J- - Ji 19 l MfSSAC E CONIAINS Wf APON OAIM llf' HCoJ ' bO« Ci mn CMI# will l OI 1t11Mmif m spg lll ku tio i$ tnMlt rt J rx- UNCLASSIFIED CONTROLLEO NUCLEAR tNFORMA rlON 0 • INSERT ABOVE CLASSIFICATION Lf Vf L UIIIC USSIFIEO OR OFFICIAL USE ONLY U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TELECOMMUNICATION MESSAGE · _ CONSI 0 _ _ _ _ _ _ PAGES ACTION INFO 0 0 Rouone UI Hrs EMERGENCY USE ONLY fOR NOIIMAL USE • med a•• C P Y D tl HraJ 0 llO M - J p ¥Sl-i O ASAP LLNL E NELSON EMERGENCY RE PONS£ LIVERMORE CA · ' • - 0 0 0 · NO 1__ OF SUBJECT ' COP1ES SERll S A 'ti£i 9 tt Mullii k Add• ii Trtle Aodt i1 m1 MESSAGE IOENilflCATION · ' - $ T _f · · -- - -- •·- BookM I DAT£ ' ' Iii • 69 MR CARL N HENRY MS K497 LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL L BORATORY P O BOX 166 LOS ALAMOS NM 87545 · • • _ __ _ J __ - ·- l •· moM NO 6 THIS DOCUMENT _ _·- ' · - -- --'- - -- - - -- - - - - - - - - r - - - - - - - - - - 1 Ir- · 1·n _c c NCE ' v A Y S 1 USE WHERE R QUlf £0 E I 69 f I i i -· • r QUICK LOOK REPORT - MIGHTY DERRINGER - · ' f· 1 Threat As iessment I · Threat assessment 'of ·the data proceeded in an appropriate 1 manner but was soon overrun by other parts of the NEST forward in the 10 OINATOR On t lp ll •I 1111#$ NllrN Ao t g S n bol ti T111 No J _ ---- 11 DERIVATIVELY CLASSIFIEO NSI IIATIOIIAL W tlA11Y __ 1'1011 0 OECl __ _ nil-------- O REVWON _ _ _ __ D lltsnlCTtD OATA a--- OCFIIVATIVE CLASSIFIER 1 anc1r 11c1 16 INSERT BELOW CLASSIFICATION LEYi UNCl ASSIFIE UNCLASSIFIED CONTROLLED NUCLEAR I - - -- ORIGINAL L 8Y - - - - - - - - - __ __ _ __ J Of Cl O fl£WJ ON _ _ _ __ EXTE NOEDBY - - - - - - - - REASON OERIVEO FROM _ l- _ _ NQWATd OERNATIV£CLBY _ _ __ _ IIA'TlOM I SWJIIIITT _ WILLIAM E NELSON L-389 2-8950 13 12 ORIGINALLY CU SSIA'ED NSI 14 D ro IMOILTllfSTlllCTUIDATA _-' '_ _ _-'l' __ _ 415 422 1370 ' · ' --- lm€L SH I ft COtffR0LtfB -NU CLE AR IlffORMATl ON TWX to Carl Henry Page 2 foxholes• made shambles of an orderly assessment of information and establishment of information exchanges between intelligence organizations The one-hour assessment report was issued appropriately but there were · reservations of issuing a four-hour report since everyone was acting and making notifications as though the threat had been confirmed as real 2 Notifications Observation A number of LLNL NEST team member received notification directly from NVO to go on one-hour standby status The old boy network was a day or two ahead of official notification for possible deployment Recommendation A number of emergency response procedure documents have been written and distributed but they seem to be ignored when they should be used Notifications exercises done by the book might be in order NVO 1 1 Deeloyment Observation NVO in developding main party deployment roster struggled with the numbers types of personnel The list had been debated a number of times to fit expected transportation capabilities The emphasis seemed to be on taking as many as possible acceptable for an exercise rather than determining minimum requirements Recommendation Develop a series of different sized deployment rosters based on function and hours of operations requirements for selected scenarios 2 Recovery Plan Observation During the discussions of the deployment rosters there was no mention of a recovery plan for covering a domestic problem real or exercise I Recorrrnendation Procedures call for a recovery plan before deployment Referring to the emergency response procedure manuals during planning checklists and operations would prevent overlooking important considerations such as recovery Also running communications procedure drills rather than relying on people to read the manual at their convenience would lead to more consistent performance CONUS and a I · 1 · M 41 C' 4· 0-- • ·-·· - rNrT TWX to Carl Henry Page 3 ····--- __ Technical difficulties w1t n L11 2- ' ' ' ··--•i n -V t ms Wils mainly due to the use of split pairs- in the telephone cable Extra care should be taken so that all telephone lines to equipment are·•paired• lines I - The use of a radiation match surrogate source in a realistic location provided a proper situation to evaluate search procedures Escorts for search teams should have experience in covert operations ta belp priv Dt inadvertent acts that would ----- tlert terrorists J J · b 1 - Display of organizational chart with names filling the boxes was very helpful - A strong liaison link between Search and FBI was established and it functioned well There was some delay in establishing this link A higher priority by DOE to establish this link may be nec·es sary s i nee inexperienced FBI may not recognize the requirement OPERATIONS 1 I I j I I I iI Standards Oberservation We have written a number of procedures to guide our actions but no standards have been devised by which to judge whether performance is an acceptable level Procedures and standards would give a perspective to operations that allows the various groups to coordinate the r work in a more efficient manner Recommendations The Operations Working Group should develop a strawrn n of corm1unication standards of content and time schedule between locations NVO Labs HQ field locations ADDITIONAL PERSPECTIVES I U1 'GLA8S1FIJ D ✓ hJ-S1-J TWX to Carl Henry Page 4 Sitreps Were sitreps sent on a timely basis to all locat1ons was tne content up to standard What means was used -- CATCOMS FAX Voice 1 Procedures There are three publications OSC Handbook OCONUS and CONUS OPS Plans available yet I did not see any of them being used during the exercise Are they useful Do they need changing OPS WG needs feedback I 2 i Adversary Takedown Were means other than frontal attack considered to l incapacitate the adversaries 3 I b 1 - Scenario - very broad addressing difficult problem Plan structured well to stress players Good phase changes -- made clear expectations Creditable State and local ·involvement a plus Things went so smooth that it was amazing frustration seemed very low t- - r tl lL _general briefjno aood b 1 First Governor statement was good but no quesITo'ns-wasoaa Search was good - need better communication Secure communications was insufficient - Class Unclass - classified information-group TOC worked well - Two stages in technica1 work - actions that stimulate device and those that don't - were not well identified - Photos to searchers assisted their operations - Transmission of secure information needs greater capacity Are there plans for ·cleanup Answer - Yes Roy N Lennox - People knew where to go to get information CONTROLLERS at CONUS i - State local players needed more local injects - written or voice inject for free play A damage sheet would help - Functional vs TTX exP rcises caused some problems UK precepts -- Quick to set down make contacts and identify problems -- More functionality play would have been helpful UWCLA lw HF0 AH-ON TT1 J T J i I UNCLASSIFIE D 41 i 4LL 1 l1 T t O COt'iTRO CEO-tHJ UAR lNFORKttI J JlN T IX to Carl Henry Page 5 - lechnical support from FEMA to state local was needed logistical equipment - Message system within FRC us needed FEMA did not use status boards - More definite time sequence for exercise - time mileposts would help keep exercise smoother John LaBarre · - First time in exercise - Had concern about turf•issues - did not find a problem - FEMA is headed toward functional groups vs organizational groups Felt too much free play - needed more stress from injects - FBI DOE FEMA general agreement for switch of control went well Better than in Washington Bill Chambers - Mixing working schedules 24 hour vs 8 hour caused problems - OPSEC - mix classification problem FBI SECRET vs DOE SECRET - Mix of FTX CPX TTX required constant attention to keep players straight - Communications between sites needs improvement HOT WASH NEST FBI at CONUS John Simeone - Control interface went well remained flexible - FBI interna1 - lack action from FBI HQ - Lack guideline direction from NSC to FBI Supervisor - FBI - Need more linkage in FBI CP with NEST and FEHA Bill Blackketter - FBI 1iaison to NEST - Very positive - things worked well - Impressed with NEST resources and capability Bill Mosiman Player FBI EOD intera and immediately after utlCLOS IFIE0 ' I - I examination especially during T IX to Carl Henry Page 6 on Schueler - Startup excellent - Problems ID went quickly - Transition between organizations went well Gene Sasso - Search organization went well - Interchange of sitreps during·operations need improvement Ray 'I Duncan C C went we11 - Transition of·organizations went well - Bill Erwin - Fred Koopman liaison to DOE - went well • - Rick Anthony liaison to FEMA - not so good - Advisory Board needs outline from SAC office Al Davison - Bob Hampton impressed with NEST planning and execution Tom Dahlstrom - Search forward TOC good I Dick Smale - Consequence phase - yield was a little small - Communications need improvement ·- _ I I