Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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SECRETOFSS-96-397525 September 1996MEMORANDUM FOR:Information Review Officer,Directorate of AdministrationVIA:Deputy Director for AdministrationDirector of Facilities and Security ServicesChief, Facilities Management Group, OFSSFROM:Chief, Warrenton Training Center, FMG/OFSSSUBJECT:(S) Warrenton Training Center CoverConsiderations1.  (S) This memorandum is written pursuant to yesterday's discussion with regard to the release of JFK-related documents that refer to "Warrenton" and/or derivatives of a Records Center. It documents executive-level "evidence" as to why "Warrenton" cover needs to be protected. In brief, significant damage to mission, people, and the very existence of the Warrenton Training Center (WTC) would occur as a result of the second- and third- order effects of any confirmed affiliation with the Agency.2.  (S) As background, the Central Intelligence Agency has gone to great lengths to protect sensitive missions and prevent identification of covert personnel as Agency employees. The latter is especially profound as the very lives of these employees are often placed in jeopardy at hostile overseas posts. The anonymity provided by cover is essential to their protection. Furthermore, the Warrenton Training Center (WTC) provides the sanctuary whereby Department of State and Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Project Office (DTSPO) personnel can train alongside Agency employees without fear of being "tagged" as working for the Agency.3.  (S) The cover mechanism itself is very fragile. Per mandate of the cover providers, the National Communications System (NCS), and the Department of the Army, the affiliation of WTC and the Agency, is classified SECRET vice CONFIDENTIAL. WTCCL BY: 2004977CL REASON: 1.5 (c)DECL ON: X1DRV FROM: LOC 5-82
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SECRETSUBJECT: (S) Warrenton Training Center Cover Considerationscover operates solely on the ability to sustain plausible denial. In spite of previous rumors of an Agency affiliation, categorical denial of such has worked to the point that the media currently refers to WTC as a "Top Secret military installation." In addition, the public-at-large truly believes that WTC is a military installation. Given a generally inquisitive media (one radio station, two newspapers -- all with connections to affiliates in the Washington Metropolitan Area) and recent publicity over a WTC ground water contamination issue, the release of references to "Warrenton" in the JFK-related documents would precipitate an unwelcome focus on WTC. This would lead to the real possibility that cover would be compromised.4. (S) With the closure of Vint Hill, WTC is the sole remaining federal facility in the Warrenton area. As a result, the affiliation of Agency records or "Records Center," under any ruse, will provide a direct link to the Warrenton Training Center. This will pose severe problems for installation activities. While the Agency Archives and Records Center is located at Station "A," the media frequently refers to WTC in its entirety. Activities at the other three WTC Stations that would be compromised are as follows:a. Station B serves as the principal training site for the Office of Communications, DTSPO, and the Department of State. However, it also is the site of sensitive activities engaged in by personnel from the Directorate of Operations, the Office of Engineering and Development, the Directorate of Intelligence, and the Office of Technical Collections. It is also a training site for covert employees from all Directorates, to include foreign language immersion for officers assigned overseas. In addition, secret Community-wide conferences are held at this low-profile location. Within the past year, conferences have ranged from the Agency's NOC Conference to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to the strategic planning meeting by Community Executives, Ambassadors, and members of the White House Cabinet in preparation for the Bosnian Peace Talks.b. Station C serves as the Agency's primary transmission site for world-wide communications.
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SECRETSUBJECT: (S) Warrenton Training Center Cover Considerationsc. Station D serves as the Agency's primary receiving site for world-wide communications. It also handles a significant quantity of message traffic for the White House and member organizations of the Intelligence Community on a 24-hour basis. This message traffic is vital to national security preparedness.WTC's cover allows it to maintain a very low profile. It is that low profile which protects the personnel and missions as described above. Removal of that protective cover, by act or deed, would provide easy targets of opportunity for counter- intelligence activities, terrorist activities, demonstrations, and emotionally unstable individuals.5. (S) In summary, any affiliation of WTC and the Agency, no matter how insignificant the individual occurrence or document release may seem, has the very real potential to jeopardize lives, disrupt the Agency mission, disrupt world-wide classified message traffic, and, thereby, do irreparable harm to the national security of the United States.
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CONFIDENTIALTO: John F. PereiraFROM: Brian S. LatellOFFICE: Rebecca V. StrodeDATE: DCISUBJECT: 10/20/97 02:21:49 PM Re: Release Issue/JFK BoardCL BY: 705641CL REASON: Section 1.5 CDECL ON: X1DRV FRM: COV 1-82Thanks. I passed along to D/EXDIR and EXDIR. The D/EXDIR may want Brian Latell to provide some more background on this issue at the meeting tomorrow.Original Text of John F. PereiraOriginal Text of John F. PereiraFollowing is in response to questions raised by the EXDIR:1. Members of JFK Board:Chairman: Judge John Tunheim (Federal District Court, Minnesota)Four other members: Henry Graff; History Professor Emeritus, Columbia U.Kermit Hall; Dean of Humanities, Ohio StateWilliam Joyce; Assoc. Librarian, Princeton U.Anna Nelson; History Professor, American U.2. Intermediate steps before appeal to President:a) We are discussing our concerns with JFK Board Staff, and will ask the Board to reconsider its decision.b) We'll propose that a senior Agency officer brief the Board on the sensitivity of Warrenton.3. Who would make the appeal to the President ?Thus far, the process calls for the Agency's General Counsel to forward the appeal to the White House Counsel, with the approval of the EXDIR and/or DCI.4. Has there been an appeal to the President before?CIA has submitted one appeal, in early 1996. The issues concerned identification of certain European stations and liaison relationships. The White House directed the Board and the Agency to "work it out", which was done. After the ADDO briefed theCONFIDENTIAL
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CONFIDENTIALBoard, a compromise was reached.The FBI has submitted three appeals, none of which was successful.5. Does ISCAP have a role ?Thus far, ISCAP has had no role with regard to JFK, as far as we are aware.CC: Regina A. Genton, Brian S. Latell, Edmund Cohen @ DA, James R. Oliver @ DA, Linda C. Cipriani, J. Barry HarrelsonSent on 20 October 1997 at 02:21:49 PMCONFIDENTIAL
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13-00000SECRETOIM-97-001014 November 1997MEMORANDUM FOR: (U) Executive DirectorAssassination Records Review BoardFROM: (U) Deputy Director for AdministrationCentral Intelligence AgencySUBJECT: (S) Required Protection of Warrenton TrainingCenter (WTC) as CIA Facility1. (S) This memorandum is submitted pursuant to the decision by the Assassination Records Review Board (hereafter "ARRB" or "Board") to release the term "Warrenton Records Center" in the context of a CIA facility and the Board's subsequent decision on 17 November 1997 to reconsider this issue. It provides additional information as to why Warrenton Training Center ("WTC") as a CIA facility must be protected from public disclosure and hence the cover of this clandestine facility maintained.[^1]2. (U) As a preliminary matter, I would respectfully ask the Board and staff to note the classified nature of this document, to limit access to those individuals properly cleared,[^1]: (S) The documents at issue contain the term "Warrenton Records Center": however the actual name of the CIA facility at Warrenton is the "Warrenton Training Center." In point of fact, even CIA personnel tend to use the terms interchangeably.SECRETCL BY: 0700265CL REASON: 1.5(c)DECL ON: X1DRV FM: LOC 5-82
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SECRETSUBJECT: (S) Required Protection of Warrenton Training Center as CIA Facilityand to return this memorandum for retention to Agency representatives at the conclusion of your deliberations.3. (S) As we advised previously, identifiable and serious damage to the mission, the people and the very existence of WTC could reasonably be expected to occur as a result of any confirmed affiliation with the Agency. Before examining with particularity the damage that would flow from disclosure, I believe that it would be helpful to understand in some detail the activities which currently constitute the WTC mission and what new, costly and critical activities are being developed for WTC.4. (S) WTC is much more than a records archive for the CIA operating under the relatively fragile cover of the National Communications System (NCS) of the Department of the Army.2 While it does serve this function, and thus houses at the site known as Station A some of the Agency's most important and sensitive Top Secret Codeword material, it is currently the very heart of the CIA's worldwide communications effort, a critical[^2] (S) Pursuant to classification guidelines promulgated by the Director of Central Intelligence, this fact is currently and properly classified at the SECRET level.[^3] (S) Because of the sensitivity of CIA records, the Archivist of the United States has authorized the CIA to maintain this archive for both permanent and temporary records pending ultimate transfer to the National Archives no sooner than 50 years after their origination. This records center currently houses nearly 130,000 cubic feet of records classified up to and including Top Secret codeword and composed of various media ranging from paper to original imagery from our national aerial and satellite surveillance platforms. In addition, the center also houses the CIA's vital records which would provide the only basis for continuity of operations should disaster befall CIA headquarters. In addition and because of the security offered, the Center serves a similar role for the National Security Council and the Office of the Management and Budget.2SECRET
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13-00000SECRETSUBJECT: (S) Required Protection of Warrenton Training Centeras CIA Facilityelement in our foreign signals intelligence effort, and aprincipal location for training and conferencing of officersengaged in highly clandestine technical intelligence collectionactivities. The facilities at WTC in support of these effortsinclude:*   Station B serves as the principal communications training    site not only for CIA (and thus for CIA communicators who    are sent worldwide under official or non-official cover)    but also houses the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service    (DTS) Program Office which is responsible for various    CIA/Department of State communications efforts and the    actual Department of State Communications School. This    site also supports extensive and very sensitive (a)    technical procurement, testing and training, (b) human    operational activities, and (c) conferencing; examples in    this regard include:*   covert employees of the Office of Technical    Collection which procures, distributes, tests and    repairs equipment for our signals intelligence    program as well as other technical collection    platforms such as the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle    which has played and continues to play a critical    role in the Bosnian theater;[^4] (S) The Office of Technical Collection is a component within theDirectorate of Science and Technology which is responsible for thedevelopment, deployment and management of the CIA's Signals Intelligence(SIGINT) and Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) programs as wellas other technical intelligence collection programs. By way of example, ourSIGINT program includes unilateral activities directed against foreigncommunications networks, liaison activities with cooperating foreigngovernments, and support activities for the DO's human intelligence mission.3SECRET
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13-00000SECRETSUBJECT: (S) Required Protection of Warrenton Training Centeras CIA Facility*   covert employees of the Office of External    Development[^5] and the various area divisions of the    Directorate of Operations (hereafter "DO") which    are responsible for clandestine human intelligence    operations overseas;[^6]*   senior officials of the Administration,    Ambassadors, and senior executive branch offices    in preparation for diplomatic initiatives, such as    the Bosnian Peace Talks; and*   members and staff from the Senate Select Committee    on Intelligence.*   Station C serves as the CIA's primary transmit site for    high frequency (HF) covert communications (covcom) and    thus maintains communications with our most sensitive and    secret officers and assets operating overseas largely    with non-official cover; and*   Station D serves as the Agency's primary receive site for    world-wide classified and encrypted communications with[^5]: (S) The Office of External Development (OED) is one of the most sensitivecomponents within the Directorate of Operations and is responsible for therecruitment and placement of "non-official cover" (NOC) officers overseas whoare responsible for the recruitment and management of foreign nationals whoprovide clandestine services for CIA.[^6]: (S) The various DO area divisions utilize WTC for immersion languagetraining, covert communications training, and other seminars and studies wheresuch training could not be accomplished through the Department of State oridentified CIA facilities because of their pending overseas assignments.Hence, if WTC was associated with CIA, then the presence of a student at WTCwould serve to identify that officer as a soon-to-be-assigned espionageofficer for American intelligence an identification inconsistent with theirpending diplomatic or commercial cover and the success of their mission.4SECRET
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13-00000SECRETSUBJECT: (S) Required Protection of Warrenton Training Centeras CIA Facilityour covert foreign stations and bases, and, alsoprocesses a significant volume of highly sensitivemessage traffic for the White House and the Secretary ofState.5. (S) As detailed on the attached annotated photographs,   WTC and its four constituent stations are a critical support   element for the clandestine intelligence collection mission of   the CIA and the United States. Whether sending a message to a   covert foreign national asset in Havana, or receiving a message   from the CIA Chief of Station in Moscow, or supporting military   and diplomatic representatives in Bosnia, WTC is a key element in   that effort. Moreover, it is extremely vulnerable to physical   attack because of the proximity of uncontrolled public roads and   spaces. Accordingly, and as considered in more detail in   paragraph 6 below, any affiliation of WTC with the CIA, no matter   how insignificant the individual occurrence or document release   may seem, has the very real potential to jeopardize lives,   negatively affect the Agency mission, and thereby do irreparable   harm to the national security of the United States.6. (S) But in addition to this established mission and   extant risks, there are new activities at WTC in direct support   of the nation's leadership which must be considered --   specifically, the establishment of the Director of Central   Intelligence (DCI) Emergency Relocation Site (ERS), and an   alternative ERS site for the Secretary of State. WTC has been   chosen to be the primary DCI ERS given its location,   communications, information services, and life support   capabilities. Needless to say, the fact that WTC is not an   officially recognized CIA facility adds a dimension of secrecy   which will be needed to enable the DCI to continue his work   during any emergency situation. Additionally, active   consideration is being given to also designating WTC as the5SECRET
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13-00000SECRETSUBJECT: (S) Required Protection of Warrenton Training Centeras CIA FacilityAgency's primary Emergency Communications Center. Given theamount of time, money and resources which will be expended toinsure that the facility is maintained in such a way that it willbe prepared for any emergency situation, it would certainly be inthe best interests of the US Government not to permit anyofficial affiliation, no matter how minor, of WTC and the CIA.7. (S) The preceding descriptions of ongoing and planned   activities at WTC presents, I believe, an intuitive sense of the   damage to national security which would follow from a linking of   WTC with CIA. In sum, the conduct of covert communications and   support activities as well as the presence of officers who will   soon be serving overseas under cover in highly sensitive   positions can not take place at a facility linked to CIA. But   there are some very specific damage issues that I wish to   highlight and they include:*   (S) **Serious and Immediate Impairment to Physical and Personnel Security:** Our Department of the Army cover allows us to maintain a relatively low profile in the Warrenton community and a very low profile outside of the immediate area. If WTC became recognized as a CIA facility, the increased visibility and scrutiny would place employees, facilities, and daily operations at greater risk. In sum, WTC would become an easy "target of opportunity" for the media, foreign counter- intelligence agents, terrorist and militia activities, demonstrators, and emotionally unstable individuals. Facts, examples, and specific concerns include:*   WTC, like most domestic CIA sites, is a very lightly guarded facility in terms of personnel guards and physical fencing. It survives and6SECRET
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13-00000SECRETSUBJECT: (S) Required Protection of Warrenton Training Centeras CIA Facility*   maintains security through a low profile. [^7] In the past in the United States, identification of CIA facilities have led to a number of surreptitious entries, bombings, and physical disruptions. Simply stated, CIA is a target for both hostile individuals and organizations;*   On the individual level and in the past three years, WTC has experienced an increase in security incidents including a physical breach of Station D compound security, two suspect package incidents, and additional unsolicited contacts and "gate turn-around" incidents;[^9][^7]: (S) As detailed on the attached annotated photographs, the array of communications equipment and its proximity to public spaces and roads is clear. For example, Station C has two gates: the first is only 50 feet from a public road and the second is approximately 600 feet. There are no electronic intrusion alarms on the fence line and, most often, only one security officer is present at a gate. All facility signs simply state: "Warrenton Training Center / NCS / U.S. Army / Admission By Permit Only"[^8]: (S) The current Kasi prosecution provides ample evidence of the risks posed by the public identification of CIA domestic facilities. Any individual intent upon seeking retribution for perceived wrongs quite naturally seeks a target providing the largest possible public notice and while CIA headquarters is an excellent target, a covert facility is even a better target, and a covert facility supporting the foreign espionage activities of the CIA is the best possible target for a political and public statement.[^9]: (S) The breach of compound security was by an out-of-state vehicle which followed an employee through a remote gate and the driver had no credible explanation for their actions; the incident is considered suspicious and unexplained. The suspect package incidents include a box which was placed (not dropped) next to our facility which we believe was intended to test and thus observe our response to suspicious packages. Gate turn-arounds number 8-10 per month and include only those vehicles which ignore clear signs that they are entering a classified government facility but proceed in any event to our gate; it is instructive to note that very few of these individuals state7. SECRET
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13-00000SECRETSUBJECT: (S) Required Protection of Warrenton Training Centeras CIA Facility*   Moreover, in the past several years, the federal government has had a heightened awareness of the violent domestic organization threat posed by the self-styled "militias" which have a stated intent to destroy government communications capabilities and facilities. We know, from information provided by federal law enforcement authorities, that the target list of such organizations includes federal communications centers and WTC Stations C and D exactly fit this target profile;*   By way of examples in this regard, in June of this year, the Sheriff of Fauquier County reported to WTC information regarding, first, a local militia group, and, second, "unusual" comments from individuals living near Station C that we were communicating with UFO's;*   Any higher profile would realistically and seriously threaten the physical and personnel security of WTC. And, as evidenced by the attached map of WTC, such threats do not need to penetrate the fence line: Agency officials are of the opinion that a bomb commensurate with the one which exploded at the Oklahoma City federal building could do substantial damage to the Agency's communications equipment and could kill numerous federal employees at WTC from outside the fence line in circumstances we do not control and could not prevent.or imply that they know that WTC is a CIA facility and, hence, it would appear that our cover, in fact, is quite good.8SECRET
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13-00000SECRETSUBJECT: (S) Required Protection of Warrenton Training Centeras CIA Facility*   (S) Likely Future Compromise of Covert Employees in    Overseas Assignments: As discussed above, numerous CIA    employees involved in communications, technical    intelligence collection, and human intelligence    collection train and operate at WTC for the exact reason    that it provides a secure environment disassociated from    the CIA. We know from ample evidence that foreign    intelligence services have as a primary goal the    identification of US citizens who appear to be ordinary    public servants or private business people but are, in    actuality, clandestine intelligence officers.[^1] Simply    stated, the identification of this facility with CIA will    label any and every individual associated as a likely    intelligence officer and thus substantially negate their    operational ability if not place their lives in jeopardy.*   (S) Loss of Emergency Relocation Site for DCI:    Emergency relocation sites (ERSS) -- whether they be for    the President or Cabinet officials -- have value only as    long as their identity is secret. The public disclosure    of the fact that WTC would serve as such an ERS site    which could come from a general compromise of WTC as a    CIA facility plus subsequent visual surveillance -- would    negate Agency planning in this regard, vitiate    expenditures, and leave the Agency with few realistic    options for survivability. We must assume that any[^1]: (S) We know from captured STASI (the former intelligence service of EastGermany) and clandestinely-acquired KGB files that substantial resources havebeen directed at such identifications. Typically, a suspect American will besurveilled for some time in order to identify his or her target andcooperating foreign nationals. To identify a communicator is one of thehighest priorities since it provides a possible entrée to cryptographiccompromise as well as an opportunity to "roll-up" or identify the numeroushuman intelligence collection officers who rely on that particularcommunicator to transmit information back to the United States.9SECRET