CIA INTELLIGENCE NETWORKS



    This article is reprinted from Full Disclosure. Copyright (c) 1986 

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    The Central Intelligence Agency like many revoluntionary organizations 

(including the Russian KGB) organize their agent networks on a "cell" system, 

with small groups who meet and carry out specific activities.  The small groups 

have very few connections with the rest of the organization.  Typically, the 

connections between cells will involve only one person in each cell.  See 

sample organizational chart prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency for use 

in Nicaragua by the "Freedom Commandos" (reprinted from Psychological 

Operations in Guerrilla Warfare, the CIA's Nicaragua manual).



    When this structure is used and a member of a cell is discovered and forced 

to talk, he can only inform on members of his own cell.  If he was the person 

with a connection to another cell it is possible that other cell will also be 

compromised, but only after the connection is traced.  However, the tracing 

procedure is very slow, giving the organization time to regroup.



    Although the tracing of the cell structure is very slow, intelligence 

information can be passed to the main organization quickly.



    The main problem with such a cell structure is that the messages which pass 

through many cells can get grabled and since the cells have great autonomy they 

sometimes work at cross purposes.



      The CIA extends the cell system to include Police Departments, Labor 

Unions, Student Associations, Medical Associations, Reporters/Editors etc.  

These cells are created by recruiting (or placing) an agent within the 

organization.  The placement of the agent would depend on the main purpose of 

infiltrating the organization: information or control.  Usually, most of the 

people in the "organization" cells don't know that they are working for the 

Central Intelligence Agency.



    In addition, the CIA controls numerous "private" corporations.  Usually, 

only a few of the top officers are aware of the CIA connection.  The 

corporations conduct normal business operations, and are also available to 

provide services for the CIA whenever necessary.



    A top-secret memorandum from Brigadier General Edward Lansdale to General 

Maxwell Taylor published in The Pentagon Papers, described "unconventional 

warfare resources in Southeast Asia" as follows:



		CAT [Civil Air Transport] is a commerical 

	    air line engaged in scheduled and nonscheduled 

	    air operations throughout the Far East, with 

	    headquarters and large maintenance facilities 

	    in Taiwan.  CAT, a CIA proprietary 

	    [corporation], provides air logistical support 

	    under commerical air cover to most CIA and 

	    other U.S. Government Agencies' requirements.  

	    CAT supports covert and clandestine air 

	    operations by providing trained and experienced 

	    personnel, procurement of supplies and 

	    equipment through covert commerical channels, 

	    and the maintenance of a fairly large inventory 

	    of transport and other type aircraft under both 

	    Chinat [Chinese Nationalist] and U.S. registry.

	    

	        CAT has demonstrated its capabilities on 

	    numerous occasions to meet all types of 

	    contingency or long-term covert air 

	    requirements in support of U.S. objectives.  

	    During the last ten years, it has had some 

	    notable achievements, including support of the 

	    Chinese Nationalist withdrawal from the 

	    mainland, air drop support to the French at 

	    Dien Bien Phu, complete logistical and tactical 

	    air support for the Indonesian operation, air 

	    lifts of refugees from North Vietnam, more than 

	    200 overflights of Mainland China and Tibet, 

	    and extensive air support in Laos during the 

	    current crisis...

	    

    When the goal is to control the organization, the agent would be in a 

powerful place, like a Sergeant in a Police Department.  This would enable the 

CIA to make use of the Police Department resources, computer data banks, 

officers, etc.



    The police officers might perform surveillance on a target for the 

Sergeant, not knowing that they were really working for the CIA.  According to 

Philip Agee/1, "Thousands of policemen all over the world, for instance, are 

shadowing people for the CIA without knowing it.  They think they're working 

for their own police departments, when, in fact, their chief may be a CIA agent 

who's sending them out on CIA jobs and turning their information over to his 

CIA control".



    Agents in Labor Unions can encourage strikes to cause economic difficulties 

when the CIA wants to stir up political problems in foreign countries.  

Reporters and editors can be used to plant propaganda in the press or have 

information withheld when its in the CIA's best interest not to have it 

printed/2.



    When the goal is information collection the target organization would more 

likely be other intelligence services, medical or technology associations.  The 

agent would be placed so that he would have access to as much information as 

possible.  This could be a communications or mail clerk, etc.



    The CIA also targets banks for infiltration.  They are good organizations 

to provide cover for CIA personnel in foreign countries.  The bank can provide 

necessary accounts in bogus names.  They can also provide faked account 

balances so that background checks would out come out positive.  Banks are also 

used for funding mechanisms.  The Bank of Boston was used for such purposes by 

the CIA in Brazil/1.



    When the cells aren't aware that they're working for the CIA, or think 

they're working for someone else, they can be put to other devious uses.  For 

example, if the CIA controlled a cell which thought it worked for the PLO, they 

could send it on a terrorist mission with the intent that they be caught.  This 

would have a two fold advantage for the CIA, first, the PLO would be blamed 

(providing a good opportunity for the U.S. government to expouse propaganda 

against the PLO), and secondly, it would allow the CIA to commit a terrorist 

attack with extremely little risk of exposure -- to achieve a greater level of

interference in the affairs of foreign governments.



    The CIA can also use cells within an organization which aren't aware of 

their connection to the CIA for less devious purposes.  For examples, they can 

make public statement which have the effect of alienating their supporters.  

When one section makes offensive public statements, major disruptions can occur 

within the organization.



/1 Inside the Company: CIA Diary (by Philip Agee)

/2 See Full Disclosure article "I've Got a Secret"



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