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24 March 198Q
MEMORANDUM
FOR:
MURRAY
B.
WATT,
LTC,
MI,
Chief,
Special Activities
BrallG,
ADCSOPS-HUMINT,
INSCOM
r
SUBJECT:
Interface
of
IGFP Personnel and Outside Analysts (U).
1.
(S).
If remote viewing
is to ever become
a viable asset
to the intelligence
collection effort,
certain obstacles,
which are not
a direct component
of the
controversal viewing phenomenon will have
to be reduced or eliminated completely.
a.
One
of the greatest obstacles will be the interface
of
the remote
viewing collection effort with
the taskers and users in
the intelligence
crs,
community.
Even if the outside POC
is Grill Flame cleared the interface will
f~i)
still be more difficult than between other intelligence disciplines.
Because
of
the nature of the subject few cleared POCs or analysts will be neutral
on
the
subject.
b.
Our experience indicates there will be
the true believer who probably
doesn
' t understand the phenomenon but is overly excited about the potential,
®
and his own involvement
in
the project.
This type of individual will probably
believe almost everything that is provided by the RV net.
The undisciplined
statements made
by this type
of individual will result in
a reduction
in credibility
of the
IGFP.
c.
The other extreme is the type
of individual who states he wouldn't
believe
it even
if
it was proven
to
him.
This type will neglect to perform the
necessary follow-up research required
to exploit
RV
data.
2.
(S)
The POC analyst must be properly indoctrinated
in
the special require-
ments necessary
to efficiently task and utilize this bizarre approach
to
intelligence collection.
It should be noted,
however,
that
the prevelent
problem encountered with POC/analyst thus far have not been primarily due
to
lack
of
RV indoctrination.
a.
For example,
one analyst
is reluctant
to provide another
POC.
This
would not present
a problem if the analyst were readily available
in person
or
by phone.
However,
his many commitments makes
it extremely difficult to locate
him at one of the many places he visits regularly.
Call-back messages are apparently
not passed
on to this individual because calls are seldom returned.
Some
analysts fail
to attend scheduled meetings
to evaluate recently collected raw
data and develop targeting data for
the next
RV session.
At least two analysts
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are usually
so busy that they forget
to call and cancel or delay the meeting.
This leaves
the RV coordinating analyst
(CA)
with viewers scheduled
to work
a target area without
a valid
EEI
.
b.
There is some indication that
the quality and accuracy of
a viewers
impressions
is highly vulnerable during the
last few hours prior to
a scheduled
session.
The viewers are highly sensitive
to subtle indications that all
is
not well with their specific session
or that
it
is being managed
in
an un-
professional manner.
Lack of timeliness on
the part of some outside analyst,
in particular INSCOM analyst,
has caused considerable extra work for the IGFP
analyst.
c.
Target research for mission planning,
data analysis,
and data feedback
to the coordinating analyst should be provided by the POC.
Coordinating analyst
should not be expected to become
an expert
in all areas that we might be required
to support.
If CA's are required to do this it could reduce IGFP's credibility
during
the initial learning training phase of the project.
3.
(S)
Outside analyst must be required
to restrict
thirs tasking to the type
of
targets that cannot be easily targeted by other techniques.
Some analysts have
provided
an
ICR
on
a particular country and then seemed reluctant to provide
specific tasking that was planned relative to the unique abilities of the source.
----- Tasking must
be designed to provide the viewer with enough data to
access the particular requirement
with^ providing information that would color
the response.
4.
(S)
I suggest that
a well thought out SOP be developed for the interface of
IGFP project officer with those
in the intelligence community.
HARTLEIGH TRENT
GS-12
Senior IGFP Analyst
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