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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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|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 | ||