The Foreign Service Journal, September 2005

T HE M AGAZINE F OR F OREIGN A FFAIRS P ROFESSIONALS Foreign Service Journal (ISSN 0146-3543), 2101 E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037-2990 is published monthly with a combined July/August issue by the American Foreign Service Association, a private, non-profit organization. Material appearing herein represents the opinions of the writers and does not necessarily represent the views of the Journal, the Editorial Board or AFSA. Writer queries and submissions are invited, preferably by e-mail. Journal subscription: AFSAMembers - $13 included in annual dues; others - $40. For foreign surface mail, add $18 per year; foreign airmail, $36 per year. Periodical postage paid at Washington, D.C., and at additional mail- ing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to Foreign Service Journal , 2101 E Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037-2990. Indexed by Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS). The Journal is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts, photos or illustrations. Advertising inquiries are invited. The appearance of advertisements herein does not imply the endorsement of the services or goods offered. FAX: (202) 338-8244 or (202) 338-6820. E-MAIL: journal@afsa.org. W EB: www.afsa.org. TE LEPHONE: (202) 338-4045. © American Foreign Service Association, 2005. Printed in the U.S.A. Send address changes to AFSA Membership, 2101 E Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037-2990. Printed on 50-percent recycled paper, of which 10 percent is post-consumer waste. Editor S TEVEN A LAN H ONLEY Senior Editor S USAN B. M AITRA Associate Editor S HAWN D ORMAN Ad & Circulation Manager E D M ILTENBERGER Business Manager M IKKELA V. T HOMPSON Art Director C ARYN S UKO S MITH Editorial Intern B ROOKE D EAL Advertising Intern M ASHA S HMUKLER Editorial Board H OLLIS S UMMERS , C HAIRMAN K ENT C. B ROKENSHIRE S TEPHEN W. B UCK P ATI C HAPLIN C AROL A. G IACOMO W ILLIAM W. J ORDAN L AURIE K ASSMAN K AY W EBB M AYFIELD V IRGINIA F. S MITH C HRISTOPHER L. T EAL T ED W ILKINSON F O C U S O N D I P L O M A T I C S E C U R I T Y 22 / E DITOR ’ S I NTRODUCTION By Steven Alan Honley 23 / A T HANKLESS J OB : T HE D IPLOMATIC S ECURITY B UREAU Already the second-largest bureau in the State Department, DS continues to grow. How well is it keeping up with its responsibilities? By David T. Jones 33 / S TATE ’ S G LOBAL S ECURITY AND L AW E NFORCEMENT T EAM DS is bringing courage and creativity to the mission of providing a secure environment for the conduct of American diplomacy. By Richard J. Griffin 38 / DS G ETS I TS M AN Collaborating with U.S. and foreign law enforcement agencies is an important, if underpublicized, component of the Diplomatic Security Bureau’s work. By Kevin Whitelaw 44 / E MBASSY D ESIGN : S ECURITY VS . O PENNESS Is architecture important for diplomacy? An architectural historian discusses the need to balance safety and accessibility. By Jane C. Loeffler 52 / C YBER S ECURITY AT S TATE : T HE S TAKES G ET H IGHER Over the past five years State has greatly expanded its IT networks. Just how secure are the data filling up its new computers? By Joe Johnson C ONTENTS S e p t emb e r 2 0 0 5 Vo l ume 8 2 , No . 9 S ECURITY C LEARANCE S USPENSION : K NOW Y OUR R IGHTS / 58 State Department investigators are not required to advise you of your right to have an AFSA representative and attorney present during questioning. By J. Michael Hannon L EFT IN L IMBO / 62 Two AFSA members offer first-person accounts of their problems with DS. W ORKING T OGETHER FOR S ECURE B ORDERS , O PEN D OORS / 71 The Bureaus of Diplomatic Security and Consular Affairs are cooperating to combat passport and visa fraud around the world. By Anthony Renzulli F E A T U R E T HE S POKESMAN L EAVES THE P ODIUM / 74 FSO Richard Boucher was the voice for six Secretaries of State over the past 13 years. Here, for a change, he speaks for himself. By George Gedda Cover illustration by Sean Kelly C O L U M N S P RESIDENT ’ S V IEWS / 5 The Rhetoric and the Reality By J. Anthony Holmes S PEAKING O UT / 19 The Truth About Language Instruction at FSI By Marie T. Huhtala R EFLECTIONS / 92 By Jessica Hayden D E P A R T M E N T S L ETTERS / 7 C YBERNOTES / 16 M ARKETPLACE / 18 B OOKS / 79 I N M EMORY / 82 I NDEX TO A DVERTISERS / 90 AFSA N EWS / C ENTER I NSERT S E P T E M B E R 2 0 0 5 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 3