Approved For Release 2000/08/08 G44 aP 96 -00788R001700330002-7 CURTAILED ALL PSYCHOENERGETIC OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE ARMY IN THE NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM (NEIP). ’ THE CONGRESSIONAL CONFEKEES AGKEED, HOWEVER, TO LET DIA COMPLETE THE THIRD YEAK OF THEIR EFFORT AND DIRECTED THAT FUTURE FUNDING -- IF ANY -- OF THIS PSYCHOENERGETIC ACTIVITY BE BUDGETED OUTSIDE THE NFIP. So IN THE FALL OF 1982, IN KEEPING WITH THESE CONGRESSIONAL DESIRES AND WISHING TO MAINTAIN THE MOMENTUM OF EFFORT ALREADY ESTABLISHED, THE CG. INSCOM DECIDED +O CONTINUE INSCOM'S PROJECT AND PROVIDE FUNDING WITH SECURITY AND INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITIES (S&1A) MONTES. INSCOM TERMINATED FORMAL INVOLVEMENT WITH GRILL FLAME AT THE END OF FY 82,° AND CUNTINUED ITS EFFORTS UNDER A PROVISIONAL SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM NICKNAMED CENTER LANE. NEXT 1 WANT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF INSCOM'S OPERATIONAL EFFORTS OVER TH PAST FIVE YEARS. (CHART ON) LURING 1979/7 WE CONDUCTED 79 OPERATIONAL MISSIONS, 43 OF WHICH WERE DEDICATED TO ASSISTING THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DURING THE IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS. DURING 1980, AFTER WE ACQUIRED OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE/* OUR OWN SEPARATED FACILITIES, AND INCKEASED MANPOWER, WE WERE ABLE TU INCREASE OUR PRODUCTION TO 386 OPERATIONAL MISSIONS,*° 154 OF WHICH WERE STILL DEDICATED TO IRAN,’ PERSONNEL LOSSES SUBSEQUENTLY RESULTED IN A SHARP DECLINE OF OERATIONAL MISSIONS; A SITUATION THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS. Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7
Approved For Release 2000/08{98; “~RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 OVERALL, IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS WE HAVE CONDUCTED MORE THAN 700 OPEKATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION MISSIONS. A CONSIDERABLE PORTIUN OF THESE (OVER 200) WERE IN SUPPORT OF THE IRAN SITUATION, WHICH THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF RATED AS BEING QUALITATIVELY EQUAL TO THOSE OF OTHER INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM. BECAUSE OF THE TURMOIL THAT HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT? WE HAVE NOT HAD A STABLE PERSONNEL SITUATION. (CHART CHANGE) IN 19/9. CG INSCOM FORMED A TASK FORCE CONSISTING OF 5 PERSONNEL; A PROJECT MANAGER. AN OPEKATIONS/TRAINING GFFICER, A SECRETARY- AND TWO SOURCES (RVERS).! IN 1980. TwO ADDITIONAL OPERATIONAL PERSONNEL WERE ASSIGNED. By 1980.’ TWO ADDITIONAL OPERATIONAL PERSONNEL WERE ASSIGNED. BY 1581, WE WERE READY TO EXPAND AND RECRUITED 2 NEW PERSONNEL FOR TKAINING IN THE PROJECT. BUT BY THE END OF 1981, PCS MOVES SEVERELY HAMPERED OUR OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY+ HAVING BEEN DENIED NFIP FUNDING AND- THEREFORE, ‘A TDA UNDER THE GDIP BY CONGRESSIONAL ACTION? “CG. INSCOM HAS PROVIDED GUT-OF-HIDE PERSONNEL SPACES IN SUPPORT OF CENTER LANE SINCE THE LOSS OF THIS FUNDING AT THE END OF FY 82.’ THE FY 85 GDIP INITIATIVE WAS POSTPUNED iN LATE AUGUST (29 AUG 83), THAT MEANS CENTER LANE WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE WITHIN INSCOM AS A TASK FORCE WITHOUT A TDA. WE HAVE SUBMITTED AN FY 86-90 POM SUBMISSION THAT WILL PROVIDE FOR A ZO PERSON ORGANIZATION. CURRENTLY WE HAVE lO PEOPLE ASSIGNED TO THE ACTIVITY. Approved For Release 2000/08 He ‘ei A eb P96-00788R001700330002-7
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 (CHART CHANGE) OUR MISSION STATEMENT REQUIRES US TO TRAIN PERSONNEL TO PERFORM REMOTE VIEWING. TRAINING ACTUALLY BEGAN IN 1979, WITH OUR IN-HOUSE EFFORT TO INTRODUCE SELECTED INSCOM PERSONNEL TO THE REMOTE VIEWING PROCESS. DuRING 1979, WE INTEGRATED THE SRI CONTRACTED ORIENTATION TRAINING TECHNOLOGY INTO OUR (N-HOUSE TRAINING PROGRAM WHERE IT IS STILL IN USE TODAY FOR NEW PERSONNEL. OUR IN-HOUSE TRAINING DEVELOPED FROM THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF STATE-QF~THE-ART PSYCHOENERGETIC TECHNOLOGY DRAWN FROM ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, © SCIENTIFIC LABORATORIES, AND RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS AROUND THE WORLD. WE TOOK AN ECLECTIC APPROACH: USING THOSE METHODS WHICH HAD APPLICATIONS POTENTIAL TO OUR OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. IN-HOUSE TRAINING 1S COMPOSED OF PRACTICAL EXERCISES, LECTURES, LITERATURE REVIEW, AND OBSERVATION OF OTHERS. BY THE END OF 1980.’ WE BEGAN AN ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAM USING THE HEMISPHERIC SYNCHRONIZATION (CHEMI-SYNC) PROCESS DEVELOPED BY ROBERT A. MONROE AND USED AT THE MONROE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED SCIENCE IN VIRGINIA, THIS TRAINING ENABLES SOURCE PERSONNEL (RVERS) TO ACHIEVE STATES CONDUCIVE TO PSYCHOENERGETIC AWARENESS. THIS ADVANCED TRAINING 1S BEING FURTHER REFINED AND CONTINUES TO BE USED TODAY. IN MID 1982,’ WE BEGAN A NEW TRAINING PROGRAM IN COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING WITH SRI. THIS NEW COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING OK CRV TRAINING PROCESS SUBDIVIDES ©: 2 we cwen Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7
Approved For Release 2000/08 b}A-FFDP96-00788R001700330002-7 THE DETECTION AND DECODING OF PSYCHIC IMPRESSIONS INTO DISCRETE- ACHIEVABLE SKILL LEVELS. THIS PROCESS HOLDS GREAT PROMISE FOR REFINING RV AND GIVES US A METHOD BY WHICH WE CAN BRING NEW SOURCE PERSONNEL UP TO AN OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE LEVEL WITH MINIMAL DRAIN OW OUR LIMITED IN-HOUSE RESOURCES. WE CONTINUE TO LOGK EGR ADDITIONAL CONTRACTORS TO ASSIST US IN MAINTAINING STATE-UF-THE-ART TECHNICAL EXPERTISE. (CHART CHANGE) JHE NEXT PART OF MY BRIEFING WILL COVER INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION PROJECTS.” THEIR SPONSORS, AND OUR SUCCESS RATIOS. IT iS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ONE COLLECTION PROJECT MAY KEQUIRE ONE OR MANY OPERATIONAL MISSIONS TO SATISFY ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION (EE1).’. THE IRAN PROJECT. FOR EXAMPLE, REQUIRED OVER 200 OPERATIONAL MISSIONS. IN 1979; WE CONDUCTED 7 COLLECTION PROJECTS FOR 4 SEPARATE SPONSOR AGENCIES...’ IN 1980+ WE CONDUCTED 41 PROJECTS FOR 6 SPUNSOR AGENCIES. IN 1981+ "AS MANPOWER CONSTRAINTS BEGAN TO LIMIT OUR CAPABILITY, WE CONDUCTED ONLY 20 PROJECTS FOR 5 SPONSORS. IN 1982. OUR PRODUCTION FELL AGAIN TO yvusT 11 PROJECTS AS WE ONLY HAD ONE OPERATIONAL SOURCE ASSIGNED. IN 1983) WE RECEIVED 14. PROJECTS FROM SEVEN DIFFERENT “CUSTOMERS” CUSAINSCOM, C1A, NSA, ACSI, 1SA, FBI/SS. So FAR IN 1984 WE HAVE RECEIVED 6 PROJECTS FROM 3 DIFFERENT CUSTOMERS. Approved For Release manana 3 CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 IN SUMMARY,’ OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS INSCOM HAS CONDUCTED 100 COLLECTION PROJECTS FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT US GOVERNMENT AGENCIES? ' OUR SUCCESSES MUST BE EXAMINED FROM TWO PERSPECTIVES. (CHART CHANGE) Over 85% OF OUR OPERATIONAL MISSIONS HAVE PRODUCED ACCURATE TARGET INFORMATION, |’ EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT, APPROXIMATELY 50% OF THE 700 MISSIGNS PRODUCED USABLE INTELLIGENCE. (CHART OFF) LAST YEAR,' THE CURRENT UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING SUSPENDED THE PROHIBITION AGAINST UTILIZING PROGRAM 6 FUNDS AND THE ACSI MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO USE THESE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE INSCOM CENTER LANE PROJECT. JHESE P6& FUNDS ENABLED US TO EXPAND OUR EFFORTS INTO AREAS WHICH HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED OVER THE YEARS DUE TO LACK OF A SUFFICIENT FUNDING BASE. WE HAVE CONTRACTED FOR THE FOLLOWING EXPENDITURES IN FY 84: (CHART ON), PURCHASE OF BIOMONITORING EQUIPMENT TO BE USED TO DETERMINE PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES DURING THE CONDUCT OF PSYCHOENERGETIC TASKS, DEVELOPMENT OF A STATE-OF-THE-ART PSYCHOLOGICAL SCREENING/SELECTION PROFILE FOR USE IN IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL SOURCES...’ SUCH A PROFILE WOULD IDENTIFY PERSONNEL WHO MAY HAVE 0] wn Approved For Release 2000108105: CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7
Approved For Release 2000/08/28 J an P96-00788R001700330002-7 SUME PSYCHOENERGETIC TALENT OR WHO COULD BE TRAINED. WE PLAN 10 USE THIS STUDY TO ASSIST US IN RECRUITING NEW SOURCES, FUNDS NOTED ARE FOR BOTH SRI AND SRI SUBCONTRACTS, —_ DETERMINE THE COUNTERMEASURES POTENTIAL OF EXTREMELY LOW EREQUENCY (ELF) ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION.! THIS EFFORT WILL EXAMINE THE POSSIBILITY THAT CERTAIN AS YET UNIDENTIFIED ELF RADIATIONS HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON MENTAL STATES CRITICAL TO PSYCHOENERGETIC PERFORMANCE. THIS STUDY MAY ALSO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON ELF ENVIRONMENTS CONDUCIVE TO OPTIMUM PSYCHOENERGETIC PERFORMANCE. JHE LOGICAL FOLLOW-ON TO THIS EFFORT WOULD BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL COUNTER-COUNTERMEASURES ENVIRONMENTS FOR CENTER LANE sSoURCES:’ FUNDS NOTED ARE FOR SRI AND A SRI SUBCONTRACT. DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW PSYCHOENERGETIC TECHNIQUE FOR USE IN “SEARCH PROBLEMS.” OVER THE YEARS SPONSOR AGENCIES HAVE ASKED US TO ASSIST IN LOCATING LOST Ok MISSING EQUIPMENT OR PERSONNEL. BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A CONVENTIONAL REMOTE VIEWING TASK WE HAVE HAD LITTLE SUCCESS AT PROVIDING TIMELY USABLE INTELLIGENCE IN THESE CASES. THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT INFORMATION WE PROVIDED WAS INACCURATE, JUST THAT IT WAS NOT DIRECTLY USABLE TO RESOLVE THE INTELLIGENCE PROBLEM AT HAND. IF IN FACT A NEW PSYCHOENERGETIC “SEARCH PROBLEM” TECHNIQUE IS DEVELOPED. WE Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 10
Approved For Release 2000/02 Bhs g & WAR DP96-00788R001700330002-7 WOULD ANTICIPATE TRAINING SOURCE PERSONNEL IN THIS TECHNIQUE BECAUSE “SEAKCH PROBLEMS” CONTINUE TO BE PRIORITY TASKS RECEIVED BY THIS OFFICE: FUNDS NOTED ARE FOK SRI, CONTINUATION OF COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING TRAINING AT ENHANCED LEVELS FOR ONE SOURCE: FUNDS NOTED ARE FOR SRI AND A SR1 SUBCONTRACT. INITIATION OF CRV TRAINING FOR FOUR NEW SOURCE PERSUNNEL!’ FUNDS NOTED AKE FOR SRI AND A SRI SUBCONTRACT. THIS P6& MONEY WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $235K INSCOM S&IA FUNDS WHICH WILL BE USED FOR TRAVEL AND SUPPORT FUNCTIONS. Approved For Release 2000708708": ¢ i -RDP96-00788R001700330002-7