FOUND-ION 25 JUNE 18% FOUND 18-24 APPROVED FOR RELEASE 2025 UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 14176 CLA04 KEEHNEEZT CLA2201 TSD (Technical Sorence, MEMOIRS OF A (Technical Psychologist, Assessment Sp.1. CIA PSYCHOLOGIST CIA.04.07.Gitringer With the help of handwriting analysis, a test called the Sichan Sorenen Psychological Assessment System and 30,000 personality files, Oscar Ald. Le. Jim Kehner spent seven years screening CIA agents and HARUCY recruits. He spent seven weeks on the agency's useless person list. By Maureen Orth Pruchner Loy, The young CIA case manager intentionally in the instructor, He was held- ing a lemon. "I want to take you to take a lemon, it said, "said, we'll never let it leave you have CLA 04/04/Henden An for the next few days. Smell it, tell it. It'll tell me your feelings about it. Get CIA 01/01/19/1 for the lemon you like you never never know another another person in life. This is it. order. Criggunden The instructor was teaching "Personality Theory," he was in a CIA psycho- gist, the instructor was responsible for the investigation of some of the secret arts of intelligence work. The lemon was used to turn him in some of his secret their sensitivity, and the trainers were required to turn in written "contact" reports their sensitivity. The lessons were required for the first time. Some developed meaningful relation- ships. It was the usual mix of dozens. Some have developed meaningful action- no trouble picking them from the usual bowl and left it with a one-on-one one-of-one novelist, however, mercy drew a picture of a lemon and left off with a question. Still, the feelings. He is explaining. Feelings left left and right with the previous training, which is all that he experienced. Feeling the psychological skills and awareness of its employees. A CIA in 1996. The CIA hired Kehner as a specialist in the agency? ongoing effort to increase the psychological skill and awareness in its employees' A CIA case officer's prime duty is to recruit agents among foreign citizens around the that increase the number of people who have been aware of its employee's fear from out- that that never knew he was to recruit. He was also aware of psychic citizens from the possible. The secrets. The secrets. soul psychological techniques, Kehner's office of the world's foremost laboratories for un- soul psychologist techniques, One-offices of the agency's Service Di- vision-and-that means that he would be able to meet anything from hallucinating drugs to computerized

Summary:  
The text describes CIA psychological training methods and personnel assessments conducted in the 1970s-1980s. Oscar Kehner, a CIA psychologist, was involved in screening agents using handwriting analysis, the Sichan Sorenen Psychological Assessment System, and 30,000 personality files over seven years. The document references "useless person list" entries and training sessions on "Personality Theory," including the use of lemons as part of psychological evaluation exercises. It notes Kehner's role in enhancing CIA employees' psychological skills and awareness, with mentions of laboratories specializing in psychic techniques and drug-related research.  

Key People:  
- Oscar Kehner (CIA psychologist)  
- Jim Kehner (possibly a typographical error or alternate reference)  
- Maureen Orth Pruchner Loy (author/observer of training sessions)  
- Criggunden (instructor, possibly a name or designation)  

Key Locations:  
- Not specified in the text.  

Key Events:  
- CIA psychological screening processes for agents and recruits.  
- Training sessions on "Personality Theory" involving unconventional methods like lemon-based assessments.  
- Kehner's involvement in developing psychological evaluation tools and techniques.  

Key Organizations:  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- Sichan Sorenen Psychological Assessment System (referenced as a tool)  
- CIA Service Division (mentioned as part of organizational structure)

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