
Introduction. This brief intro lets you know what to look forward to as well as some of the lessons we have completed in the recent past. It introduces some of the pitfalls of HUMINT and online training - as well as scratching the surface of some of the benefits of online/remote and physical HUMINT
This is partly a look back at previous courses that the source handler will have to be aware of - the multiple ways to encourage a source to talk, but it also touches on the need for security and rapport building skills, especially when the pick-up and meetings get more complex due to working in potentially hazardous environments.
This lesson reviews the importance of your previously learned handling skills from earlier courses, ranging from rapport to interview techniques - all of which support your need to carry out your core role - seeking the IR. Building and maintaining rapport is a critical component, but also managing the source and all your other responsibilities as a handler!
Selecting from the multitude of possible debriefing location options
A quick discussion about online/remote and physical handing with some examples
Some advanced considerations for a source pickup. Not as easy as you may think.
This is the biggie - more because it is quite a complex operational drill - on-the-ground, which requires coordination and timing. This version of a meeting is used usually when there is increased risk to the source or you are operating in a hostile environment. This pick-up allows multiple security teams and security sweeps - to make sure the source and the team is not being followed or lured into an ambush.
Another relatively complex way of meeting a source - dictated by the security environment. This lesson covers the before, during and after aspects of planning and executing the operation.
A quick intro into a key component of the meeting mechanics
A quick wrap up at the end of the course
The subject is complex and takes at least two weeks to teach in-person, so this course just scratches the surface (introduces) some of the key components of meeting with a source, agent or contact in what could be hostile environments. The multiple complexities of online and physical meeting security is addressed to some degree to at least provide and interest level in HUMINT management and hopefully develop an interest in HUMINT management. The course also aims to draw all the skills previously learned in the previous courses 1-3, which are critical to the overall management of the source and the extraction of information. Spying, as well as other intelligence assessment, has existed since ancient times. In the 1980s scholars characterized foreign intelligence as "the missing dimension" of historical scholarship." Since then a largely popular and scholarly literature has emerged. Special attention has been paid to World War II,[3] as well as the Cold War era (1947–1989) that was a favorite for novelists and filmmakers. Espionage, spying or intelligence gathering is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence) from non-disclosed sources or divulging of the same without the permission of the holder of the information for a tangible benefit. A person who commits espionage is called an espionage agent or spy. Any individual or spy ring (a cooperating group of spies), in the service of a government, company, criminal organization, or independent operation, can commit espionage. The practice is clandestine, as it is by definition unwelcome. In some circumstances, it may be a legal tool of law enforcement and in others, it may be illegal and punishable by law.