Former Spy Respectfully Offers Five-Track Approach to Fixing the U.S. Clandestine Intelligence

FORMER SPY RESPECTFULLY OFFERS FIVE-TRACK APPROACH TO FIXING THE U.S. CLANDESTINE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE

Washington, D.C., May 5/PRNEWSWIRE/ -- Robert David Steele, former clandestine service officer and one of the first to be assigned to the terrorist target full-time, today respectfully offers the following five-track approach (20% each) to fixing the U.S. clandestine intelligence service.

First, limit the puppies—the new hires less than 35 years of age, which the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) persists in demanding as an age limit. Inform all of them that they must either speak the target language at the 4 or 5 levels within 3 years of hiring, including a year overseas with no other responsibility, or they will be fired.

Second, go after the long-ball hitters—the mature 40-60 year olds that are U.S. citizens but have spent a career unwittingly building their cover, who have native language fluency, regional rolodexes of their own, and are able to step immediately into mature roles as non-official cover officers—dump the light cover retirees, elderly students, and aged male “spouses” we use now, all of whom were blown the first time they served under official cover.

Third, resurrect the tested proven concept of “career agents”—the third country nationals who have proven themselves as first class assets, or are newly hired via indirect recruitment—who can be case officers overseas without having to serve at CIA Headquarters or handle all-source secrets.

Fourth, fund regional multi-national clandestine stations that receive full technical collection, processing, and all-source analytic support, but have clandestine case officer cadres drawn from Russia, China, Viet-Nam, India, South Africa, and other nations that cannot be trusted to necessarily share their best intelligence with us, but who can provide a few of their “best and brightest” for “independent assignments”. Use them to go after targets such as terrorism and crime and piracy where there is no question of mutual interests, and substantial question as to American competence on the mean streets.

Fifth, and finally, introduce the idea that wiser Deputy Directors of Operations (DDO) have sought to get approved in the past without success: the “its just business” one-time pass where European and Asian businessmen with unique access are given million-dollar incentives for one-time assistance, and are not treated as recruited assets nor subject to further future contact.

Think!

SOURCE: OSS.NET

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