CRITIC EXERCISE REPORT FOR EMBASSY BANJUL

C O N F I D E N T I A L BANJUL 000078 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR IRM/MSO/MSMC/MCO E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/14/2007 TAGS: AMGT GA SUBJECT: CRITIC EXERCISE REPORT FOR EMBASSY BANJUL REF: STATE 17234 Classified By: DCM C. P. Alsup for Reason 1.4 (c) ¶1. DCM/Administrative Officer delivered reftel to the IMO at 13/0940Z February 2007. ¶2. IMO processed the CRITIC EXERCISE message in accordance with established procedures. The CRITIC EXERCISE message was transmitted at 13/0941Z February 2007. ¶3. The exercise took only one minute. The only problem was that because he has access to all incoming cable traffic the IMO was aware of the exercise in advance, though he did not know at what time DCM/Administrative Officer would deliver the reftel for action. There were no other problems. ¶4. To avoid IPC staff's advance knowledge of these exercises Post suggests consideration of an alternative method for notifying Administrative Officers of CRITIC EXERCISES, such as classified e-mail or a specially captioned cable. STAFFORD