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Intelligence is
| “ | [t]he result of the process of systematic gathering, evaluation, and synthesis of raw data on individuals or activities suspected of being or known to be criminal in nature. Intelligence is information that has been analyzed to determine its meaning and relevance. Information is compiled, analyzed, and/or disseminated in an effort to anticipate, prevent, or monitor criminal activity. The product of the analysis of raw information related to crimes or crime patterns with respect to an identifiable person or group of persons in an effort to anticipate, prevent, or monitor possible criminal activity.[1] | ” |
| “ | [t]he product resulting from the collection, processing, integration, evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of available information concerning foreign nations, hostile or potentially hostile forces or elements, or areas of actual or potential operations. The term is also applied to the activity which results in the product and to the organizations engaged in such activity.[2] | ” |
The International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA) states that intelligence is an analytic process:
| “ | deriving meaning from fact. It is taking information collected in the course of an investigation, or from internal or external files, and arriving at something more than was evident before. This could be leads in a case, a more accurate view of a crime problem, a forecast of future crime levels, a hypothesis of who may have committed a crime or a strategy to prevent crime.[3] | ” |
General
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Added by MdscottIntelligence is information collected by the U.S. Intelligence Community and includes a wide variety of human and technical means. Intelligence has also been defined as "knowledge, organization, and activity.”[4] As defined in Executive Order 12333, as amended, the term includes foreign intelligence and counterintelligence.
Intelligence collection disciplines
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Intelligence collection disciplines through which the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) collects intelligence are generally referred to as those which fall within national technical means or non-technical means. Technical means include signals intelligence (SIGINT), measurement and signatures intelligence (MASINT), and imagery intelligence (IMINT). Non-technical means include human intelligence (HUMINT) and open source intelligence (OSINT). Each of these collection disciplines is source-specific — that is, a technical platform or human source, generally managed by an agency or mission manager, collects intelligence that is used for national intelligence purposes.
References
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- ↑ Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Compliance Verification for the Intelligence Enterprise, App. B, at 41.
- ↑ U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Pub. 1–02: DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms (Nov. 8, 2010, as amended through May 15, 2011) (full-text).
- ↑ International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts, Successful Law Enforcement Using Analytic Methods.
- ↑ Sherman Kent, Strategic Intelligence for American World Policy (1965).
See also
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- Acoustic Intelligence
- Actionable intelligence
- Advanced geospatial intelligence
- All-source intelligence
- Basic intelligence
- Biographical intelligence
- Combat intelligence
- Communications intelligence
- Counterintelligence
- Critical intelligence
- Current intelligence
- Departmental intelligence
- Domestic intelligence
- Electronic intelligence
- Electro-optical intelligence
- Foreign intelligence
- Foreign instrumentation signals intelligence
- General military intelligence
- Geospatial intelligence
- Human intelligence
- Imagery intelligence
- Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
- Intelligence activities
- Intelligence agency
- Intelligence analysis
- Intelligence analyst
- Intelligence and Operations Framework System
- Intelligence application
- Intelligence assessment
- Intelligence collection
- Intelligence collection management
- Intelligence Community
- Intelligence core competencies
- Intelligence discipline
- Intelligence enterprise
- Intelligence gathering
- Intelligence Information Reports
- Intelligence preparation of the battlespace
- Intelligence process
- Intelligence reach
- Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004
- Intelligence synchronization
- Intelligence system
- Intelligence warfighting function
- Joint intelligence
- Laser intelligence
- Measurement and signatures intelligence
- Medical intelligence
- Military intelligence
- National intelligence
- Nuclear intelligence
- Open-source intelligence
- Operational intelligence
- Political intelligence
- Preventive intelligence
- Protective intelligence
- Radar intelligence
- Raw intelligence
- Risk management-based intelligence
- Scientific and technical intelligence
- Strategic intelligence
- Tactical intelligence
- Target intelligence
- Technical intelligence
- Technical operational intelligence
- Terrain intelligence