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Testimony for the DCI at University of Alaska Rearing 



I am here today at the request of Senators Boren and 

 Murkowski and Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, to address 

 two issues: possible environmental threats resulting from past 

 Soviet nuclear activities; and the role of the Intelligence 

 Community in addressing environmental problems. 



Let me first discuss the role of the Intelligence Community 

 with regard to environmental problems. 



As you know, on November 15th last year, the President 

 signed the most far reaching directive to assess fut\ire 

 intelligence priorities since CIA and the Intelligence Community 

 were created in 1947. The directive required some 20 policy 

 agencies and departments to identify their intelligence needs to 

 the year 2005. Their responses highlight the increased 

 importance of environmental concerns as an intelligence issue. 

 The National Security Council has integrated all the expressed 

 priorities into one overall list and the Intelligence Community 

 Is using this list as a guide for allocating resources. 



Policymakers and members of Congress are asking CIA to 

 Increase its study of environmental issues because we have 

 special skills, resources, and unique insights. For example: 



