Subject: Info on Camp Peary Message-ID: Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 12:11:12 -0700 (PDT) X-Gateway: notes@igc.apc.org Lines: 222 AGENT DEFECTOR. USSR. YURI NOSENKO, CONTROVERSIAL KGB DEFECTOR HAD A CELL/HOUSE IN CAMP PEARY WITH BARBED WIRE AND SPOTLIGHTS. WISE, D. (1988). THE SPY WHO GOT AWAY 47 AIRLINE OFFICE OF LOGISITCS THROUGH FAIRWAYS CORPORATION, A LONGTIME CIA PROPRIETARY, OFFICE OPERATES CIA'S PLANES, INCLUDING REGULAR FLIGHTS TO CAMP PEARY, THE TRAINING CENTER. KESSLER, R. (1992). INSIDE THE CIA 136-7 ASSETS CAMP PEARY DESCRIBED. GRANT, Z. (1991). FACING THE PHOENIX 140 CAMP PEARY DESCRIBED. WATSON, B., WATSON, S. & HOPPLE, G. (1990). UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA 60 CAMP PEARY VIRGINIA AKA "THE FARM." PEARY IS A 10,000-ACRE COMPLEX NESTLED IN WOODED COUNTRYSIDE NEAR WILLIAMSBURG. MANGOLD, T. (1991). COLD WARRIOR JAMES JESUS ANGLETON 183 A DESCRIPTION OF CAMP PEARY AND THE TRAINING CONDUCTED THERE. RICHMOND NEWS LEADER 8/22/89 13 CAMP PEARY NAMED ARMED FORCES EXPERIMENTAL TRAINING ACTIVITY, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. CIA TRAINEES RECEIVE SPECIALIZED COURSES AT PLACES OTHER THAN FARM. INSTRUCTION IN EXPLOSIVES GIVEN AT HARVEY POINT, NEAR ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. COURSES IN LOCKS AND PICKS, FLAPS AND SEALS AND PHOTOGRAPHY GIVEN AT "BLUE U" AT 1000 NORTH GLEBE ROAD IN ARLINGTON, VA. WISE, D. (1988). THE SPY WHO GOT AWAY 45-6 CAMP PEARY UNDER COVER OF DEFENSE DEPARTMENT IS CIA TRAINING SITE. PREVIOUSLY BEEN A TRAINING BASE FOR NAVY'S SEABEES AND DURING WWII, A PRISONER WAR CAMP FOR CAPTURED GERMAN SOLDIERS. WISE, D. (1988). THE SPY WHO GOT AWAY 45 IRAN, 79 TRAINING FOR DELTA EAGLE CLAW RESCUE OP CONDUCTED AT CAMP SMOKEY [CIA'S CAMP PEARY IN VIRGINIA]. BECKWITH, C. & KNOX, D. (1983). DELTA FORCE: THE U.S. COUNTER-TERRORIST UNIT AND THE IRANIAN HOSTAGE RESCUE MISSION PASSIM IRAN, 80 PRESIDENT CARTER FLEW TO CIA BASE CAMP PEARY, VIRGINIA WHERE DELTA FORCE BEING DEBRIEFED AFTER FAILED OP DESERT ONE. MARTIN, D. & WALCOTT, J. (1988). BEST LAID PLANS 29 VARIOUS INTEL INSTALLATIONS IN VIRGINIA INCLUDE CAMP PEARY: 10,000 ACRES SURROUNDED BY AN 8-FOOT, BARBED-WIRE-TOPPED FENCE, A BOOT CAMP FOR INTEL RECRUITS; VINT HILLS FARM STATION: 720 ACRES EAST OF WARRENTON, LISTED AS ARMY-RUN, IT'S A NSA "GIANT EAR" - A RHOMBIC ARRAY ANTENNA SPREAD OVER SEVERAL HUNDRED ACRES TO INTERCEPT VERY SPECIFIC SIGNALS ESPECIALLY FROM D.C.'S EMBASSY AREA; WARRENTON TRAINING CENTER: 713 ACRES ITS PR OFFICE SAYS IT'S AN ARMY RUN "CLASSIFIED COMMO FACILITY" BUT IT HOUSES 4 SHORTWAVE TRANSMITTERS USED IN PART FOR "ESPIONAGE TRANSMISSIONS" TO AGENTS IN CUBA AND CENTRAL AMERICA. USA TODAY 8/17/89 4A COUNTERINTEL USSR, 62-74 FROM 14 AUG 65, UNTIL 27 OCT 67, NOSENKO HELD IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AT NEWLY BUILT, TINY CEMENT HOUSE AT CAMP PEARY VIRGINIA AKA "THE FARM." PEARY IS A 10,000-ACRE COMPLEX NESTLED IN WOODED COUNTRYSIDE NEAR WILLIAMSBURG. CELL GIVEN CODENAME LOBLOLLY. MANGOLD, T. (1991). COLD WARRIOR JAMES JESUS ANGLETON 183-4 USSR, 62-74 WHILE NOSENKO HELD IN CAMP PEARY HIS HANDLER, BAGLEY, DELIBERATELY MANUFACTURED EVIDENCE WHICH FALSELY SUGGESTED KGB HAD RECRUITED MOLES IN CIA. MANGOLD, T. (1991). COLD WARRIOR JAMES JESUS ANGLETON 190 COVER CAMP PEARY NAMED ARMED FORCES EXPERIMENTAL TRAINING ACTIVITY, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. WISE, D. (1988). THE SPY WHO GOT AWAY 45 SINCE 89 CONGRESS SECRETLY ADDED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO CIA'S OPS DIRECTORATE THAT IS INCREASING ITS ROSTER. DURING MUCH OF COLD WAR CIA RELIED HEAVILY ON SATELLITES AND ELECTRONIC EAVESDROPPING RATHER THAN HUMINT. TODAYS THREATS MORE VARIED AND REQUIRE MORE SPIES. CIA DRAWS LINES AT INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE. AGENCY HIRING MORE PHYSICISTS AND BUSINESS GRADS WHO CAN READ A SPREADSHEET. THEY TRAINED AT CAMP PEARY. TRADITIONAL COVER - STATE DEPT - INCREASINGLY TRANSPARENT BUT NONOFFICIAL COVERS [NOCs] HAVE BECOME MORE DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH. TAKES TWO YEARS TO BUILD OFFICER'S COVER. CIA HIRING MID-LEVEL BUSINESS MANAGERS AND PLACING THEM IN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS. NEWSWEEK 2/17/92 27 TRAINING FARM, CAMP PEARY AKA ARMED FORCES EXPERIMENTAL TRAINING ACTIVITY. FREEMANTLE, B. (1983). CIA 78 ORG, ADM OFFICE OF LOGISTICS MOVES EMPLOYEES AND OFFICES AND PROVIDES COURIERS FOR TOP-SECRET DOCUMENTS BUT ALSO BUYS GUNS AND AMMUNITION AND RUNS PROPRIETARIES. THROUGH FAIRWAYS CORPORATION, A LONGTIME CIA PROPRIETARY, OFFICE OPERATES CIA'S PLANES, INCLUDING REGULAR FLIGHTS TO CAMP PEARY, THE TRAINING CENTER. OFFICE MANAGES AGENCY'S PROCUREMENT SYSTEM, PRINTING PLANT, PHOTOGRAPHIC FACILITY, MAIL SYSTEM, MOTOR POOL, COURIER SYSTEM AND FOOD SERVICES. REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION BRANCH, RUNS CIA'S PHYSICAL PLANT AND MAINTAINS ITS GROUNDS. KESSLER, R. (1992). INSIDE THE CIA 136-7 OFFICE OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION TRAINS CIA EMPLOYEES AND OPERATES CAMP PEARY. OFFERS COURSES IN AREA STUDIES AND 25 LANGUAGES. IT MANAGES PUBLICATION OF STUDIES IN INTELLIGENCE. KESSLER, R. (1992). INSIDE THE CIA 136 ORG, GEN ISOLATION (FARM, CAMP PEARY) VARIOUS NAMES CIA TRG BASE VA. AGEE, P. (1975). INSIDE THE COMPANY: CIA DIARY P35 PARAMILITARY TRAINING. INSTRUCTION IN EXPLOSIVES, DEMOLITIONS, PARACHUTE JUMPS, AIR AND SEA OPS,ARTILLERY TRG. TRAINING HELD AT CAMP PEARY, FORT BRAGG AND FORT GULICK. MARCHETTI, V., & MARKS, J.D. (1974). THE CIA AND THE CULT OF INTELLIGENCE 241-2 PERSONNEL IN PAST WASPS FROM IVY LEAGUE RECRUITED FOR CIA. NOW MORMONS FREQUENTLY RECRUITED. SINCE 89 CONGRESS SECRETLY ADDED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO CIA'S OPS DIRECTORATE THAT IS INCREASING ITS ROSTER. DURING MUCH OF COLD WAR CIA RELIED HEAVILY ON SATELLITES AND ELECTRONIC EAVESDROPPING RATHER THAN HUMINT. TODAYS THREATS MORE VARIED AND REQUIRE MORE SPIES. CIA DRAWS LINES AT INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE. AGENCY HIRING MORE PHYSICISTS AND BUSINESS GRADS WHO CAN READ A SPREADSHEET. THEY TRAINED AT CAMP PEARY. TRADITIONAL COVER - STATE DEPT - INCREASINGLY TRANSPARENT BUT NONOFFICIAL COVERS [NOCs] HAVE BECOME MORE DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH. TAKES TWO YEARS TO BUILD OFFICER'S COVER. CIA HIRING MID-LEVEL BUSINESS MANAGERS AND PLACING THEM IN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS. NEWSWEEK 2/17/92 27 SPECIAL FORCES ARMY DELTA FORCES MOVED BY CHARLIE BECKWITH FROM ITS HQS AT FT. BRAGG TO SMALLER MORE SECURE TRAINING AREA THEY CALLED CAMP SMOKEY - ACTUALLY CIA'S CAMP PEARY AKA THE FARM. CIA BUILT A MODEL OF TEHRAN EMBASSY COMPOUND SO THEY COULD REHEARSE REFUGEE RESCUE. MARCINKO, R. (1992). ROGUE WARRIOR 228 TRAINING 80-94 CIA TRAINING COMPOUNDS PROVINCIALISM. CASE OFFICERS TRAIN FOR ABOUT A YEAR, MUCH OF TIME AT CAMP PEARY - WHERE A 16-20 WEEK PARAMILITARY COURSE TEACHES RECRUITS HOW TO SHOOT WEAPONS, GO ON PATROL, READ MAPS, ESCAPE AND EVASION, AND SURVIVAL. PROGRAM HAS BEEN CUT BACK. INTENSIVE "FIELD TRADECRAFT COURSE," WHICH TEACHES SURVEILLANCE DETECTION, HOW TO SET UP CLANDESTINE MEETINGS, HOW TO USE SHORTWAVE RADIOS AND SECRET COMMO GEAR, HOW TO WRITE REPORTS AND HOW TO GATHER INFO AT A COCKTAIL PARTY. COURSE INCLUDES "JAIL SEQUENCE," IN WHICH AGENTS ARE INCARCERATED, DEPRIVED OF FOOD, WATER AND SLEEP AND INTERROGATED OFF AND ON, FOR TWO DAYS. DRIVING SKILLS TAUGHT "CRASH AND BANG," IN CIA FACILITY IN NORTH CAROLINA. CASE OFFICERS TAUGHT TO DETECT CAR BOMBS - NO LONGER TAUGHT HOW TO MAKE CAR BOMBS. TRAINING "OUTWARD BOUND WITH GUNS." TRAINING DOES NOT INSTRUCT IN LANGUAGES, BEHAVIOR AND OTHER SKILLS TO PENETRATE FOREIGN CULTURES "THE FARM HAS NO RELEVANCE TO LIFE." "IT'S WHERE THEY SEND LOSERS TO TEACH ALCOHOLICS TO DRY OUT." U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT 7/4/94 46 80 A DESCRIPTION OF THE CAREER TRAINING (CT) PROGRAM. CTs ROTATED TO VARIOUS DESK ASSIGNMENTS AND THEN SENT TO 18 WEEKS OF OPERATIONAL INTEL TRAINING AT CAMP PEARY. HOWARD, E.L. (1995). SAFE HOUSE 33-38 89 CIA'S CAREER TRAINEE SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM STARTED IN MID-80s. STUDENTS PAID $250 A WEEK FOR 9 WEEKS, PLUS ROOM BOARD AND TRANSPORTATION. AT END THOSE FOUND SUITABLE ARE OFFERED FULL TUITION FOR FINAL YEAR OF COLLEGE AND PLEDGE CIA 18 MONTHS' SERVICE AS A CASE OFFICER - THEY FORBIDDEN TO SPEAK OF EXPERIENCES. IN FALL OF CANDIDATE'S JUNIOR YEAR THEY TESTED AT CIA OFFICE IN NEAREST CITY. ONE TEST LIKE SAT, A SECOND CALLED THE PAT-B (FOR PROFESSIONAL APPLICANT TEST BATTERY). THOSE ACCEPTABLE FLOWN TO D.C. FOR A WEEKEND OF INTERROGATIONS AND POLYGRAPH - LIE-DETECTOR. DETAILS OF QUESTIONS. 50% REJECTED ON BASIS OF POLYGRAPH ALONE. BIG DIVISION IN THE 20 WHO ACCEPTED WAS AVID CHURCHGOERS AND CASUAL ONES. SPY CAMP BEGAN AT XEROX TRAINING CENTER IN LEESBURG, VA., SUMMER AFTER THEIR JUNIOR YEARS. LECTURES BEGAN NEXT DAY - THEY LEARNED BASICS - CIA'S STRUCTURE, ITS OPS AND ITS HISTORY. AT BAR IN EVENING THEY SURREPTITIOUSLY SCREENED FOR SOCIAL POISE. AFTER ABOUT 3 WEEKS THEY AT HOLIDAY INN IN ARLINGTON. THEY TAUGHT SURVEILLANCE. AT FOURTH WEEK THEY WENT TO CIA HQS IN LANGLEY. ALL 20 TRAINEES FLOWN TO CAMP PEARY FOR PARAMILITARY-LIKE TRAINING, DRIVING TECHNIQUES. DID ROLE PLAYING, ETC. SOME GIVEN OFFERS SOME NOT. SPY MAGAZINE 5/93 53-7 ARTICLE ON CAMP PEARY, THE CIA'S SPY SCHOOL. INCLUDES PHOTOS. WASHINGTON POST 2/19/80 AT CAMP PEARY TRAINING CONSISTED OF COMMO, TRAINING IN RADIO, CODES, SECRET WRITING, USE OF ONE-TIME CODE PADS, DISSOLVING PAPER, MICRODOTS, DEAD DROPS, AND SIGNALS. ALSO TRAINED IN BREAKING AND ENTERING. WISE, D. (1988). THE SPY WHO GOT AWAY 46 AT CAMP PEARY TRAINING INCLUDED SURVEILLANCE AND COUNTER-SURVEILLANCE. TRAINING IN DISGUISE. AFTER 4 MONTHS CAREER TRAINEES ARE GIVEN FINAL EXAMS AND TAKEN TO A CITY FOR LIVE EXERCISE, WITH CIA INSTRUCTORS AS ROLE PLAYERS. IN FINAL METING TRAINEE MAKES RECRUITMENT PITCH. WISE, D. (1988). THE SPY WHO GOT AWAY 48 CAMP PEARY NAMED ARMED FORCES EXPERIMENTAL TRAINING ACTIVITY, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. CIA TRAINEES RECEIVE SPECIALIZED COURSES AT PLACES OTHER THAN FARM. INSTRUCTION IN EXPLOSIVES GIVEN AT HARVEY POINT, NEAR ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. COURSES IN LOCKS AND PICKS, FLAPS AND SEALS AND PHOTOGRAPHY GIVEN AT "BLUE U" AT 1000 NORTH GLEBE ROAD IN ARLINGTON, VA. WISE, D. (1988). THE SPY WHO GOT AWAY 45-6 CAMP PEARY, VIRGINIA. A SECRET CIA TRAINING CENTER. SO SECRET AT THE TIME THAT SOME OF THE FOREIGN TRAINEES WEREN'T EVEN TOLD THEY WERE IN THE U.S. WE WORKED HARD, I CAN TELL YOU, FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS. THERE WAS A PHYSICAL-CONDITIONING PROGRAM, PLENTY OF PRACTICE IN MARTIAL ARTS. HOW TO DISARM OR CRIPPLE, IF NECESSARY KILL AN OPPONENT. WE HAD CLASSES IN PROPAGANDA, INFILTRATION-EXFILTRATION, YOUTH AND STUDENT OPERATIONS, LABOR OPERATIONS, TARGETING AND PENETRATION OF ENEMY ORGANIZATIONS. HOW TO RUN LIAISON PROJECTS WITH FRIENDLY INTEL SERVICES SO AS TO GIVE AS LITTLE AND GET AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE. ANTI-SOVIET OPERATIONS--THAT SUBJECT GOT SPECIAL ATTENTION. WE HAD CLASSES IN HOW TO FRAME A RUSSIAN OFFICIAL AND TRY TO GET HIM TO DEFECT. THE MAJOR SUBJECT, THOUGH, WAS HOW TO RUN AGENTS--SINGLE AGENTS, NETWORKS OF AGENTS. AGEE INTERVIEW PLAYBOY 8/75 PARAMILITARY COURSE AT CAMP PEARY INCLUDED INSTRUCTION IN BORDER CROSSING, INFILTRATION BY BOAT. INCLUDED CLIMBING OBSTACLES, LONG MARCHES AND IN MARTIAL ARTS HOW TO KILL WITH BARE HANDS. WISE, D. (1988). THE SPY WHO GOT AWAY 47 THE "FARM" CAMP PEARY ETC. TRAINING CONSISTED PRIMARILY COVERT ACTION AND PARAMILITARY OPS SUCH AS INFILTRATION/EXFILTRATION, DEMOLITIONS, AND NIGHTTIME PARACHUTE JUMPS. MARCHETTI, V., & MARKS, J.D. (1974). 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