The hct is focused on executing the full spectrum of humint functions in support of the ccirs. As such, there are obvious barriers to recruiting and deploying a mole into the heart of a. It applies to clandestine operations for espionage, and for a clandestine phase prior to direct action da or unconventional warfare uw. Signals intelligence, or sigint, is one of the four major forms of intelligence, along with human, imagery, and measurement and signatures intelligence humint, imint, and masint respectively. This study examines the defense humint service dhs and the role it plays in supporting joint task forces jtf and theater commander in chiefs cincs in military operations other than war mootw. If you are interested in hosting this seminar please call julie rock at 18554793959. Humint activities primarily interrogation, debriefing, screening, and liaison. Clandestine source acquisition of information including photography, documents, and other material of intelligence value. Jmint collection and analytical assets in support of the commanders intelligence needs. Top secret behavioural science support for jtrigs joint.
Human intelligence intelligence gathering wikipedia. Ci glossary office of the director of national intelligence. Human intelligence humint involves clandestine and overt collection techniques to obtain information some of the principal types of collection associated with humint are. I have just modified 2 external links on clandestine humint operational techniques. The importance of psychological science to improving interrogative practice a growing body of scientific inquiry has begun to assess the diagnostic value of commonlyused interrogation tactics and.
Such operations include espionage, but also a wide range of support functions for the actual information collector many of the techniques here are important in counterintelligence. Icd 304 office of the director of national intelligence. Humint elements analyze operational taskings to determine the best collection methods to employ in satisfying ccirs pirs and ffirs and irs. Structured analytical techniques for improving intelligence analysis, june 2005. This manual provides doctrinal guidance, techniques, and procedures governing the employment of human intelligence h1. Do you work alone a lot of the time and do you get deployed often, is it sat behind a computer all day or out on.
Fbi improving our confidential human source program. If you need elaboration, locate a copy of norman polmars with another author spy book a sort of dictionary. Understanding human intelligence humint part 2 conducting humint ops as i mentioned in part 1, there are 2 basic type of humint ops. The us maneuver forces moved around a good bit throughout the country in ways not conducive to sound clandestine humint practice.
The ncs is charged with strengthening national security and foreign policy objectives through the clandestine collection. Support to military operations other than war by david w. In october 2004, the fbi initiated the fbis confidential human source reengineering project. Introduction to huminthumint is the syllabic abbreviation for human intelligence and involves all acts of collecting intelligence through human contact. Undercover, surveillance, counterintelligence, clandestine agent and other secret security services. This page deals with clandestine humint operational techniques, also called tradecraft. Sigint signals intelligence elint, fisint and telint. Human intelligence collector operations open pdf 5 mb.
After the september 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, many observers in the. Human intelligence humint is defined as any information that can be gathered from human sources. Cia guide to clandestine operationscovert operations are. Overt data collection by civilian and military personnel. He recently served as the initial cj2x for cjtf180 in afghanistan in support of operation enduring freedom. It applies to clandestine operations for espionage, and for a clandestine phase prior to direct action or unconventional warfare. This article deals with the what of clandestine humint, and is a prerequisite for the how in the clandestine humint operational techniques article. Defense humint needs technology, too signal magazine. The lowest impact and most easily employed technique on our list is passive listening. He has extensive operational and ontheground experience in the middle east, south america, the u. Clandestine humint in counterinsurgency the vietnam example. The humint passive listener is a sponge, soaking in all information from any voice in the room.
The joint humint analysis and targeting course jhatc is a course designed to train allsource intelligence analysts and humint collectors in how to operate as a cohesive team and integrate military source operations into the targeting mission. The humint collectors role within the intelligence operating system. This coursefor graduate students onlywill examine the mandate of the ncs. Many of the techniques here are important in counterintelligence. It is, along with signals intelligence and imagery intelligence sigint and imint respectively, one of the three traditional means of intelligence gathering. This manual also serves as a reference for personnel developing doctrine, tactics, techniques, and procedures. Sniper the techniques and equipment of the deadly marksman, mark spicer, 2001, snipers, 144 pages.
Such operations include espionage, but also a wide range of support functions for the actual information collector. The roles and responsibilities of the humint collectors and the roles of those providing the command, control, and technical support of humint collection operations. Defense department has organized its defense humint management office dhmo to support humint operators in the field. Military intelligence operator humint army rumour service. Maj stallings also served as the g2x at multinational division north in bosniaherzegovina in support of operation joint forge. What is humint, sigint, elint, imint, satint, and comint. A 21year veteran intelligence officer debunks these misconceptions and walks us through some of the reasons why.
See the articles clandestine humint operational techniques and clandestine humint asset recruiting for discussions of the tradecraft used to collect this information. Counterintelligence for the 21st century 3 on the other hand, adding to the ci bureaucracy at the dni or nsc levels would inevitably favor defensive cijust as it has over the past twenty yearsand would further detach the dni from the ci professionals who do. He has managed and run operations worldwide focused on counter terrorism, counter proliferation, counter intelligence, counter narcotics, and humint. Humint collectorinterrogation teams in direct support of a brigade or in general support of a division, report intelligence to the g2s2 of the unit. The traumatic experience of the korean conflict was a watershed in the evolution of army intelligence. Ci and humint operations in support of operation enduring. Effective clandestine humint operations depend on stability of personnel and operating areas for success and this may have been a major factor in this decision as the arvn ctzs never changed. While there are similarities between the methodology and tactics, techniques, and procedures ttp used by humint and ci, their training and missions are separate and distinct. This article originally appeared in studies in intelligence vol. I am interested in joining as a military intelligence operator and would like to know what the job is actually like and if i can choose to specialise in humint or do i get assigned. Clandestine humint dod cia mind control september 11, 2001. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple faq for additional information. As information is collected, it is analyzed for completeness and accuracy to identify significant facts for subsequent interpretation and inclusion in intelligence products. Human intelligence humint involves clandestine and overt.
The national clandestine service ncs is the branch of the cia responsible for the collection of humint. Dia humint officers perform a wide variety of functions to support the mission, including overt and clandestine collection of intelligence across a spectrum of sources and methods, management of the collection and reporting cycle, and direct intelligence support to collectors and collection operations. Five humint collection techniques starving the monkeys. This manual provides doctrinal guidance, techniques, and procedures. Counterintelligencehuman intelligence exploitation team het operations in iraq quick look report purpose. Humint activities typically involve conversations and interrogations with people who have access to relevant information. Individual underground and resistance operatives, expected to cope with sophisticated law enforcement practices or security organizations are often as a singular disadvantage in their efforts to understand systematized techniques and practices of. Why has us intelligence struggled with maintaining an. Clandestine humint operational techniques, also called tradecraft, describes the set of principles and skills applicable to clandestine humansource intelligence collections. Tactical humint battalion tactics, techniques and procedures. Bush via rashad gawad, where rashad gawad plays with various program states using visual context to manipulate mind control systems to compute george. A 14th military intelligence battalion te perspective on how to provide cihumint operational support to the commander in unilateral, joint, or combined military operations. Criminal versus humint 2 criminal versus humint interrogations.
Clandestine humansource intelligence operational techniques. Humint actively and passively uses human intelligence sources to obtain viable information to crosscue other intelligence disciplines and provide the commander with sufficient data to make decisions. Human intelligence is intelligence gathered by means of interpersonal contact, as opposed to. Human intelligence collection humint while the executive branch always considers and then often resorts to covert action as its preferable option. Clandestine humint operational techniques wikipedia. The disadvantage to humint is that in most cases it requires a human being to go into dangerous areas and situations to gain information or intelligence. As its name suggests, it is intelligence derived from the interception of signals, including communications signals, electronic emissions, and. Defense humint services support to military operations other than war by david w.
The manner in which humint operations are conducted is dictated by both. Humint is in a constant battle with counterintelligence, and the relationship can become very blurry, as one side tries to turn agents of the other into reporting to the other. Behavioural science support for jtrigs joint threat research and intelligence groups effects and online humint operations mandeep k. Maj ron stallings is currently the g2x director of cihumint operations for xviii airborne corps. Pdf, archived from the original pdf on november 25, 2006, retrieved. Described as the onesource concept, its key goals were to enhance the consistency, efficiency, and integrity of our confidential human source program across the fbi and better align source management with our current mission.
Human intelligence collector operations library of congress. Institute for european intelligence and security ieis. Humint was the first intelligence discipline and continues to be the most effective for longterm development against asymmetric warfare targets. Clandestine humint sources may also act as local guides for special reconnaissance. Human intelligence humint can often evoke images of illicit backalley exchanges, but the reality of this kind of intelligence collection is very different. Hcts are designed to only perform humint collection operations and only have humint collectors assigned to them. Nato has defined humint as specialised intelligence that is collected through human sources. Counterintelligencehuman intelligence exploitation team. The importance of psychological science to improving interrogative practice by jacqueline r. Intelligence operations in the korean war, by john p. Humint human intelligence human intelligence, or humint, is the gathering of information through human contact.
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