HUMINT (Human Intelligence) Advanced 2

A look at how HUMINT works in one commercial application and a couple of examples.  We are starting to pull the threads of various previous lessons and considering client, handler and source interactions.  This version has the inclusion of a clip from the movie Spy Game (via Youtube) as a bit of interest as some of the points are relevant.

All intelligence work requires paperwork. HUMINT probably needs more than most as you need to write detailed and accurate reports but at the same time closely record your dealings with the source.  This lesson looks at a few report types. 

This lesson discusses some key handling criteria and the processes behind the criteria, focussing on how to develop and improve the sources access and abilities. 

You may have a valuable information requirement that you assess someone can answer.  In some instances you may have to approach them without any preamble - approach them out of the blue.  This focuses more on the face-to-face meeting but it is just as valid for an online approach. 

One of the harder parts of relationship development - what to do when the source loses access or the Information Requirements change? You have to bench them or 'disengage'.  In the eventuality that the source resumes access to valuable information then you may have to re-engage them.  Both aspects can be difficult and we discuss some of the reasons and responses as well as the basic protocols. 

This is the start of the whole HUMINT process so critical to be aware of.  I have discussed IRs on different lessons and courses but here we drill down a little further and cover the relationship between client-handler and source. 

A quick overview of collation systems and the need to retain and protect source, product and intelligence data