CENTER LANE FY 86 - 90 GDIP SUBMISSION

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This document, dated March 9, 1984, discusses the need for a reorganization of the USAINSCOM's psychoenergetics (PE) technology program, specifically Project GRILL FLAME. The current ad hoc approach is no longer sufficient given the advances in psychoenergetics technology. The document proposes a new organization that would expand and enhance PE intelligence collection operations and utilize synergistic technology to intensify collection capability. Funding for this organization would need to be planned, programmed, and budgeted. The document also mentions that the use of National Foreign Intelligence Program (NFIP) funds for PE operations is currently prohibited by Congress, but efforts are being made to overturn this decision. If the proposed concept is approved, it would be submitted through both the General Defense Intelligence Program (GDIP) and Security and Investigative Activities (S&IA) channels. The compartmented nature of the information in the justification documents requires that CENTER LANE initiatives be submitted separately. The document concludes by stating that if the initiative is approved, USAINSCOM would be prepared to implement the program at the beginning of FY 1986 and would need to provide 36 personnel for the organization. The point of contact for more information is LTC Brian Buzby.

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 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
 SECURITY SUPPORT DETACHMENT
 USAINSCOM, 902D MILITARY INTELLIGENCE GROUP
 FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND  20755
 9 March 1984
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 COL Guild, DCSOPS
 COL Kirk, CofS            n
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 OR MG Stubblebine, CG, INSCOM
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 1.      (S/CL-2/NOFORN)   Since the beginning of USAINSCOM's exploitation
 of psychoenergetics       (PE) technology  with Project  GRILL FLAME, up
 through the present effort under CENTER LANE,   the program has been
 conducted on an ad hoc basis, using resources taken "out of hide."
 Despite the provisional  approach,  Project  results      have  been very
 impressive.   State-of-the-art  in psychoenergetics  has  advanced  so
 far, however,  that the current organizational approach is no longer
 adequate to derive the maximum benefit and intelligence potential
 from  available  technology.   In  recognition  of this,  directives
 received in the General Defense Intelligence Program (GDIP)    Program
 Manager's Guidance Memorandum   (PMGM),  Fiscal  Years  1986-1990 (U),
 Substantive  Guidance document  require  the provision  of   "unranked
 packages to fund the operational use of CENTER LANE capabilities"
 (para 5i, Incl 1).
 2.    (S/CL-3/NOFORN)   A  proposed  organization   is  attached  as
 Inclosure 2.   Designed not only to expand and enhance already proven
 methods  of individual PE intelligence   collection  operations,  this
 proposal  establishes   a framework  for the  development  and    use  of
 synergistic technology, where individual PE collection resources are
 pooled to "saturate" a target,  intensifying collection capability.
 In  order  to  support  the  concept,  resources  must  be planned,
 programmed and     budgeted  to- facilitate the  creation  of     this
 organization.
 WARNING NOTICE:   CENTER LANE SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM
 RESTRICT DISSEMINATION TO THOSE WITH VERIFIED ACCESS
 TO CATEGORY THREE (3)
 SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED
 NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS
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 SUBJECT:   CENTER LANE FY 86 - 90 GDIP Submission
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 SUBJECT:   CENTER LANE FY 86 - 90 GDIP Submission
 3.    (S/CL-2/NOFORN)   Presently,  the        use  of  National  Foreign
 Intelligence Program (NFIP) funds for support of PE operations is
 proscribed  by  Congress.   However,  support  for  such  operations
 throughout  the national   intelligence  community  has  grown  to  the
 New  If
 extent that an effort is being made to overturn td decisio
 CG  INSCOM  approves  the  attached  concept,  recommend
 (as attached at Inclosure 3)  be submitted through both
 GDIP and    Security  and Investigative Activities  (S&IA)  channels.
 Submission  through  both  is  deemed  necessary to allow   for  S&IA
 approval should the NFIP/GDIP funding prohibition not be lifted.
 4.   (S/NOFORN) The compartmented nature of the information that is
 included in the justification documents requires that CENTER LANE
 initiatives be submitted separately from INSCOM's standard Program
 Analysis    Resource  Review/Total  Army  Analysis  (TAA/PARR)  and
 NFIP/GDIP submissions.   Upon approval of the concept,  the proposed
 CENTER LANE  T A/ ARR  and  NFIP/GDIP  packets  will  be transmitted
 directly to DAMI-ISH, ACSI DA for 5. (U) Submission of the CENTER LANE initiative by HQ,  USAINSCOM
 in the Planning,  Programing,  and Budget    (PPB)  process implies  an
 agreement by the command that if the initiative is approved at the
 DA and DoD level, USAINSCOM is prepared to implement the program at
 the beginning of FY 86.  This means that there will be a requirement
 to   provide  36  personnel  to form  the  organization,  effective  1
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 October 1985?     If the required USAINSCOM, manpower
 from sources outside o
 from internal programs.
 6.   (U)   POC is LTC Brian Buzby, AVN 923-7829/2656.
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 BRIAN BUZBY
 LTC, MI
 CENTER LANE Project Manager
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