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From: DIRECTOR
To: MULTIPLE ADDRESSEES
Document date: 07/31/1998
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

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CONE: OPA

INFO: A58/CGCD, A58/GCCOMP, A58/GCENG, A58/GCOPS,

A58/SD, ACIS/PS, ACIS/RIM, ACIS/TM, APLA/ADMIN, APLA/D, ARC/ESGH, ARC/HQ,

ARC/HOHRG, ARC/HQLOGS, ARC/R, ATS/CSC, ATS/CSCAD, ATS/DCCGOD, AUDIT,

AUDIIT, C/ACIS, C/NR, C/OMA/PEMS, CIC/CEG, CIC/IRCB, CLAN/TOG, CMSI, COMPT,

CRES/PEG, D/OGC, D/OMS, D/OTE, DA/CSC, DA/CSC/SCG, DA/WWSB, DC/AF,

DDA, DDA/MSPRB, DDI, DDST, EOC/NOCPER, EXDIR/ICA,.

FBIS/COL, FSS/AB1,

FSS/BF, FSS/CD, ESS/FMG, FSS/OD, FSS/OD1, FSS/ODIR, ESS/PPG, ESS/REB,

FSS/SSG, FSS/SSG1, HRM/DIR, HRM/RCCTD, HRM/SBGWFC, HRS/CDT, IG,

IS/CUBIS,

LIMITED, MDSX, NCI/OPS, NDDORECORD, NESAF/D,

NHTC/ PEMS, NIMA/ CHRNI,

NIMA/CN, NIMA/CNCN, NIMA/CNN, NIMA/COMMO, NIMA/SUE, NR/EX, NROC, OAP/DIR,

OC/AMG, OC/AOBAM, OC/AOBAS, OC/AOBEU, OC/AOBMEA, OC/APB, OC/BF ,

OC/CDAS,

OC/CLS,

OC/CSED, OC/DDIR, OC/DIR, OC/EG, OC/EXA, OC/FFD, OC/FIELD, OC/FISG,

0C/ FMB, ОС/HOB, OC/MLS, OC/MPB, OC/NMB, OC/OG, OC/PBB, OC/PERS, OC/RMS,

OC/SOD, OC/SRD, OC/SS,

OC/TLD, OC/TNG, OC/TSB, OCA, ODDI/AS, ODDI /HRS,

ODDI/ILS, ODDI/PES, ODDI/SEC, ODDI/VIPM, ODE/NROIMO, ODE/PAD, ODE/PERS,

ODPD, ODPV, OFL/AC, OFL/ACFST, OFL/AM, OFL/BF, OFL/CCC, OFL/CCCBS,

OFL/CCCCA, OFL/CCCRE, OFL/CTS, OFL/DDIR, OFL/DIR, OFL/FSDFSC, OFL/HRS,

OFL/LOC, OFL/LSD, OMA/CEG, OMA/CSG, OMA/TIG, OMS/AMD, OMS/BE, OMS/CG,

OMS/DIR, OMS/EAP, OMS/ESG, OMS/EXO, OMS/EXS, OMS/EXTMED, OMS/ESS, OMS/LOGS,

OMS/MHD, OMS/MSD, OMS/PERS, OMS/RAD, OPA/ICB, OPS/BF, OPS/DPS, OPS/ PG,

ORD/ AMRD, ORD/COTD, ORD/CS,

ORD/CTG, ORD/DIR, ORD/EPG, ORD/ETD,

ORD/ ISRD, ORD/ISRG, ORD/MS, ORD/SED, ORD/SO, OREA/D, OSS/D, OSS/IPT,

OTC/ASD, OTC/CEC, OTC/DIR, OTC/IMO, OTC/MPG, OTE/EXO, OTE/KCAT, OTE/ PDD,

OTE/REG, OTI/D, OTS/ CHRONO, OTS/DIR, OTS/.ORG, OTS/RDS, PWSTAFF/MF,

SA/DCIFIR, SBNOVA,

FILE, ODDI /PESBE, C/NHTC, ADCI/MS, C/AF, C/CE,

C/EA, C/EUR, C/LA, C/NE, ESS/ODIRI (11/P)

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STAFF 311440Z DIRECTOR 915999

TO: PRIORITY OPA NEWS.

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SUBJECT:

3.1JULX98 WHAT'S NEWS NO. 547

REF: NONE.

TEXT:

ACTION REQUIRED: AS DESCRIBED BELOW :

PLEASE-DISTRIBUTE-THE-FOLLOWING-WHAT'S-NEWS NEWSLETTER

[INFORMATION AMONG EMPLOYEES.

MESSAGE SHOULD NOT BE RETAINED IN BASE

FILES. PLEASE-DESTROY-AFTER-ALL PERSONNEL HAVE READ:

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SNIDER BECOMES INSPECTOR GENERAL;

FAMILY DAY 1998 SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 12;

DDI ANNOUNCES CREATION OF THE OFFICE OF POLICY

SUPPORT;

DCI SSCI TESTIMONY ON RUMSFELD REPORT AVAILABLE;

RECENTLY PUBLISHED POLICY ISSUANCE AND EMPLOYEE BULLETIN;

IDEN A TO SERVE AT NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE CENTER;

2. SNIDER BECOMES INSPECTOR GENERAL;

ON JULY 30, THE SENATE CONFIRMED BRITT SNIDER AS THE AGENCY'S

INSPECTOR GENERAL.

3. FAMILY DAY 1998 SCHEDULED FOR

SEPTEMBER 12;

THE 19TH ANNUAL FAMILY DAY WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12,

1998, FROM 9 A.M. TO 3 P.M. FAMILY MEMBERS ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND INCLUDE

SPOUSES, CHILDREN, PARENTS, STEPPARENTS, SIBLINGS,

GRANDPARENTS,

GRANDCHILDREN,

SISTERS/BROTHERS-IN-LAW, PARENTS-IN-LAW,

FIANCEES/FIANCES, SIGNIFICANT OTHERS, NIECES, NEPHEWS, AUNTS, AND

UNCLES. EMPLOYEES HAVING BLUE-BORDER

BADGES, CONTRACT/CONTRACTOR

EMPLOYEES HOLDING GREEN-BORDER BADGES, AND DETAILEES FROM OTHER

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND THE MILITARY SERVICES WHO POSSESS CIA BLUE

BADGES MAY BRING WITTING MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES AS NOTED ABOVE.

NOT ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND ARE COUSINS, GODPARENTS, GODCHILDREN, FRIENDS,

AND ROOMMATES. NON-CIA EMPLOYEES POSSESSING INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY

BADGES DO NOT HAVE ESCORT PRIVILEGES AND, THEREFORE, MAY NOT BRING

FAMILY MEMBERS TO THIS EVENT. FOREIGN NATIONALS (NON-US CITIZENS) ,

INCLUDING THOSE WHO FALL WITHIN ANY OF THE CATEGORIES LISTED ABOVE,

WILL NOT BE PERMITTED ENTRY.

THE SPONSORING INDIVIDUAL (AGENCY EMPLOYEE) MUST NOT BRING MORE

FAMILY MEMBERS TO FAMILY DAY THAN S/HE IS ABLE TO MANAGE. FAMILY

MEMBERS MUST BE UNDER THE SPONSORING INDIVIDUAL'S SUPERVISION

THROUGHOUT THEIR ATTENDANCE AT FAMILY DAY.

WHAT'S NEWS WILL PROVIDE FAMILY DAY INFORMATION AS THE PLANNING

COMMITTEE SCHEDULES AND CONFIRMS EVENTS.

4. DDI ANNOUNCES CREATION OF THE OFFICE OF POLICY SUPPORT;

DDI JOHN MCLAUGHLIN HAS ANNOUNCED THE CREATION OF THE OFFICE OF

POLICY SUPPORT (OPS), WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BE IN OPERATION WITHIN

THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.

THE NEW OFFICE WILL CONSIST ENTIRELY OF EXISTING

COMPONENTS WITHIN THE CURRENT OFFICE OF THE DDI (ODDI) : THE

OPERATIONS CENTER; THE PRESIDENT'S ANALYTIC SUPPORT STAFF (PASS) ; THE

INTELLIGENCE LIAISON STAFF; THE INFORMATION POLICY AND RELEASE STAFF;

AND-THE-RECENTLY RE-ESTABLISHED PRODUCT EVALUATION STAFF-(PES) - ET-

WILI ALSO INCLUDE MOST DI REPRESENTATIVES TO POLICY AGENCIES AND

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MCLAUGHLIN EXPLAINED, "WE ARE CREATING OPS FOR SEVERAL REASONS:

--FIRST, WE NEED TO PAY INCREASED ATTENTION TO HOW THE DI SUPPORTS A

RANGE OF KEY CUSTOMERS. IMPROVING SUPPORT TO THE POLICYMAKER AND THE

MILITARY IS A CRITICAL AREA OF INVESTMENT FOR THE DIRECTORATE'S

FUTURE, AND CREATION OF OPS REPRESENTS A STEP IN THIS DIRECTION. BOTH

THE OPS CENTER AND PASS, FOR EXAMPLE, HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKING MAJOR

EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THEIR DELIVERY OF DI PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, AND

THEY WILL BENEFIT FROM INCREASED DAY-TO-DAY ATTENTION OF AN OFFICE

DEDICATED TO HELPING THEM REACH THOSE GOALS. SIMILARLY, WE ARE

EXPECTING THE NEW OFFICE TO PROVIDE THE RIGHT SETTING FOR PES--WHICH

IS TO HELP US EVALUATE HOW WE SERVE THE CONSUMER--TO GET ON ITS FEET

--OPS WILL ALSO, FOR THE FIRST TIME, PROVIDE A FOCAL POINT FOR

SUPPORTING DI REPS BOTH HERE AND ABROAD. AS THAT EFFORT BECOMES MORE

IMPORTANT BOTH FOR CUSTOMER SUPPORT AND EXPERTISE DEVELOPMENT, WE

NEED TO BRING MUCH GREATER ATTENTION TO ENSURING THAT OUR PEOPLE ARE

EFFECTIVELY DEPLOYED AND THAT THEY GET THE BACKING THEY NEED. RIGHT

NOW, MOST REPS HAVE NO SINGLE PLACE TO GO FOR SUPPORT; OPS WILL

ENSURE THAT THEY DO. MEANWHILE, OPS WILL WORK WITH THE DI'S COUNCIL

OF INTELLIGENCE OCCUPATIONS TO DEVELOP DIRECTORATE POLICIES ON WHERE

REPS WILL BE MOST USEFULLY STATIONED.

--FINALLY, THE CURRENT ODDI IS TOO BIG. AT MORE THAN 280 PEOPLE, IT

IS ALMOST AS LARGE AS SOME LINE DI COMPONENTS,

TAKING VALUABLE TIME

AWAY FROM ADDI WINSTON WILEY AND ME IN FOCUSING. ON THE NEEDS OF THE

DI AT LARGE. ESTABLISHING OPS WILL MAKE THE REMAINING ODDI MORE

MANAGEABLE, ALLOWING US TO FOCUS MORE INTENTLY ON THE RIGHT RANGE OF

SUBSTANTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES.

I WANT TO STRESS, HOWEVER, THAT OPS IS NOT GOING TO TAKE LARGE

AMOUNTS OF RESOURCES FROM THE REST OF THE DIRECTORATE NOR IMPEDE

DIRECT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE DDI/ADDI AND KEY OPERATIONS SUCH AS

THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF (PDB) ALL OF THE UNITS COMPOSING THE

FFICE ALREADY EXIST, AND THE NEW FRONT OFFICE WILL CONSIST OF

DIRECTOR--NO DEPUTY--AND LITERALLY A HANDFUL OF ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL

* INCLUDING AN< EXECUTIVE>OFFICER (EXO) . OTHERWISE, OPS AND THE ODDI

WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE THE SAME SUPPORT STAFF,

AND THEY WILL BOTH

LOOK AT WAYS TO MAKE THEIR OPERATIONS MORE EFFICIENT. IN THIS WAY, BY

MAKING A SMALL INVESTMENT IN A MORE FOCUSED MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE,

WINSTON AND I BELIEVE WE CAN HELP POSITION THE DI TO SERVE THE

CUSTOMER BETTER--WHETHER IT'S THE PDB RECIPIENT, THE DCI AND DDCI,

TRE FOLICIMAKER RECEIVING CLOSE SUPPORT FROM A DI REP, OR THE WIDE

RANGE OF OTHER OFFICIALS WHO COUNT ON OUR LIAISON AND INFORMATION

RELEASE STAFFS TO HANDLE AN EVER-INCREASING WORKLOAD EFFECTIVELY."

5. DCI SSCI TESTIMONY ON RUMSFELD REPORT AVAILABLE;

ON JULY 29, DCI TENET TESTIFIED-TO-THE_SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON

INTELBIGENCE ON THE FINDINGS OF THE RUMSFELD COMMISSION-REPORI ON THE

BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT TO THE US- THE TEXT OF HIS TESTIMONY IS

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AVAILABLE IN THE SPEECHES/ DOCUMENTS VIEW OF-THE-OPA-DATABASE_ON LOTUS

NOTES.

* "PRESIDENT<JOHN>F. <KENNEDY ASSASSINATION›RECORDS COLLECTION ACT OF

*1992 " < (JFK>ACT) .

THESE DOCUMENTS ARE IN THE REGULATORY REPOSITORY AND EMPLOYEE

BULLETIN DATABASES. EMPLOYEES WITHOUT ACCESS TO LOTUS NOTES SHOULD

CONTACT THEIR COMPONENT DISTRIBUTION OFFICERS FOR COPIES. FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE

REGULATORY SERVICES-GROUP, CENTER FOR

SUPPORT COORDINATION, ON X52007

7. IDEN A TO SERVE AT NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE CENTER;

IDEN A HAS BEEN SELECTED TO BE THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, INTELLIGENCE

DIVISION, AT THE NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE CENTER (NDIC) IN

JOHNSTOWN; PENNSYLVANIA. IDEN A WHO SPEAKS SPANISH, FRENCH, AND

PORTUGUESE, SERVED SIX TOURS IN LATIN AMERICA AND AFRICA--TWO AS

DEPUTY CHIEF OF STATION/BASE AND TWO AS CHIEF OF STATION. SHE HAS

TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY IN LATIN AMERICA, AFRICA, AND THROUGHOUT EUROPE.

SHE MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS DEPUTY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER FOR

LATIN AMERICA IN THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COUNCIL.

THE CHIEF OF THE CRIME AND NARCOTICS CENTER (CNC) TOLD WHAT'S NEWS,

"I HAVE MADE IT A PRIORITY TO DEVELOP A CLOSER PARTNERSHIP WITH NDIC

AND IN DISCUSSIONS WITH NDIC'S DIRECTOR, BOTH OF US DECIDED THAT THE

ASSIGNMENT OF A SENIOR CIA OFFICER TO NDIC WOULD BRING US EVEN CLOSER

TOGETHER.

IDEN A WAS THE IDEAL CHOICE GIVEN HER SKILLS AND

BACKGROUND AS DEPUTY NIO FOR LATIN AMERICA AND AS AN EXPERIENCED

SENIOR OPERATIONS OFFICER. NDIC IS REFINING ITS MISSION TO INCLUDE

NATIONAL STRATEGIC ASSESSMENTS OF THE DRUG THREAT IN THE US. THE NEW

INTELLIGENCE ARCHITECTURE REVIEW, STILL IN DRAFT FORM, VALIDATES THIS

MISSION FOR NDIC. WE IN CNC AND THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY (IC)

WELCOME THIS DEVELOPMENT. AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NDIC,

INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, SHE WILL OVERSEE THE MAIN ANALYTIC EFFORT AT

INCLUDING A YEARLY NATIONAL THREAT ASSESSMENT. THE EXPECTATION

IS THAT WITH THOROUGH ANALYSIS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE DOMESTIC

THREAT, I.E., THOSE KEY FOREIGN DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS

CONTROLLING DRUG TRADE IN THE US, WE WILL BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO

TRACE THE LINKS TO THEIR PARENT ORGANIZATIONS ABROAD, AND BETTER

FOCUS OUR OWN FOREIGN COLLECTION, ANALYTIC, AND OPERATIONAL EFFORTS.

WE HAVE ALREADY WORKED JOINTLY_WITH NDIC-ON TWO_ IMPORIANT IC

PROJECTS: A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF DRUG TRAFFICKING THROUGH THE

CARIBBEAN AND LINKAGES TO DOMINICAN, COLOMBIAN, AND OTHER

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6. RECENTLY PUBLISHED POLICY ISSUANCE

AND EMPLOYEE BULLETIN;

THE FOLLOWING POLICY ISSUANCE AND EMPLOYEE

ELECTRONICALLY POSTED DURING JULY 21 - 27:

BULLETIN WERE

F-AR 20-27, TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.

(THIS REGULATION WAS REVISED

TO PROVIDE CURRENT POLICY FOR CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH AGENCY

EMPLOYMENT MAY BE TERMINATED-AND-PROV-IDES-FOR-THE-MANNER-IN-WHICH

SUCH_EMPLOYMENT TERMINATIONS MAY BE EFFECTED.)

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VIZATIONS DISTRIBUTING THE DRUGS IN THE US; AND-A-PAPER-ON-THE_

GROWING THREAT OF RUSSIAN ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE,

INCLUDING, OF COURSE, THE US. WE HOPE TO DO MORE OF THESE KINDS OF

JOINT PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE--THAT IS, CONNECTING THE DOTS BETWEEN

FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC THREATS--WITH NDIC AND THE REST OF THE

INTELLIGENCE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITIES.

IDEN A WILL BE A KEY

PLAYER IN HELPING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND WE

ARE DELIGHTED

HAS ACCEPTED THIS ASSIGNMENT. "

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(48155) FOR: D/OPA: CE-BY 0668446.

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