R-RDP96-00788 ROO 1500030003-1 Approved For Release 200sina BRIEFING FOR LTG BROWN DIRECTOR OF THE ARMY STAFF 1 MARCH 1984 GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR. I WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A REVIEW OF INSCOMIS ACTIVITIES UNDER THE CENTER LANE PROGRAM TO SUPPLEMENT THE BRIEFING OF 23 AUGUST 1983. THE THRUST OF THE BRIEFING WILL BE ON THE PROGRAM'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND PERSONNEL SELECTION PROCEDURES. (INSERT OTHER SUBJECTS AS REQUIRED) THE CENTER LANE MISSION HAS BEEN TO USE REMOTE VIEWING AS AN OPERATIONAL TECHNIQUE TO COLLECT INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION TO ENHANCE OTHER INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION SYSTEMS, AND TO DETERMINE IF REMOTE VIEWING COULD BE LEARNED BY PROFESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL WHO WERE NOT ESTABLISHED "PSYCHICS." REMOTE VIEWING IS AN SR I- INTERNATIONAL COINED TERM WHICH IS DEFINED AS THE ACQUISITION AND DESCRIPTION BY MENTAL MEANS OF INFORMATION BLOCKED FROM ORDINARY PERCEPTION BY DISTANCE, SHIELDING OR TIME. FROM THE PROGRAMS START IN OCTOBER 1978 INSCOM HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT REMOTE VIEWING IS AN EFFECTIVE INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION COLLECTION TOOL, AND PROFESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS CAN BE TRAINED IN REMOTE VIEWING. SECRET Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1500030003-1 Approved For Release 20 SHRUIA-RDP96-00788RO01 500030003-1 VALIDATION OF REMOTE VIEWING BY INSCOM WAS INITIALLY ACCOMPLISHED WITH A HIGHLY CONTROLLED, OBJECTIVE IN-HOUSE PROGRAM OF TRAINING FOR ASSIGNED PERSONNEL. OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD APPROXIMATELY 350 OF THESE CONTROLLED REMOTE VIEWINGS WERE CONDUCTED. SUCH VALIDATION CONTINUES TODAY INDEPENDENT OF CONTRACTOR'S EFFORTS. SINCE THE FIRST OPERATIONAL INTERVIEW IN SEPTEMBER 1979, PROJECT PERSONNEL HAVE CONDUCTED 726 OPERATIONAL REMOTE VIEWING INTERVIEWS IN SUPPORT OF 96 INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION PROJECTS FOR A NUMBER OF U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY CUSTOMERS. THIS CHART SHOWS OUR RESULTS FROM THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE NUMBER OF OPERATIONAL SOURCES WE HAD AVAILABLE. A SOURCE IS A REMOTE VIEWER. (1979: 7; 1980: 41; 1981: 20; 1982: 11; 1983: 15; 1984: 2; 6) SIR, TO ILLUSTRATE OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, I WILL FIRST EXPLAIN OUR OPERATING PROCEDURES AND THEN PROVIDE YOU WITH A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE RESULTS OF SEVERAL PROJECTS. HAVE BROUGHT SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF COMPLETED PROJECTS FOR YOU TO EXAMINE IN DETAIL IF YOU DESIRE. THE EXAMPLES I HAVE ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE YOU SAW LAST AUGUST. CENTER LANE RESPONDS TO TASKINGS THROUGHOUT THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. AGENCIES OUTSIDE OF INSCOM MUST RECEIVE APPROVAL FROM OACSI TO TASK CENTER LANE. WE REFER TO TASKINGS AS no w SECRL 01 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1500030003-1 2 Approved For Release 2000/ DP96-00788RO01 500030003-1 SCOUR PROJECTS. A PROJECT BEGINS WHEN A "CUSTOMER" CONTACTS THE CENTER LANE PROJECT MANAGER DIRECTLY TO DISCUSS THE FEASIBILITY OF USING PSYCHOENERGETICS TO COLLECT INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION. OUR ASSOCIAT10N WITH CERTAIN CUSTOMERS IS CONSIDERED SENSITIVE. SPECIFICALLY THE NSA DOES NOT WANT IT KNOWN THAT THEY TASK. IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN CENTER LANE PERSONNEL AND THE CUSTOMER IN ORDER TO DEVELOP NECESSARY CUING DATA AND EEI. ONCE THE PROJECT MANAGER DETERMINES CENTER LANE IS AN APPROPRIATE TASKING AGENCY, HE ACCEPTS THE PROJECT, NOTIFIES HIS CHAIN OF COMMAND OF THE TASKING, PROCESSES THE PROJECT ADMINISTRATIVELY, AND ASSIGNS THE PROJECT TO AVAILABLE RESOURCES. ONE PROJECT MAY HAVE SEVERAL SOURCE INTERVIEWS. EACH IS STRUCTURED BY A MONITOR WHO PREPARES THE SOURCE FOR THE INTERVIEW, PROVIDES THE CUING DATA, GUIDES THE SOURCE'S EFFORTS TO RESPOND TO THE EEI, RECORDS THE DATA, AND PREPARES THE REPORT. EVERY INTERVIEW IS RECORDED AND TRANSCRIBED, FROM THE INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION THE MONITOR PREPARES AN AGENT REPORT. AFTER THE REPORT IS PREPARED, THE CUSTOMER IS CONTACTED AND TOLD THAT A REPORT IS READY FOR REVIEW. AGAIN THERE IS DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN THE CUSTOMER AND THE CENTER LANE OFFICE. AT THIS TIME, THE CUSTOMER REVIEWS THE TRANSCRIPT AND RECEIVES A COPY OF THE REPORT. 00/0~LqRET Approved For Release 20 CIA-RDP96-00788RO01 500030003-1 3 Approved For Release 2000 )r-RDP96-00788RO01 500030003-1 ZREl THE PROJECT IS CLOSED WHEN ALL EEI HAVE BEEN SATISFIED AND REPORTS DELIVERED, CENTER LANE MANAGEMENT REQUESTS A WRITTEN EVALUATION FOR EACH REPORT AND FOR THE PROJECT. THOSE EVALUATIONS PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE ACCURACY OF THE SOURCE AND THE INTELLIGENCE VALUE OF THE INFORMATION DEVELOPED. SIR, NOW THAT I HAVE EXPLAINED HOW WE OPERATE, I WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR YOU. SG1A 4 SECRET Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1500030003-1 SG1A Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1500030003-1 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1500030003-1 As WITH ANY OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY, A STRUCTURED ORGANIZATION AND QUALITY PERSONNEL ARE ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS. SINCE THE PROJECT'S BEGINNING IN 1978, WE HAVE OPERATED ON AN "OUT OF HIDE It BASIS WITHIN INSCOM. THAT STATUS, HOWEVER, HAS NOT A w""P Approved For Release 2000/sf .4t-LDP96-00788 ROO 1500030003-1 6 Approved For Release 2000/S8jRfrDP96-OO788ROO1 500030003-1 SG1A11 DP96-00788RO01 500030003-1 Approved For Release 2000/A%OJV aEc PROHIBITED US FROM IDENTIFYING AND SELECTING QUALITY PERSONNEL FOR ASSIGNMENT TO THE PROGRAM., WOULD NOW LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PERSONNEL SELECTION PROCEDURES. .1 NLATE 1978, WE IDENTIFIED 251 INSCOM PERSONNEL IN THE GREATER BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE INSCOM GRILL FLAME PROGRAM. PRELIMINARY SCREENING REDUCED THAT NUMBER TO 117. THOSE 117 PEOPLE WERE THEN INTERVIEWED BY THE PROJECT'S MANAGEMENT. FIFTEEN INDIVIDUALS WERE IDENTIFIED AS PRIME CANDIDATES AND FOUR WERE EVENTUALLY SELECTED FOR ASSIGNMENT TO THE PROJECT AS FULL-TIME SOURCES. AS THE PROGRAM BEGAN TO GROW, WE REFINED OUR PERSONNEL SCREENING PROCEDURES. IN EARLY 1980, THE NEWLY ASSIGNED INSCOM STAFF PSYCHOLOGIST INITIATED A PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING PROGRAM FOR THE PROGRAM'S PARTICIPANTS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE TESTING WAS TO DETERMINE A PROFILE OF A SUCCESSFUL REMOTE VIEWER BY WHICH FURTHER PARTICIPANTS COULD BE IDENTIFIED. FROM THESE TEST RESULTS, THE COMMAND PSYCHOLOGIST CONSTRUCTED A TEST KNOWN AS THE INSCOM FACTOR QUESTIONNAIRE TO BE USED WITH OTHER PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS AS INITIAL SCREENING TOOLS TO BE USED IN THE SELECTION OF NEW PROJECT PARTICIPANTS. INDIVIDUALS WHO SCORED WITHIN PARAMETERS SPECIFIED BY THE STAFF PSYCHOLOGIST THEN RECEIVED PERSONAL INTERVIEWS WITH PROJECT MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL. THIS SELECTION PROCESS WAS IMPLEMENTED IN MID 1980 AND IS IN EFFECT TODAY. or XCRET Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1500030003-1 7 Approved For Release 200n&u -RDP96-00788RO01 500030003-1 WHILE THE SCREENING AND SELECTION PROCESS WE DEVELOPED IS ADEQUATE, WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR BETTER WAYS TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE SOME PSYCHOENERGETIC TALENT OR COULD BE TRAINED TO PERFORM PSYCHOENERGETIC FUNCTIONS, IN NOVEMBER 1983, 1 AWARDED A CONTRACT TO SRI-INTERNATIONAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STATE -OF-THE-ART PSYCHOLOGICAL SCREEN ING/SELECT ION PROFILE FOR USE IN IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL SOURCES. SRI-INTERNATIONAL WILL COMPLETE WORK ON THAT PROFILE By DECEMBER 1984. As PART OF OUR TRAINING PROGRAM, WE DISCOVERED THE MIAS IN 1978, AND BEGAN A TRAINING PROGRAM WITH THEM IN 1980. IN NOVEMBER 1983 WE IMPLEMENTED AN ADDITIONAL PROGRAM WITH THE INSTITUTE THAT WOULD ENABLE US TO IDENTIFY PERSONNEL FOR POSSIBLE PARTICIPATION IN THE PROJECT. THE PRINCIPAL BEHIND THE TRAINING IS THE HEMISPHERIC SYNCHRONIZATION PROCESS. SIR, YOU WILL RECALL THAT I PROVIDED AN INFORMATION BRIEFING TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY IN EARLY JANUARY ON THE MONROE INSTITUTE, PIR. MONROE, AND INSCOM's INVOLVEMENT WITH THE INSTITUTE AND MR, MONROE. SIR, I WILL NOW DISCUSS OUR FUTURE. CENTER LANE IS AN OPERATIONAL COLLECTION ACTIVITY CONDUCTED WITHIN INSCOM IN A COOPERATIVE EFFORT WITH DIA. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A PERSONNEL STRENGTH OF EIGHT. THAT INCLUDES MYSELF, THE OPERATIONS OFFICER, ONE FULLY OPERATIONAL SOURCE, THREE SOURCES IN VARIOUS STAGES OF TRAINING, AND TWO SECRETARIES. WE ARE SCHEDULED TO om Approved For Release 2000/04kP.:IUIDP96-00788RO01 500030003-1 8 Appro~ecl For Release 2000/ DP96-00788RO01 500030003-1 I taff RECEIVE THREE MORE INDIVIDUALS BY THIS SUMMER. THEY WILL BE TRAINED AS INTELLIGENCE OPERATIVES. OUR EFFORTS FOR FY 84 ARE FUNDED WITH P-6 FUNDS OBTAINED THROUGH THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION AND PROGRAMMED INSCOM SUA FUNDS. RESOURCES REQUIRED FOR FY 85 WILL BE CONTINGENT UPON THE CONTINUATION OF DIA'S R&D EFFORTS. SIR, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. - RET Approved For Release 2000/0~L~' IA-RDP96-00788 ROO 1500030003-1 9 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1500030003-1 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1500030003-1