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\\. \....*rtici~~~\)~~~'on-Commission: Sean ~ ;N~ i ' 1 l 2Assistant General Counsel, FBI

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\~ \\\, Bac~e.r~~~~:1 !was hired by the~e~iitI987 as a GS-3 Mail Clerk, She\\firiish~(;lhigh s~h06J apd started, but did not graduate from~'S~ewart Business School, where

lear:ni.!lg t~ a secreta~ .. Between 1987 .~d 1 99 3',1 . '- '".Jose through the following'posruons; Mall Clerk, Regular Clerk, Supply Technician, Receptionist.vmany otheradministrative duties, i l i : l tr lin 1993 she was promoted to Analyst. "

~Ppii~dtObl!:~ Analyst at the Northeastern Regional support'~~nt~r,iIIJ:1....-Monmouth.New Jersey, wh.~ch.is an Informational Technology Center for the FBLL.Jervedas a~ Analysr.there 199~ until 1997. 1997, she came to the on TOY to assist in an

. espionage investigation and has stayed here ever since. At that time, she worked with theIntegrated Intelligence Infl?~a~ontEEliCatOn ~IA), a recently defunct (a~ of approximately

June, fD03) darabase/analytical tool, ontinues to be the only IRS'assIgned to the CI-14squad (which hadpreviously .. . been\N'S ..34 and CI-17 before that).

\upervis~b~ Transfe~~~d to\;n:TF/Gay Harrington's Squad. As of April, 2003, GayHarrington, the for the JIn, has been her supervisor. Before that, the supervisor of theParticulatr9uadte\~aS assigned-to served as her supervisor, Gay Harrington will assign hercases, bu indicated that shedid not ...otice much of a change in her work. The essentialdifference is that now.she reports to-an additional supervisor. In general in the WFO, Agents goto Gay Harrington for "~'ssistance, bud I~dicated that the Agents on her CI squad comedirectly to her for help.] \. Indicated that li~r primary interaction with Gay Harrington isevery days, when she lets Gay know what she is working on during the File Review process.She also attends weekly m'~~although the substance generally does not pertain to her work.

Gay now also directly taskL.Jwith work as we~.~.

-._. When asked ab~ut'ili~ ~urpose of the transfe~J"-"""lndicated that "we were brou~~t in :' : , tofacilitate intelligence in a ibe t t e rmanner." When asked to assess the progress, she indicated, : . : .d. : . : .' ~ - - _ . :.

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that'ii'was, "~tnr-early~!nd that "there ar~ growing.pains, but think that it is starting to work."\"" : :: >~,",,"Ion't know-much about-what the other analysts do."

~\:::"\: Job DeSC;i;~iolq~~;k~oii:esPiOllllge matters, not International Terrorism ern .\,'\. ""."\S.~~,,in4~catedthat she provides assistance on events':1 Iprovides damage assessments, threat\ .. . . . a n q' telephone analysis, creates databases to manage information, and "a lot of different things."

t ha~her work products generally go to "different places." She creates Power Point'\ \" pF~s~n~ti.Qns"tl)at are presented on Capital Hill (e.g., she mentioned that she had-put together' \ , . . . . . . .uch'~,pr~s~taiiQ!l on Brian Regan). When asked, she said that her analytical products go to\, \, other. a gencie s.ln th eintelligence community "eventually," but she couldn't describe how this

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~ s~~ ' d J'J,tated that when she has "spare time" she tries to "see trends."'J-IQwever,'~he... ndicated that she frequently has "six jobs," and therefore no spare time. InQ\neraI, Shecon~u~''r~~earcii"itl,~e files" and "follows up on hits received in ACS."

''\ ......Her focus on"~.~any.~ne e llin g U .S .national security information." She and the squadsh~~work swith 'willtalk to get-information on spy tradecraft - to do whatever they can

to ~il~spionage~ ....Nine outof ten of her cases involve US goverrunent employees. "I don'tknow much about \vhai-. the 'other>'analysts do." She said that "everyone is stretched thin," but

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\1 \"lvorked ~ th~"'fI~en irryestigatio~'a~er his arrest. She has worked' on andcontinues to, work on the... Briah: Regan investigation. S ~ reviews debriefing reports submitted to.the HQ '~spi'~nage unit and the "J~aid that Ft.Monmouth translates taped reports: the, .Agent se~~s out the tape gets.back a transi;,rt andteri'd,eCides where to send it, When

, .: asked if s~ would do a summary o fa transcript said thar it depends on what it is and,"who has ~\e ii.\e on that da y

Acc~~s to'...Databases/Sohwar~J Isaid that she had the following

databases: I i . . ~A ,Automated CaseSupport (ACS) system, Telephone Application, and her owndatabase created fr~~ous work, She also gets information by contacting fellow analysts atHeadquarters L...J1ses Analyst Notebook, a software program, which.makes "nicepictures for you~art:" ~he also u:~esPen Li~, which ~kes tel~phone nuriH~~rsand makes. a chart for you. L-Jindlcated that they were getting a new system In December. Imentioned the Zylndex and said that she has access to Intellink for specific things that she isworking on. and then her access is cut off when the case closes. She does not have access to the

I I . \, " \Relationshiptwtth Headquarters~"--"ndicated that her relationship with HQ

was "pretty good." Irithe past, the relationship ~y a "one way street," where informationgets shared from WFO.,.to HQ, not vice versa. She said that frequently HQ Analysts will get

"read i~to" the case and,that they then divide ~uties. In particulill:. falle[ ms;lUism ed ~ef~lI~;Ymg HQ Analysts:

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been real change in uploading, a1though some information now is uploaded. She said that

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\ ': :: ': :: :: :; ;: :: :< : : . : - .. :"now we need AD approval not to upload." However, she stated that when an investigation is\. \::\ \" "g9ing on, 9 out of 10 times, the products are not uploaded. .'

~as not done any !IRs. She said that the squad supervisor of fue operational squaddoes them. She said that she only works on "priority investigations," and that she doesn't

\" \ \ broadcast them. When asked, she said that she has not seen any !IRs. When asked about IIR""" .quotasxshe said "I know there is one, but I don't think I'll get pressed to do one per week. It is a\. ' ......hole different animal. We do share that information that is for sharing. We share information Mterthe iIiv~~tigation. That is when it is made available to the intelligence community."

Because 9 out of 10 of.. er cases mvo ve a emp oyee, S e ee stat coon matron IS not a problem and that the CIA\~is usually pretty good atprocessing information. She follows the third-party rules. All of this\.hasbeenvpretty much'? the.same sinceS/l l. The nature of her work dictates the sharing. "I'don't know much about what-the other analysts do." When asked, she said that she has not seen~y IIRs. .. '. """

\..... Since i"r-laid thatinformation is shared more at the weekly meetings, that thereis more open dis~u~tween analysts, who are now in the same place and on the samesquad, She said that there is now more 'h~fonnation sharing with other analysts - before youweren't supposed to share information with them and she didn't. Now it is "completely theopposite," but she said that this started to change even before 9/11. On the other hand, she saidthat sh e only listens a~the weekly meeting; she.does not discuss her, work .

. . \$he has ace : .\ ......, . . . for-her file. on her cases

(hard copies only). She said it would be helpfulif she di~\ She sai at such access may be proposed.

C~'~nges Since ~ J Indicated that many people feared that they would be movedfrom counterintelligence (Cl) work to counterterrorism (CT) work and lose their expertise. Shesaid that infQrmation is shared more at the weekly meetings, thatthere is more open discussionbetween analysts, who are now in the same place and on the samesquad. She said that there isnow more information sharing with other analysts - before you weren't supposed to shareinformation ~th them and she didn't. Now it is "completely the opposite," but she said that thisstarted to chan~~ even before 9/11. -.

When a~~ed whether the CI mission has lost ground to CT since 9/11'~'Dsaid "yes,initially, but that espionage is still the #2 priority and is still there." She said, "we are focusingon CT more; we can get pulled into it." She said the priorities have changed back and forth overtime. There is no b\~cklog in CI translations.

Patriot Act.") btated that the Patriot i\c~ has.made getting ~I~~s easier - less redtape now. They still follow the letter of the law, though the law is less restrictive now. She saidthat every time she writes a FISA application~-f~a.ds~the Act. She said that she "hears fromothers" that the burdens are lower and that it is-easier to "write it up." She said that everything

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moves morequickly since the Patriot Act. When asked to specifically identify the ways in whichthings were made better or more efficient, she suggested that we just read the Patriot Act.

When asked about traini~gJ lnentioned ANACAPA, a criminal-basedanalyst training and stated, "analysis is analysis." She also said that she gets presentations on~age investigations: W~~n ask~4whether the. n:aining process has changed over time,

L........Ptated that "more IS available":and that now It IS mandatory that they attend 15 hours oftrainmg per year. She said that this training could take many forms. She said that the last course/ she took at the CIA was four..years ago, on Terrorism.

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