET INTELLIGENCE PROCESS.
FIRST, WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN PRESIDENT CARTER TELLS US THAT
HE IS REORGANIZING THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY TO ENSURE GREATER
EFFECTIVENESS AND CONTROL?
THE STRENGTHENING OF CONTROL HAS COME ABOUT BY GIVING TO MY
OFFICE, THAT IS, THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE, FULL
AUTHORITY FOR THE BUDGETS OF THE VARIOUS INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATIONS
AND FULL AUTHORITY FOR SETTING THE TASKS FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS
IN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO COLLECT INTELLIGENCE DATA. INTELLIGENCE,
YOU SEE, IS LOCATED IN A NUMBER OF AGENCIES OF OUR GOVERNMENT,
NOT JUST IN THE CIA: THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT, THE STATE DEPARTMENT,
THE FBI, TREASURY AND THE NEW ENERGY DEPARTMENT. ALL HAVE
INTELLIGENCE ELEMENTS. I HAPPEN TO BE DIRECTOR OF ONE OF THESE
INTELLIGENCE ENTITIES--CIA. IN MY OTHER JOB, THAT OF DIRECTOR
OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE--MY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO GET ALL OF THE
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INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES PULLING TOGETHER. THE NEW ORGANIZATIONAL
ARRANGEMENT EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS SECOND TASK THAT
OF PULLING ALL OF THESE ACTIVITIES TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY WHEN
COLLECTING INTELLIGENCE DATA. IN THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING
WE WANT PARTICULARLY TO BE EFFICIENT AND IN FULL CONTROL. THIS
IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE PART OF THE INTELLIGENCE PROCESS AND THE
MOST RISKY. BUT IT IS ONLY ONE HALF OF THE JOB. THE OTHER HALF
WHICH HAS NO AURA OF MYSTERY, SPYING OR 007 IS RESEARCHING,
ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING THE DATA WHICH IS COLLECTED. THE
PRESIDENT'S NEW PROGRAM CREATES NO "TSAR" OF INTELLIGENCE
INTERPRETATION. THE DEFENSE AND THE STATE DEPARTMENTS WILL EACH
CONTINUE TO HAVE THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT ANALYTICAL AGENCIES IN
ADDITION TO THAT OF THE CIA. WE SEEK AND WELCOME DIVERGENT AND
COMPETING IDEAS AND OPINION, FOR GOOD INTELLIGENCE DOES NOT COME
BY REVELATION, IT ALWAYS IS SHROUDED IN UNCERTAINTY AND ALTERNATIVE
INTERPRETATIONS.
NEXT, LET ME REFER BACK TO OUR VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURES ON THE
DRUG RELATED ACTIVITIES OF THE DISTANT PAST. THESE DISCLOSURES
WERE AN EFFORT TO ENSURE THE PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTRY THAT ILLEGAL
AND IMPROPER ACTIVITIES WILL NOT BE CONDONED IN THE NAME OF
INTELLIGENCE. WHAT IS ILLEGAL CAN BE DESCRIBED BY LAW. WHAT IS
IMPROPER IS MORE A MATTER OF JUDGEMENT, BUT THOSE OF US WHO MAKE
THESE JUDGEMENTS MUST UNDERSTAND PUBLIC ATTITUDES AND MORES.
WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN CONDONED YESTERDAY MAY BE CONDEMNED TODAY.
THE DRUG-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF THE CIA WHICH I DESCRIBED TO THE
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CONGRESS LAST WEEK WERE IN A DIFFERENT PERIOD, THAT OF 1953-1965,
AND 12 TO 24 YEARS AGO OUTLOOKS AND ATTITUDES WERE DIFFERENT.
WE HATE TO REHASH ERRORS OF THE PAST LIKE THIS, BUT WHAT HAPPENED
IN THIS CASE, WAS THAT WE FOUND FINANCIAL DOCUMENTATION ON THIS
SUBJECT IN OUR RETIRED RECORDS ARCHIVES WHICH HAD NOT BEEN LOCATED
DURING CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS SEVERAL YEARS AGO. ON BEING
INFORMED OF THIS, I FELT OBLIGED TO NOTIFY THE PRESIDENT AND
THE CONGRESS IMMEDIATELY. SOME OF THESE REVELATIONS CONCERN
ACTIVITIES IN CALIFORNIA. I REGRET THIS, BUT ASSURE YOU THAT
NOTHING OF THIS SORT IS BEING, OR WILL BE TOLERATED TODAY.
NEXT, WHY HAVE WE MADE EFFORTS TO BE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE
MEDIA? THESE HAVE BEEN INTENDED TO LIFT SOME OF THE MYSTIQUE
FROM INTELLIGENCE. TAKING MAGAZINE AND TV CAMERAS INTO OUR
HEADQUARTERS BUILDING HAS LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE, TOO, ARE
ORDINARY, DECENT PEOPLE WORKING IN THE SAME TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT
AS DO MOST OF YOU.
FINALLY, THE PUBLICATION OF UNCLASSIFIED STUDIES IS ONE OF
OUR MOST IMPORTANT, SUBSTANTATIVE INITIATIVES TO INCLUDE THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE IN OUR ACTIVITIES. IT STEMS FROM A CONVICTION
THAT THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IS WORKING FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE AND THAT THEY DESERVE A RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT BY
SHARING OUR RESULTS WHENEVER THAT IS POSSIBLE.
TO DATE WE HAVE PUBLISHED SEVERAL MAJOR STUDIES WHICH I
BELIEVE MAKE AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO PUBLIC DEBATE: THIS
PAST MARCH WE PUBLISHED A REPORT ON THE WORLD ENERGY SITUATION
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AND TWO SUBORDINATE STUDIES ON THE SOVIET AND CHINESE ENERGY
PROSPECTS; AND NOW THIS STUDY I MENTIONED ON THE SOVIET ECONOMY.
THIS REPORT COMES TO THE CONCLUSION THAT SOVIET ECONOMIC GROWTH
WILL BEGIN TO SLOW IN THE EARLY 1980'S FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
ONE IS THAT THERE WILL BE AN INEVITABLE SHARP DROP IN THE RATE
OF GROWTH OF THE SOVIET LABOR FORCE IN THE 1980'S. THIS WILL
BE CAUSED BY A MARKED DECLINEIN BIRTH RATES WHICH TOOK PLACE IN
THE 1960'S AND BECAUSE THE LARGEST ADDITIONS TO THE SOVIET
LABOR FORCE WILL COME FROM ETHNIC MINORITIES IN CENTRAL ASIA
WHO DO NOT MIGRATE READILY TO INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
ALSO, ADDITIONS OF CAPITAL WILL BE REDUCED BECAUSE RAW
MATERIALS WILL BECOME MORE EXPENSIVE; AND THERE IS A LOOMING OIL
SHORTAGE AS PREDICTED IN OUR STUDY OF SOVIET ENERGY PROSPECTS.
THE SOVIETS THEMSELVES ACKNOWLEDGE THESE FACTORS IN THEIR FIVE
YEAR PLAN, BUT THEY ALSO PREDICT THAT THEIR TOTAL PRODUCTIVITY
WILL GO UP. HISTORICALLY THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP PRODUCTIVITY
MOVING UP, EVEN IN THE FACE OF INEFFICIENT CENTRAL MANAGEMENT
AND FAULTY ECONOMIC THEORY, BUT THEY HAVE DONE SO ONLY BY
PUMPING IN MORE AND MORE LABOR AND CAPITAL. WE BELIEVE THAT
THEY HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE LINE.
AS WE SEE IT, THE SOVIETS MUST FACE THE THREAT OF A DECLINING
RATE OF GROWTH OR THE NECESSITY OF UNDERTAKING WHAT MAY BE
DIFFICULT CORRECTIVE MEASURES.
CAN THEY CONTINUE TO EXPORT OIL TO THEIR EASTERN EUROPEAN
SATELLITES OR WILL THEY NEED TO SEND IT ELSEWHERE TO EARN HARD
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CURRENCY?
IN THE FACE OF ECONOMIC DECLINE WILL THEY TURN TO US AND
OTHERS IN THE WEST FOR EXTENSIVE CREDITS?
WILL THEY CONTINUE TO CONSUME OIL AT THE SAME RATE, OR WILL
THEY HAVE TO TURN TO A VIGOROUS CONSERVATION PROGRAM?
CAN THEY MEET THE INCREASING MANPOWER NEEDS OF THEIR INDUSTRY
AND STILL MAINTAIN THEIR HUGE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT?
THESE ARE ONLY SOME OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF OUR FINDINGS. IT
IS MY HOPE THAT THIS STUDY WILL CONTRIBUTE ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE
TO INFORMED PUBLIC DEBATE ON THIS ISSUE AND, AT THE SAME TIME,
ENGAGE THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WITH ITS INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
THUS FAR I HAVE SPOKEN OF ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE COIN:
OPENNESS. THE OTHER SIDE: SECRECY, IS IMPORTANT TOO. THE
BRITISH, AFTER ALL, ARE NOT JUST BEING TRADITIONAL WHEN IT
COMES TO SECRECY. AND THE AMERICAN MODEL OF INTELLIGENCE CAN
NOT AND WILL NOT BE A COMPLETELY OPEN ONE. AN ESSENTIAL
INGREDIENT OF INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS IS THE ABILITY TO PRESERVE
SECRETS. SOME OF THE INFORMATION BEHIND BOTH THE SOVIET OIL
AND ECONOMIC FORECASTS WAS DERIVED FROM SECRET SOURCES WHICH
WOULD BE JEOPARDIZED IN THE FUTURE WERE WE TO REVEAL THEM.
WHEN NATIONS ARE AS CLOSELY BALANCED IN POWER AS THE UNITED
STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION, SECRECY ITSELF CONFERS ADVANTAGES.
THE DOUBT IN AN ADVERSARY'S MIND IS A POWERFUL DETERRENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE WOULD BE AT A TREMENDOUS DISADVANTAGE IN
NEGOTIATIONS ON STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATIONS IF THE SOVIET UNION
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KNEW OUR NEGOTIATING POSITIONS IN ADVANCE. ANYONE WHO UNDERSTANDS
BUSINESS COMPETITION, SUCH AS THE DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING OF
NEW PRODUCTS CAN UNDERSTAND THIS - THE GAME IS ACQUIRING AND
HOLDING AND ADVANTAGE. AS LONG AS THE WORLD IS COMPETITIVE,
OPPONENTS WILL ENDEAVOR TO KEEP EACH OTHER IN THE DARK. IF WE
CAN NOT SHROUD OUR TRUE SECRETS WE WILL FIND OURSELVES AT A
SEVERE DISADVANTAGE.
IN THE MILITARY SPHERE, OUR EDGE OF ADVANTAGE IS NOT GREAT,
AND COULD BE NEGATED VERY EASILY IF THE WRONG INFORMATION FELL
INTO THE HANDS OF POTENTIAL ENEMIES.
IN THE FIELD OF INTELLIGENCE IT IS THE SAME. AS WE RELY
MORE ON TECHNOLOGY TO HELP US LEARN WHAT IS HAPPENING WORLD-WIDE,
DEVELOPING AND DEPLOYING NEW INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS BECOMES
INCREASINGLY EXPENSIVE. THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IS LARGELY
DEPENDENT ON OUR ADVERSARIES BEING UNAWARE - OR NOT FULLY AWARE
OF OUR CAPABILITIES, AND THEREFORE UNABLE TO ADEQUATELY COUNTER
OUR INITIATIVES.
BUT WE DO NOT HAVE AN OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT AND IT IS CLEAR
THAT SUCH AN ACT IS OUT OF THE QUESTION IN OUR COUNTRY. THEREFORE,
WE MUST DISCIPLINE OURSELVES IN OTHER WAYS TO PROTECT VITAL
INFORMATION. I BELIEVE THAT WE MUST APPROACH THIS FROM TWO
DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AT ONCE.
ON THE ONE HAND WE CAN DECLASSIFY EVERY BIT OF INFORMATION
WHICH NEED NOT BE KEPT SECRET. I HAVE MENTIONED A NUMBER OF OUR
EFFORTS IN THAT DIRECTION. BY SUCH DECLASSIFICATION, OR RESTRAINTS
ON INITIAL CLASSIFICATION, WE CAN GENERATE GREATER RESPECT FOR
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THE INFORMATION WHICH MUST REMAIN SECRET.
ON THE OTHER HAND, WE CAN AND MUST TIGHTEN SECURITY AROUND
THE TRULY SENSITIVE INFORMATION ON WHICH MUCH MAY DEPEND. TODAY
THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY LEAKS FROM WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT ITSELF.
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WE ARE GIVING THIS INTENSE ATTENTION IN
WASHINGTON. STOPPING LEAKS IS NEVER AN EASY PROBLEM; IT CAN
DEMAND INORDINATE AMOUNTS OF EFFORT AND IT CAN CIRCUMSCRIBE
THE DESIRABLE FLOW OF INFORMATION WITHIN THE BUREAUCRACY. BY
A COMBINATION OF THREAT AND PERSUASION WE MUST PREVENT THESE
LEAKS BEFORE THEY OCCUR.
I AM ALSO VERY TROUBLED TODAY BY A DIFFERENT SECURITY
PROBLEM WHICH IS OF MORE DIRECT CONCERN TO YOU WHO LIVE HERE IN
ONE OF OUR GREAT CENTERS OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION ON GOVERNMENT
CONTRACTS. THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING HIGH STANDARDS OF
SECURITY WITHIN INDUSTRY WERE DRAMATICALLY DEMONSTRATED RIGHT
HERE IN LOS ANGELES JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO.
TWO YOUNG MEN, CHRISTOPHER BOYCE, AND A FRIEND ANDREW LEE
SUCCEEDED IN STEALING AND THEN PASSING TO THE SOVIET UNION
HUNDREDS OF CLASSIFIED ITEMS FROM A CONTRACTOR'S PLANT. THEY
HAVE DONE SIGNIFICANT AND, IN SOME RESPECTS, IRREPARABLE DAMAGE
TO THE AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE EFFORT. THE DOLLAR COST OF THEIR
ACTIONS IS DIFFICULT TO ASSESS BUT IT HAS WASTED TAX DOLLARS FROM
EVERYONE OF US HERE. THESE IRRESPONSIBLE YOUNG MEN, WHOM THE
JUDGE WHO SENTENCED THEM TERMED TRAITORS, HAVE GONE FAR TOWARD
COMPROMISING MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR TECHNICAL SYSTEMS.
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IMPORTANT WORK TO A HALT. WE MUST BE PREPARED TO ACCEPT THIS.
BEYOND THAT, A COMPANY'S SECURITY RECORD AND OVERALL ATTITUDE
TOWARDS SECURITY WILL PLAY A MORE IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE AWARDING
OF INTELLIGENCE CONTRACTS IN THE FUTURE.
THERE CANNOT BE A HALF-WAY APPROACH TO SECURITY. IT IS THE
SINGLE ISSUE WHICH HAS DISTURBED ME MOST SINCE BECOMING DIRECTOR
OF CENTRAL INTELLIGNEC, BECAUSE IT IS A PROBLEM WE CAN DO
SOMETHING ABOUT AND HAVE NOT.
IN CONCLUSION THEN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, A NEW MODEL FOR
AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE IS EMERGING. IT IS A DISTINCTLY AMERICAN
MODEL REFLECTING THE ATTITUDES, CULTURE, AND NEEDS OF THE UNITED
STATES. WITHIN ITS FRAME WORK WE ARE EARNESTLY STRIVING TO
REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SECRECY TO A MINIMUM. NONETHELESS, WE MUST
ALL RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WILL ALWAYS EXIST SOME SENSITIVE
INFORMATION IN THE AFFAIRS OF GOVERNMENT WHICH MUST BE PROTECTED.
SOMETIMES THIS PROTECTION SIMPLY PERMITS STAFF PERSONNEL THE
FREEDOM TO PROVIDE THEIR VIEWS AND IDEAS TO THEIR SENIORS IN
CONFIDENCE; SOMETIMES IT PERMITS US TO DEAL WITH NATIONS WHICH
WOULD NOT SPEAK WITH US IF WE COULD NOT ASSURE THEM OF THE
CONFIDENTIALITY OF THEIR THOUGHTS; SOMETIMES IT CONCEALS OUR
MILITARY CAPABILITIES OR INTENTIONS.
SECRECY OF ITSELF IS NOT BAD AND MECHANISMS HAVE BEEN
STRENGTHENED TO PREVENT THE CLOAK OF SECRECY FROM BEING USED
BY INDIVIDUALS TO MASK ILLEGAL, UNETHICAL, OR IMMORAL ACTIONS.
WE HAVE, FOR INSTANCE AN INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT BOARD. IN
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ADDITION, THE U.S. SENATE HAS CREATED AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR
INTELLIGENCE; AND WITHIN THE PAST MONTH THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HAS FOLLOWED SUIT. I BELIEVE THESE MECHANISMS ARE WORKING WELL.
BECAUSE OF THE INTENSE INTEREST IN CONGRESS IN OVERSEEING
INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES; BECAUSE OF THE PERSONAL INTEREST OF THE
PRESIDENT AND OF THE VICE PRESIDENT; AND BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED
SENSITIVITY OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ITSELF TO ISSUES OF
LEGALITY, MORALITY AND ETHICS, HEIGHTENED OVER THE PAST FEW
YEARS OF INVESTIGATION AND CRITICISM, YOU CAN BE ASSURED THAT
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IS DOING THE JOB THAT IT WAS CREATED
TO DO, DOING IT COMPETENTLY, AND DOING NOTHING ELSE.
AT THE SAME TIME, YOU PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN NATIONAL
SECURITY. IF YOU PERSONALLY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFEGUARDING
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, YOU MUST HELP US TO DO BETTER. IF YOU
ARE SIMPLY AN OBSERVER OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY SCENE, YOU
MUST HELP US TO CREATE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT PRESERVING SECRETS
IS NECESSARY AND GOOD, EVEN WITHIN AN OPEN AMERICAN MODEL OF
INTELLIGENCE. WITH SUCH UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT WE CAN
TOGETHER, FORGE AN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN
AMERICA'S ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND WORLD EVENTS AND TO CONTRIBUTE
MEANINGFULLY TO THE PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF PROBLEMS BEFORE
THEY REACH THE LEVEL OF CONFLICT. IT IS CERTAINLY AN OBJECTIVE
WORTH OUR BEST EFFORTS.
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SECRECY Iii AMERICAN SOCIETY
REMARKS BY
ADMIRAL STANSFIELD TURNER
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
12 AUGUST 1977
CHAMBER OF COMirERCE
BEVERLY III LSH I RE HOTEL
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
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0 IS NOT SUBJECT TO DEBATE EVEN IN GENERAL TERMS -
IN PARLIAMENT -/EITHER ON THE FLOOR IN PUBLIC OR
IN COMMITTEE IN PRIVATE/
THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS SECRECY IS ACCOMPLISHED LARGELY
THROUGH THE OFFICIAL SECRETS AC WHICH, ALTHOUGH, OSTENSIBLY
DESIGNED TO PREVENT ESPIONAGE IS, IN FACT, AIMED INWARD AS
A POWERFUL I NTER4AL RESTRAINT ,AGAINST THE LEAKAGE OF OFFICIAL
SECRET INFORMATION,
UNDER THE ACT, ANY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE, CIVILIAN OR
CONTRACTORJAITH ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
CAN BE SENT TO PRISON FOR DIVULGING ANY "OFFICIAL SECRET,"
NO MEMBER OF THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE AN BE REQUIRED TO
APPEAR BEFORE PARLIAMENTCAUSE HE COULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO
COMMENT ON OFFICIAL SECRETS PUBLIC INVESTIGATION IS UNHEARD
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OF; RESEARCH)EVEN ON THE PAST RECORD OF INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES
IS IMPOSSIBLE AMPLY BECAUSE ACCESS TO OFFICIAL FILES IS
DENIED
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RECENT EXPERIENCE:
0 10 DAYS AGO I VOLUNTARILY TESTIFIED BEFORE A COMMITTEE
OF CONGRESS, TAIEETING IN OPEN SESSION, ON SENSITIVE AND
HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE CIA-SPONSORED DRUG RESEARCRCARRIED
ON WAY BACK IN THE 1950'S AND EARLY 1960'1
0 THE.NEXT DAY THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED PLANS TO
REORGANIZE THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, HE DETAILED
ITS VARIOUS COMPONENTS, HEIR FUNCTIONS, AND HOW THE
PARTS WOULD INTERRELATE WITH ONE ANOTHER;
0 LAST TUESDAY, THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS
RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC AC-LASWf4EB ( STUDON
THE OUTLOOK FOR THE SOVIET ECONON C:
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PUBLIC SPEECH, THREE PRESS CONFERENCES AND ONE TV
INTERVIEW,
THESE ACTIVITIES ILLUSTRATE HOW DIFFERENTLY,OUR AMERICAN
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY OPERATES ROM THE BRITISH MODEL WHICH
MOST OTHER INTELLIGENCE SERVICES IN THE WORLD EMULATE I
KNOW OF NO OTHER INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATIO WHICH HAS EVER REVEALED
[low IT OPERATES, RELEASED SOME OF ITS WORK TO THE GENERAL
PUBLIC, AND GIVEN ITSELF A BLACK EYE -- LET ALONE IN A SPAN OF
10 DAYS,
WHY ARE WE GOING ABOUT OUR BUSINES IN THESE UNTRADITIONAL
WAYS?
I
FIRST, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN EXCESSES IN THE PAST
DEGREE OF PUBLIC SCRUTINY/IS ONE OF THE BEST SAFEGUARDS AGAINST
REPETITION.
MORE THAN THAT, HOWEVER, OURS IS AN OPEN SOCIETY, THE MOST
FUNDAMENTAL STREidGThi OF OUR SOCIETY 'IS THE INFORMED CITIZEN
WHO PLAYS AN ACTIVE ROLE/IN SHAPING HIS GOVERNMENTS ACTIVITIES
LET ME DESCRIBE HOW EACH OF THESE FOUR EVENTS I HAVE MENTIONED
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WILL HELP TO PROMOTE A CITIZENRY THAT IS INFORMED ABOUT ITS
SECRET INTELLIGENCE PROCESS,-
FIRST, WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN PRESIDENT CARTER TELLS US
THAT HE IS REORGANIZING THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNIT/ O ENSURE
GREATER EFFECTIVENESS AND CONTROL?
THE STRENGTHENING OF CONTROL HAS COME ABOUYBY GIVING TO
MY OFFICE, THAT IS, THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE FULL
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AUTHORITY FOR THE BUDGETS OF THE VARIOUS INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION
AND FULL AUTHORITY FOR SETTING THE TASKS FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS
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IN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO COLLECT INTELLIGENCE.7 INTELLIGENCE, YOU
SEE, IS LOCATED IN A NUMBER OF AGENCIES OF OUR GOVERNMENT, NOT JUST
IN THE CIA: THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT, THE STATE DEPT, THE FBI,
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TREASURY AND THE NEW ENERGY DEPT. I HAPPEN TO BE DIRECTOR OF
6F Sk IN7 /.4'6#NcE ~ENTlriES -
ONE--CIA, IN MY OTHER JOB, THAT OF T4F DIRECTOR OF
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE MY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO GET ALL OF
THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES PULLING TOGETHERa THE NEW ORGANIZATIONAL
ARRANGEMENT EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS SECOND TAS THAT
OF PULLING ALL OF THESE ACTIVITIES TOGETHER ESPECIALLY WHEN
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COLLECTING INTE LIGENCE DATA. IN THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING/
WE WANT TO BE EFFICIENT AND IN FULL CONTROL/-0I S THE MOST
EXPENSIVE PART OF THE INTELLIGENCE PROCESS AND THE MOST RIM,/
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BUT IT IS ONLY ONE HALF OF THE JOB, -THE OTHER HALF IS
RESEARCHING, ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING THE DATA ? WHICH IS '0r r
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COLLECTED./ THE PRESIDENT'S NEW PROGRAM CREATES NO "TSAR" OF
INTELLIGENCE INTERPRETATION, THE DEFENSE AND THE STATE
DEPARTMENTS ILL EACH CONTINUE TO HAVE THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT
ANALYTICAL AGENCIES IN ADDITION TO THAT OF THE CIA, WE SEEK
AND WELCOME DIVERGENT AND COMPETING IDEAS AND OPINIONS, FOR
GOOD INTELLIGENCE DOES NOT COME BY REVELATION, IT ALWAYS
IS SHROUDED IN UNCERTAINTY AND ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATIONS
L6( Mc. IREFER OX-9 TO
NEXT, OUR VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURES ON THE DRUG RELATED ACTIVITIES
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OF THE DISTANT PAST/.nERE AN EFFORT TO ENSURE,,THE PEOPLE OF OUR
COUNTRY THAT ILLEGAL AND IMPROPER ACTIVITIES WILL NOTi BE CONDONED
IN THE NAME OF INTELLIGENCE, WHAT IS ILLEGAL CAN BE DESCRIBED
BY LAW, WHAT IS IMPROPER IS MORE A MATTER OF JUDGEMENT BUT
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THOSE OF US WHO MAKE THESE JUDGEMENTS/MUST UNDERSTAND PUBLIC
ATTITUDES AND MORES, WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN CONDONED YESTERDAY
MAY BE CONDEMNED TODAY, THE DRUG-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF THE
CIA HICH I DESCRIBED TO THE CONGRESS LAST WEE WERE IN A
DIFFERENT PERIOD, THAT OF 1953-1965, AND 12 TO 24 YEARS AGO
OUTLOOKS AND ATTITUDES WERE DIFFERENT, WE HATE TO
REHASH ERRORS OF THE PAST LIKE THIS, BUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS
CASE,/WAS THAT WE FOUND FINANCIAL DOCUMENTATION ON THIS SUBJECT
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IN OUR RETIRED RECORDS ARCHIVES WHICH HAD NOT BEEN LOCATED
DURING CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, ON BEING
INFORMED OF THIS, /I FELT OBLIGED TO NOTIFY THE PRESIDENT
AND THE CONGRESS IMMEDIATELY -/~ SOME OF THESE REVELATIONS
CONCERN ACTIVITIES IN CALIFORNIA, /I REGRET THIS, BUT ASSURE YOU
THAT NOTHING OF THIS SORT IS BEING, OR WILL,BE TOLERATED TODAY.
NEXT, ~WK EFFORTS 1U BE MUKE ACCESSIBLE 1U THE MEDIA.-HAVE
BEEN INTENDED TO LIFT SOME OF THE MYSTIQUE FROM INTELLIGENCE,
TAKING MAGAZINE AND TV CAMERAS INTO OUR HEADQUARTERS BUILDING
HAS LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE, TOO` ARE ORDINARY, DECENT
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PEOPLE/WORKING IN THE SAME TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT AS DO
MOST OF YOU/
FINALLY, THE PUBLICATION OF UNCLASSIFIED STUDIES/S ONE OF
OUR MOST IMPORTANT., SUBSTANTATIVE INITIATIVESJO INCLUDE THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE IN OUR ACTIVITIES,/ IT STEMS FROM A CONVICTION/
THAT THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IS WORKING FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE/AND THAT THEY DESERVE A RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT fy
SHARING OUR RESULTS WHENEVER THAT IS POSSIBLE
TO DATE WE HAVE PUBLISHED SEVERAL MAJOR STUDIES/WHICH I
BELIEVE MAKE AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO PUBLIC DEBATE / THIS
PAST MARCH WE PUBLISHED A REPORT ON THE WORLD ENERGY SITUATIO~/AND
TWO SUBORDINATE STUDIES ON THE SOVIET AND CHINESE ENERGY PROSPECTS
AND NOW THIS STUDY I MENTIONED ON THE SOVIET ECONOP1Y~THIS REPORT
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COMES TO THE CONCLUSION THAT SOVIET ECONOMIC GROWTH/WILL BEGIN
TO SLOW IN THE EARLY 1980'S FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS/ ONE IS
THAT THERE WILL BE AN INEVITABLE SHARP DROP/IN THE RATE OF GROWTH
OF THE SOVIET LABOR FORCE IN THE 1980's / THIS WILL BE CAUSED BY A
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MARKED DECLINE IN BIRTH RATES 'HICH TOOK PLACE IN THE 1960'S
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AND BECAUSE THE LARGEST ADDITIONS TO THE,LABOR FORC WILL COME
FROM ETHNIC MINORITIES IN CENTRAL ASI7/WHO DO NOT MIGRATE
READILY TO INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
ALSO, ADDITIONS OF CAPITAL WILL BE REDUCED ECAUSE RAW
MATERIALS WILL BECOME MORE EXPENSIVE; AND THERE IS A LOOMING OIL
SHORTAGE AS PREDICTED IN OUR STUDY OF SOVIET ENERGY PROSPECTS
THE SOVIETS THEMSELVES ACKNOWLEDGE THESE FACTORS IN THEIR FIVE
YEAR PLAN, BUT THEY ALSO PREDICT THAT THEIR TOTAL PRODUCTIVITY
WILL GO UP, HISTORICALLY THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP
PRODUCTIVITY MOVING UP, EVEN IN THE FACE OF INEFFICIENT CENTRAL
MANAGEMENT ND FAULTY ECONOMIC THEORY, BUT THEY HAVE DONE SO ONLY
BY PUMPING IN MORE AND MORE LABOR AND CAPITA WE BELIEVE THAT
THEY HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE LINE/
AS WE SEE IT, THE SOVIETS MUST FACE THE THREAT OF A DECLINING
( b GROWTHWIOR THE NECESSITY OF UNDERTAKING WHAT MAY BE DIFFICULT
CORRECTIVE MEASURES
CAN THEY CONTINUE TO EXPORT OI
0 THEIR EASTERN EUROPEAN
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SATELLITES OR WILL THEY NEED TO SEND IT ELSEWHERE TO EARN
HARD CURRENCY?
IN THE FACE OF ECONOMIC DECLINE ILL THEY TURN TO US AND
OTHERS IN THE WEST FOR EXTENSIVE CREDITS?
WILL THEY CONTINUE TO CONSUME OIL AT THE SAME RATE, OR
WILL THEY HAVE TO TURN TO A VIGOROUS CONSERVATION PROGRAM?
CAN THEY MEET THE INCREASING MANPOWER NEEDS OF THEIR
INDUSTRY AND STILL MAINTAIN THEIR HUGE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT?
THESE ARE ONLY SOME OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF OUR FINDINGS/
IT IS MY hOPE THAT THIS STUDY WILL CONTRIBUTE ANOTHER
PERSPECTIV TO INFORMED PUBLIC DEBATE ON THIS ISSU AND, AT THE
SAME TIME, NGAGE THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WITH ITS INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY - //
THUS FAR I HAVE SPOKEN OF ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE COIN:
OPENNESS, THE OTHER SIDE: SECRECY, IS IMPORTANT TOO, THE
BRITISH, AFTER ALL, ARE NOT JUST BEING TRADITIONA~WHEN IT
COMES TO SECRECY. AND THE AMERICAN MODEL OF INTELLIGENCE CAN
NOT AND WILL NOT BE A COMPLETELY OPEN ONE, AN ESSENTIAL
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SECRETS,/OME OF THE INFORMATION BEHIND BOTH THE SOVIET OIL
AND ECONOMIC FORECASTS /WASDERIVED FROM SECRET SOURCES WHICH
WOULD BE JEOPARDIZED IN THE FUTUR WERE WE TO REVEAL THEM
WHEN NATIONS ARE AS CLOSELY BALANCED IN POWE AS THE UNITED
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SSTA, SECRECY ITSELF CONFERS ADVANTAGES
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DOUBT IN AN ADVERSARY'S MIND IS A POWERFUL DETERRENT,
FOR EXAMPLE WE WOULD BE AT A TREMENDOUS DISADVANTAGE
IN NEGOTIATIONS ON STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATIONS F THE SOVIET
UNION KNEW OUR NEGOTIATING POSITIONS IN ADVANCE ANYONE WHO
UNDERSTANDS BUSINESS COMPETITION- SUCH AS THE DEVELOPMENT AND
MARKETING OF NEW PRODUCTS CAN UNDERSTAND THIS - THE GAME IS
ACQUIRING AND HOLDING AN ADVANTAGE, AS LONG AS THE WORLD IS
COMPETITIVE OPPONENTS WILL ENDEAVOR TO KEEP EACH OTHER IN
THE DARK, IF WE CAN NOT SHROUD OUR TRUE SECRET WE WILL
FIND OURSELVES AT A SEVERE DISADVANTAGE
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IN THE MILITARY SPHERE, OUR EDGE OF ADVANTAGE IS NOT
GREATS it COULD BE NEGATED VERY EASILY
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THE WRONG I NFOR1'1AT I ON FALL I ,IG INTO THE HANDS OF POTENTIAL
ENEMIES,
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.1 THE BP1 OF INTELLIGENCE IS THE SAME, AS WE RELY
MORE ON TECHNOLOGY TO HELP US LEARN WHAT IS HAPPENING WORLD-WIDE,
DEVELOPING AND DEPLOYING NEWSSYSTEMS BECOMES INCREASINGLY
EXPENSIVE, THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IS LARGE' DEPENDENT ON OUR
ADVERSARIES BEING UNAWARE - OR NOT FULLY AWARE OF OUR
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CAPABILITIES, THEREFORE UNABLE TO ADEQUATELY COUNTER OUR
INITIATIVES .1
BUT-WE DO NOT HAVE AN OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT AND IT IS CLEAR
THAT SUCH AN ACT IS OUT OF THE QUESTION IN OUR COUNTRY/ THEREFORE,
WE MUST DISCIPLINE OURSELVES IN OTHER WAYS TO PROTECT VITAL
INFORMATION, I BELIEVE THAT WE MUST APPROACH THIS FROM TWO
DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AT ONCE,
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ON THE ONE HAND WE CAN DECLASSIFY EVERY BIT OF INFORMATION
WHICH NEED NOT BE KEPT SECRET, /I HAVE MENTIONED
A NUMBER OF OUR EFFORTS IN THAT DIRECTION, BY SUCH
DECLASSIFICATION, OR RESTRAINTS ON INITIAL CLASSIFICATION WE
CAN GENERATE GREATER RESPECT FOR THE INFORMATION WHICH MUST
REMAIN SECRET,
ON THE OTHER HAND WE CAN AND MUST TIGHTEN SECURITY AROUND
THE TRULY SENSITIVE INFORMATI01 ON WHICH MUCH MAY DEPEND
TODAY THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY LEAKS FROM WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT
ITSELF / I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WE ARE GIVING THIS INTENSE
ATTENTION IN WASHINGTON STOPPING LEAKS IS NEVER AN EASY
PROBLEM/'T CAN DEMAND INORDINATE AMOUNTS OF EFFOR AND IT CAN
CIRCUMSCRIBE THE DESIRABLE FLOW OF INFORMATIO WITHIN THE
BUREAUCRACY, BY A COMBINATION OF THREAT AND PERSUASIO WE MUST
PREVENT THESE LEAKS BEFORE THEY OCCUR,
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I AM ALSO VERY TROUBLED TODAY /Y A DIFFERENT SECURITY
PROBLEM WHICH IS OF MORE DIRECT CONCERN TO YO WHO LIVE HERE
IN ONE OF OUR GREAT CENTERS OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION ON GOVERNMENT
CONTRACTS THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING HIGH STANDARDS OF
SECURITY WITHIN INDUSTRY ERE DRAMATICALLY DEMONSTRATED RIGHT HERE
IN LOS ANGELES JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO/
TWO YOUNG MEN, CHRISTOPHER BOYCE, AND A FRIEND ANDREW LEE
SUCCEEDED IN STEALING AND THEN PASSING TO THE SOVIET UNION
HUNDREDS OF CLASSIFIED ITEMS FROM A CONTRACTOR'S PLANT THEY
HAVE DONE SIGNIFICANT AND, IN SOME RESPECTS, IRREPARABLE DAMAGE
TO THE AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE EFFORT, THE DOLLAR COST OF THEIR
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ACTIONS IS DIFFICULT TO ASSESS BUT IT HAS C.A&T EVERYONE OF US
HERE THESE IRRESPONSIBLE YOUNG MEN, WHOM THE JUDGE
WHO SENTENCED THEM TERMED TRAITORS, HAVE GONE FAR TOWARD
COMPROMISING MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR TECHNICAL SYSTEMS
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE PEOPLE LIKE BOYCE AND LEEAHO CONDUCT
PURE ESPIONAGE FOR FINANCIAL GAIN OR MISDIRECTED IDEOLOGY; HOWEVER,
WE MUST DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO REDUCE THE TEMPTATION AND THE
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OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO GAIN ACCESS TO SENSITIVE INFORMATION,/`
I AM DISTRESSED TO REPORT THAT THERE IS GOOD EVIDENCE THAT
AMERICAN INDUSTR IS NOT ADEQUATELY FULFILLING ITS RESPONSIBILITIES
IN THIS AREA FOR INSTANCE, IN RECENT WEEKS I HAVE HAD
SURPRISE SECURITY INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED ON SEVERAL MAJOR
CONTRACTORS AHO ARE WORKING ON SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE CONTRACTS
THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN VERY DISCOURAGING, PERHAPS APPALLING, IT IS
NOT JUST THAT VIOLATIONS OF ESTABLISHED SECURITY PROCEDURES ARE
RAMPANT BUT THAT THE NATURE OF THE VIOLATIONS INDICATES AN
ATTITUDE OF OAT LEAST CASUALNESS ON THE PART OF
CONTRACTOR MANAGEMENT,THIS EXPOSES US TO POTENTIALLY SERIOUS
COMPROMISE OF NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION, AS WITH BOYCE AND LEE
I FEEL OBLIGED TO TAKE STRONG ACTION HERE/AS WELL AS IN THE
GOVERNMENT SECTOR / FOR SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WITH INDUSTRY ARE
INDEED JOINT INDUSTRY-GOVERNMENT PROBLEMS'
SURPRISE INSPECTIONS OF SECURITY PROCEDURES WILL BE CONDUCTED
MORE FREQUENTLY, WHEN RESULTS ARE UNSATISFACTORY WE WILL CONSIDER
ALL COURSES OF ACTION WHICH MAY BE OPEN TO US, INCLUDING THE
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LIFTING OF SECURITY CLEARANCES FROM BOTH INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
TH S AND/OR INDIVIDUALS IN THEM UNTIL THERE IS EVIDENCE JAC# S7*t'S As~
OF CHANGED ATTITUDES AS WELL AS PROCEDURES* /E E-P~-rIF TH
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Al- M~ ..BRING IMPORTANT WORK TO A HALT, 41E SU
BEYOND THAT, A COMPANY'S SECURITY RECOR AND OVERALL
ATTITUDE TOWARDS SECURITY/WILL PLAY A MORE IMPORTANT ROLE IN
THE AWARDING OF INTELLIGENCE CONTRACTS IN THE FUTURE./
THERE CANNOT BE A HALF-WAY APPROACH TO SECURITY/ IT IS THE
SINGLE ISSUE WHICH HAS DISTURBED ME MOST INCE BECOMING DIRECTOR
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ECAUSE IT IS A PROBLEM WE CAN DO SOMETHING
OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE,
ABOUT AND HAVE NOT.///
IN CONCLUSION THEN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN /A NEW MODEL FOR
INTELLIGENCE ISrEMERGING IT IS A DISTINCTLY AMERICAN MODEL
REFLECTING THE ATTITUDES, MORES, AND NEEDS OF THE UNITED STATES,
WITHIN ITS FRAME WORK WE ARE EARNESTLY STRIVING TO REDUCE THE
AMOUNT OF SECRECY,~~TO A MINIMUM,) NONETHELESS, WE MUST ALL
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RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WILL ALWAYS EXIST SOME SENSITIVE INFORMATION
IN THE AFFAIRS OF GOVERNMENT WHICH MUST BE PROTECTED, SOMETIMES
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THIS PROTECTION SIMPLY PERMITS STAFF PERSONNEL HE FREEDOM TO
PROVIDE THEIR VIEWS AND IDEAS TO THEIR SENIORS IN CONFIDENCE
SOMETIMES IT PERMITS US TO DEAL WITH NATIONS WHICH WOULD NOT SPEAK
WITH US IF WE COULD NOT ASSURE THEN OF THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF
THEIR THOUGHTS; SOMETIMES IT CONCEALS OUR MILITARY CAPABILITIES OR
INTENTIONS/
SECRECY OF ITSELF IS NOT BAD/AND MECHANISMS HAVE BEEN
STRENGTHENED/TO PREVENT THE CLOAK OF SECRECY FROM BEING USED BY
INDIVIDUALS/TO MASK ILLEGAL, UNETHICAL, OR IMMORAL ACTIONS. WE
HAVE, FOR INSTANCE AN INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT BOARD, IN ADDITION,
!lTT~ Tit Tu nm.~---cr~nn THE U,S. SENATE HAS CREATED AN OVERSIGHT
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COMMITTEE FOR INTELLIGENCE; AND WITHITHE PAST MONTH THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS FOLLOWED SUIT, /I BELIEVE THESE MECHANISMS
ARE WORKING WELL,
BECAUSE OF THE INTENSE INTEREST IN CONGRESS IN OVERSEEING
INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES; BECAUSE OF THE PERSONAL INTEREST OF THE
OF fq6- ' (,vcR15ASEb
PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT;/AND BECAUSE OF THE1`ENSITIVITY OF THE
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INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY TO 1 ISSUES OF LEGALITY, MORALITY AND
ETHICS, HEIGHTENED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS OF INVESTIGATION AND
CRITICISMYOU CAN BE ASSURED THAT THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IS
DOING THE JOB THAT IT WAS CREATED TO DO DOING IT COMPETENTLY
AND DOING NOTHING ELS
AT THE SAME TIME,-YOU F(IY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN NATIONAL
SECURITY. IF YOU PERSONALLY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFEGUARDING
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION YOU MUST HELP US TO DO BETTER, IF YOU
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ARE SIMPLY AN OBSERVER OF THE NATIONALSCENE, YOU MUST HELP
US TO CREATE AN UNDERSTANDING HAT PRESERVING SECRETS IS
NECESSARY AND GOOD, EVEN WITHIN d OPEN AMERICAN MODEL OF
INTELLIGENCE, WITH SUCH UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT `qE CAN
TOGETHER, FORGE AN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN
AMERICA'S ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND WORLD EVENTS AND TO CONTRIBUTE
MEANINLFULLY TO THE PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF PROBLEMS BEFORE
THEY REACH THE LEVEL OF CONFLICT, IT IS CERTAINLY AN OBJECTIVE
WORTH OUR BEST EFFORTS.
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