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==3.2 Collection== | ==3.2 Collection== | ||
Obtaining raw information using a variety of collection disciplines: | Obtaining raw information using a variety of collection disciplines: SENINT, SIGINT, etc. | ||
* '''External Resource:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_collection_management Intelligence Collection Management] on Wikipedia | * '''External Resource:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_collection_management Intelligence Collection Management] on Wikipedia | ||
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An "A" rating, for example, might mean a thoroughly trusted source, such as your own communications intelligence operation. That source might be completely reliable, but, if it intercepted a message that other intelligence proved was sent for deceptive purposes, the report reliability might be rated 5, for "known false". The report, therefore, would be A-5. It may also be appropriate to reduce the reliability of a | An "A" rating, for example, might mean a thoroughly trusted source, such as your own communications intelligence operation. That source might be completely reliable, but, if it intercepted a message that other intelligence proved was sent for deceptive purposes, the report reliability might be rated 5, for "known false". The report, therefore, would be A-5. It may also be appropriate to reduce the reliability of a sentient source if the source is reporting on a technical subject, and the expertise of the subject is unknown. | ||
Another source might be a habitual liar, but gives just enough accurate information to be kept in use. Her trust rating would be "E", but if the report was independently confirmed, it would be rated "E-1". | Another source might be a habitual liar, but gives just enough accurate information to be kept in use. Her trust rating would be "E", but if the report was independently confirmed, it would be rated "E-1". | ||
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|align=center|Direct Information | |align=center|Direct Information | ||
|align=center|The content of reports, research, and analytic reflection on an intelligence issue that helps analysts and their consumers evaluate the likelihood that something is factual and thereby reduces uncertainty, Information relating to an intelligence issue under scrutiny the details of which can, as a rule, be considered factual, because of the nature of the source, the source's direct access to the information, and the concrete and readily verifiable character of the contents | |align=center|The content of reports, research, and analytic reflection on an intelligence issue that helps analysts and their consumers evaluate the likelihood that something is factual and thereby reduces uncertainty, Information relating to an intelligence issue under scrutiny the details of which can, as a rule, be considered factual, because of the nature of the source, the source's direct access to the information, and the concrete and readily verifiable character of the contents | ||
|align=center|COMINT or OSINT quoting what a foreign official said; IMINT providing a count of the number of starships at a starbase. | |align=center|COMINT or OSINT quoting what a foreign official said; IMINT providing a count of the number of starships at a starbase. SENINT from a Federation diplomatic officer who directly observed an event. | ||
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|align=center|Indirect Information | |align=center|Indirect Information | ||
|align=center|Information relating to an intelligence issue the details of which may or may not be factual, the doubt reflecting some combination of the source's questionable reliability, the source's lack of direct access, and the complex character of the contents | |align=center|Information relating to an intelligence issue the details of which may or may not be factual, the doubt reflecting some combination of the source's questionable reliability, the source's lack of direct access, and the complex character of the contents | ||
|align=center| | |align=center|SENINT from a reliable agent, citing secondhand what an informant said that a government official said. OSINT providing a foreign government document that gives the number of starships at a starbase. Indirect OSINT from a Federation embassy officer. COMINT that contains a report by a foreign official to his government, about what something he cannot confirm, but states with a probability. | ||
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|align=center|Direct Data | |align=center|Direct Data | ||
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{{DutyPosts}} | {{DutyPosts}} | ||
[[Category:StarBase 118 Intelligence]] | [[Category:StarBase 118 Intelligence]] | ||