LECTURE 16: THE INTELLIGENCE CYCLE

Question 1

What is the Phase 1 of the Cycle?

Answer 1

Planning the Collection Effort

Question 2

This phase of the cycle involves the determination of the requirements of intelligence. It is concerned with identifying the so-called Essential Element of Information (EEI)

Answer 2

Phase 1: Planning the Collection Effort

Question 3

an item of intelligence or information of the characteristics of the area of operations and the enemy, which the commander feels he needs before he needs before he can reasonably arrive at a decision

Answer 3

Essential Element of Information

Question 4

What are the Categories of Intelligence Requirements, In relation to use?

Answer 4

Executive
Contributory
Operational
Collateral

Question 5

are those information required by executive, governmental andmilitary commanders; the executive requirements are the basis for decisions and national policy making

Answer 5

Executive

Question 6

information required to complete the staff process – make staff plans and estimates that contribute to the decision and policy making.

Answer 6

Contributory

Question 7

additional intelligence required in planning and carrying outeffectively the decision or policy announced. Decisions and policy require implementation.

Answer 7

Operational

Question 8

higher or adjacent echelons of the government or military establishment may require info.

Answer 8

Collateral

Question 9

What are the Categories of Intelligence Requirements, In relation to type?

Answer 9

Basic
Current
Estimative

Question 10

are general reference materials for use in the planning regarding the enemies, area of operations, capabilities – static comprehensive.

Answer 10

Basic

Question 11

are information which are temporary in nature and narrower inscope.

Answer 11

Current

Question 12

are those that determine the future courses of action required by the executives to plan future military operations and policies.

Answer 12

Estimative

Question 13

What is the Phase 2 of the Cycle?

Answer 13

Phase 2: Collection of Information

Question 14

This phase of the cycle is concerned with the identification of the collecting agency,the formulation of procedures on the manner of collecting the information in conjunction with the plans as achieved in phase one.

Answer 14

Phase 2: Collection of Information

Question 15

What are the Methods of Collection?

Answer 15

Overt and Covert Method

Question 16

What are the Collecting Agencies?

Answer 16

could be Government Agencies, Intelligence units, or Organizations

Question 17

What are the Trade Crafts?

Answer 17

includes the use of photography, investigations / elicitation /interrogation, surveillance, sound equipment, surreptitious entry – keys andlocks, use of an artist, communication

Question 18

What is the Phase 3?

Answer 18

Phase 3: Processing the Collected Information

Question 19

This phase of the cycle is concerned with the examination and collation of all collected information.

Answer 19

Phase 3: Processing the Collected Information

Question 20

What are the Steps in Processing Raw Information?

Answer 20

Collection
Recording
Evaluation
Interpretation

Question 21

organization of raw data and information into usable form; groupingsimilar items of information so that they will be readily accessible.

Answer 21

Collection

Question 22

is the reduction of info into writing or some other form of graphical representation and the arranging or this info into writing or some form of graphical representation and the arranging of this into groups of related items.

Answer 22

Recording

Question 23

is the determination of thepertinence of the info to the operation, reliability of the source of or agency andthe accuracy of the info.

Answer 23

Evaluation

Question 24

Evaluation Determines?

Answer 24

Pertinence
Reliability
Credibility

Question 25

it is establishing the meaning and significance of the information.

Answer 25

Interpretation

Question 26

Activities under Interpretation:

Answer 26

Analysis Integration Deduction

Question 27

shifting and isolating those elements that have significance in light of the mission or national objective.

Answer 27

Analysis

Question 28

combining the elements isolated in analysis and known information to form a logical picture or theory.

Answer 28

Integration

Question 29

the formulation of conclusions from the theory developed, tested, and considered valid – determination of effort and meaning of the information.

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Deduction

Question 30

What is the Phase 4 of the Cycle?

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Phase 4: Dissemination and Use of Information

Question 31

This phase of the cycle refers to the activities of transferring the processed information to the proper users, most particularly the authority that requires the activity.

Answer 31

Phase 4: Dissemination and Use of Information

Question 32

Criteria for Dissemination:

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Timeless Propriety

Question 33

must reach the users on time to be of value. It must be disseminated in accordance with the urgency and must reach the user in sufficient time to be use.

Answer 33

Timeless

Question 34

the message must be clear, concise and complete, as well as in the proper form for the receiver to readily understand its contents.

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Propriety

Question 35

refers to all evaluated materials of every description including those derived from observation, reports, rumors, imagery, and other sources from which intelligence in produced.

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Information

Question 36

is a communicated knowledge by others obtaining by personal study, investigation, research, analysis, observation.

Answer 36

Information

Question 37

2 General Classification of Sources:

Answer 37

Open Sources - 99% Close Sources - 1%

Question 38

is the gathering of information or documents procured openly without regard as to whether the subject or target becomes knowledgeable of the purpose

Answer 38

Overt Intelligence

Question 39

is the secret procurement of information, which is obtained without the knowledge of the person or persons safeguarding vital intelligence interest.

Answer 39

Covert Intelligence

Question 40

It is a controlled group of people who worked through the direction of the agent handler. The informants, principal, or cutouts supply the agent handler directly or indirectly with Intel information

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Informant Net

Question 41

people selected as sources of information, which could be voluntary or in consideration of a price.

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Informants

Question 42

refers to a person who gives information to the policevoluntarily or involuntarily without any consideration

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Informant

Question 43

those who give information to the police for price or reward

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Informer

Question 44

Types of Informant:

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Criminal Informant Confidential Informant Voluntary Informant Special Informant Anonymous Informant

Question 45

an informant who give information to the policepertaining to the underworld about organized criminals with the understanding that his identity will be protected

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Criminal Informant

Question 46

is similar to the former but he gives informationviolate of the law to includes crimes and criminals

Answer 46

Confidential Informant

Question 47

a type of informant who give information freely andwillfully as a witness to a certain act

Answer 47

Voluntary Informant

Question 48

those who gives information concerning specialized cases only and it is regarded a special treatment by the operatives

Answer 48

Special Informant

Question 49

those who gives information through telephone with the hope that the informant cannot be identified

Answer 49

Anonymous Informant

Question 50

What are the Sub-Type of Informant?

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Incidental Informant Recruited Informant

Question 51

a person who casually imparts information to an officer with no intention of providing subsequent information

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Incidental Informamt

Question 52

A person who is selected cultivated and developed into a continuous source of info

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Recruited Informant

Question 53

Categories of Rectuited Informants:

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Spontaneous Informant Ordinary Informants Special Employee

Question 54

Informants who, by the nature of their work or position in society, have a certain legal, moral, or ethical responsibility to report info to the police

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Spontaneous Informant

Question 55

Informants that are under thecompulsion to report info to the police

Answer 55

Ordinary Informants

Question 56

informants who are of a specific operational nature

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Special Employee

Question 57

Phases of Informant Recruitment:

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Selection Imvestigation Approach Testing

Question 58

it is particularly desirable to be able to identify and recruit an informant who has access to many criminal in-group or subversive organizations. Wide access is probably the single most important feature in the consideration of recruiting the potential informant.

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Selection

Question 59

the investigation of the potential informants that hastentatively identified as a “probable” must be as thorough as possible. It must establishing possible existing motives as to this person might assist the police Intel community. Failure to do so will deny this office, which must perform the approach and persuasion phase with little more than a guess. If necessary,conduct a complete background investigation (CBI)

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Investigation

Question 60

the testing program should begin, of course, with the limited assignment, with a gradual integration into the more important areas. Theoccasional testing of an informant should continue through the entire affiliation

Answer 60

Testing

Question 60

approach must be done in a setting from which might includepleasant surroundings, perhaps a confidential apartment, completely freeform any probability of compromise, preferably in an adjacent city or a remote area foreign to the informants' living pattern.

Answer 60

Approach