SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE FY 1995 GDIP BUDGET

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 SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
 FY 1995 GDIP BUDGET
 MARCH 31,  1994
 QUESTION AREA:    PROJECT STAR GATE (S)
 QUESTION 15: What is the funding and personnel profile for
 FY 1990-95 for the STAR GATE project?   (S)
 (a) Is this research and development project cost effective?
 S)
 (b) What are the performance criteria for STAR GATE?  (S)
 (c) What examples of STAR GATE can be cited as contributing
 to the intelligence functional areas of collection and
 production during FY 1993?   (S)
 (d) Without fiscal constraints, would GDIP fund STAR GATE in
 FY 1995?   At what level?   (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS)
 ANSWER:   Since FY 1980, DIA manpower devoted to STAR GATE
 has remained constant.  Manpower and dollars for the period FY
 1990-95 are as follows:
 FY YEAR    Manpower
 Other O&M/R&D
 Remarks
 FY 1990    10 billets
 0
 FY
 1991
 $2000K
 Congressional + up
 FY
 1992
 $2000K
 FY
 1993
 0
 FY
 1994
 0
 FY
 1995
 $573
 In response to a January 1994 Congressionally Directed
 Action (CDA), Defense Authorization Classified Annex Joint
 Explanatory Statement, Enclosure 13, the Defense Intelligence
 Agency has prepared a draft multi-year research and peer review
 plan to focus on these issues.   In that regard, the Defense
 Intelligence Agency will convene a Scientific Advisory Group
 consisting of chief scientists from the Services and from DDR&E
 to validate the program's research and development objectives and
 make recommendations as to which objectives should be pursued and
 the program scope required to achieve those objectives.   If the
 Scientific Advisory Group determines objectives in the plan are
 viable and executable, the General Defense Intelligence Program
 Manage will compete this initiative with others for limited
 available resources remaining in the program.   (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS)
 REPRODUCTION REQUIRES
 APPROVAL OF ORIGINATOR
 OR HIGHER DOD AUTHORITY
 FURTHER DISSEMINATION
 ONLY AS DIRECTED BY DIA/PAG           CLASSIFIED BY MULTIPLE SOURCES
 OR HIGHER DOD AUTHORITY               DECLASSIFY ON OADR
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 The performance criteria used for Project STAR GATE are
 governed by two recent Activity directives which focuses on the
 personnel selection and training of newly assigned operational
 personnel, and on protocols for in-house proficiency enhancements
 and operational projects.  Also, an evaluation form patterned
 after the one used by DoD HUMINT operatives is currently being
 utilized by Activity customers when providing feedback to
 operational taskings.   The contractor, at our direction, is
 developing a certification program for operational personnel so
 that proficiencies can be both maintained and further enhanced.
 Program objectives in the draft multi-year research and peer
 review plan include research objectives to further codify methods
 for selecting and training operational personnel; target
 identification; and refinement of protocols.
 During FY93 Project STAR GATE contributed to the
 intelligence functional areas of collection and production in the
 following areas:   (S)
 -- Operations.   Providing data to Joint Task Force-4,
 and to DIA's J2 and the National Military Intelligence Center's
 analytical elements.   Areas covered included the location and
 description of ships for drug interdiction purposes,
 house training proficiency projects were also conducted to
 enhance operational capabilities.   For FY94 and in addition to
 the foregoing, on-going joint activities program have been
 established with JTF-4 and other DoD elements.   Plans are
 underway to develop working relationships with other Agencies.
 (S/NF/WN/SG/LIMDIS)
 SG1
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 -- Research and Development.                      SG1
 SG1A                                                                      A
 and reported on the work done by the contractor in research which
 provided data on significant experimental results that could be
 considered of a break-through nature.   Experiments were in the
 areas of entropy which demonstrated a significant degree of
 correlation between anomalous cognition (AC) and dynamic changes
 in a target's entropy.   The value added is that it should provide
 an objective method for assessing the AC skills of operational
 personnel.   In the experiment on remote observation, it was
 demonstrated that changes in the electrical properties of a
 person's skin could be effected according to the intent of the
 isolated operator.   The value added is that anomalous mental
 REPRODUCTION REQUIRES
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 phenomena (AMP) could be used to remotely influence biological
 systems.  As a result of the experiment regarding alpha
 desynchronization, it may be possible to train operational
 personnel in a manner similar to biofeedback.
 (S/NF/WN/SG/LIMDIS)
 SG1 B
 Without fiscal constraints, the Defense Intelligence Agency
 would fund Project STAR GATE in FY95.   The project would be
 funded at $1.3 million per fiscal year,  again without fiscal
 restraints.   (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS)
 REPRODUCTION REQUIRES
 APPROVAL OF ORIGINATOR
 OR HIGHER DOD AUTHORITY
 FURTHER DISSEMINATION
 ONLY AS DIRECTED BY DIA/PAG
 OR HIGHER DOD AUTHORITY
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