MINUTES OF 29 NOVEMBER 1977 MEETING

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DCI/IC 77-6395
MEMORANDUM FOR: Members, Intelligence Definitions
Working Group
Office of Policy and Planning
Intelligence Community Staff
SUBJECT: Minutes of 29 November 1977 Meeting
1. A summary of the 29 November 1977 meeting of the
Intelligence Definitions Working Group is attached for
your information. Also attached is a complete list of
definitions approved by the Group to :ate. The most re-
cent additions are asterisked.
2. The next meeting of the Working Group will be-
Tin at 1330, Tuesday, 6 December 1977, CHB Room SS09.
Attachments
As stated
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ATTENDEES
DEFINITIONS WORKING GROUP
22 November 1977
Capt. L. D. Dahl
Mr. R. P. Watson.
Mr. Herbert Taylor
State/INR/DDC
CIA
FBI
DIA
NSA (IHC)
NSA
Army (OACSI)
IC Staff (HRC)
IC Staff (OPP)
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MINUTES
INTELLIGENCE DEFINITIONS WORKING GROUP
29 November 1977
1. The DIA member reported that the glossary of US-
Soviet terms which he had been asked to examine had no
relevance to the Working Group's objective.
2. The State member noted several typos or incon-
sistencies in the cumulative list of 22 November. Cor-
rected items are asterisked in the list of 29 November.
3. NSA an. Army each submitted lists of glossaries
containing intelligence terms.
4. The IHC member proposed a graphic showing rela-
tionships among terms. The Chairman called for its fur-
ther development, noting that it could add to the Working
Group's eventual product.
MINUTES
1. The Chairman opened the meeting by calling for
a continuation of the CIA and FBI lists. These were com-
pleted and, along with a completed Air Force list and two
definitions from State, were added to the Working Group's
approved list. It was noted that the approved list failed
to include Intelligence Information--approved at a previous
meeting--an that was also added.
2. The Chairman noted that the eventual foreword
to the glossary should explain the distinction made be-
tween Technical Information and Technical Intelligence
Information,
3. The agenda for the next meeting will focus on
the original OPP list, the NSA list (attached for absent
members), and the list from the Airborne Mix Report.
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Notin his own unavailability, the Chairman asked Mr.
STAT I to conduct the next meeting.
4. The next meeting of the Working Group will
begin at 1329 on Tuesday, 6 December 1977, Room 5509,
CHB.
Executive Secretary
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DEFINITIONS WORKING GROUP
APPROVED DEFINITIONS AS OF 29 NOVEMBER 1977
ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE: Intelligence information that is
directly useful to consumers without having to go through
the full intelligence production process. It may address
strategic or tactical needs, or close-support of US nego-
tiating teams or action elements dealing with such matters
as international terrorism or narcotics.
AGENT: A person other than an officer, employee or co-opted
worker of an intelligence service who under the direction of
that service engages in clandestine intelligence activity.
AGENT OF INFLUENCE: A person who is manipulated by an
intelligence serv:;e to use his position to influence public
opinion or decisi-making in a manner which will advance the
objective of the country for which that service operates.
ALERT MEMORANDUM: A document issued by the DCI to NSC-level
policymakers to warn them of possible developments abroad,
often of a crisis nature, of major concern to the US. Alert
Memoranda are coordinated within the Intelligence Community
to the extent time permits.
ANALYSIS: A process in the intelligence cycle in which
information is subjected to review in order to identify
significant facts and derive conclusions therefrom.
*ASSESS: To appraise the worth of an intelligence activity,
in ormation, or product in terms of its contribution to a
specific goal, or the credibility, reliability, pertinency,
accuracy, uo;efulness of information in terms of an intelli-
gence need. When used in contrast with "evaluate," assess
implies a weighing against resource allocation, expenditure,
or risk (See Evaluate).
*BIOGRAPHIC(AL) INTELLIGENCE: Foreign intelligence on the
views, traits, habits, s ills, importance, relationships and
curriculum vitae of those foreign personalities of actual or
potential interest to the United States Government.
CARTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE: Intelligence primarily mani-
este in maps and charts of areas outside the United States
and its territorial waters.
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CIPHER: A cryptosystem in which the cryptographic treatment
i.e., the method of transforming plain-text by predetermined
rules to obscure or conceal its meaning) is applied to
plain-text elements (such as letters, digits, polygraphs or
bits) which either have no intrinsic meaning or are treated
without regard to their meaning (e.g., if the element is a
natural-language word).
CLANDESTINE: Secret or hidden; conducted with secrecy by
design.
CLANDESTINE ACTIVITY: Secret or hidden activity conducted
with secrecy by design. (The phrase "clandestine operation"
is preferred. Operations are pre-planned activities).
CLANDESTINE COLLECTION: The acquisition of intelligence in-
formation in ways designed to assure the secrecy of the
operation.
CLANDESTINE OPERATION: An intelligence information collection
activity or covert political, economic, propaganda and
paramilitary activity conducted so as to assure the secrecy
of the operation. Encompasses both clandestine collection
and covert action.
CLANDESTINE SERVICES: That portion o the CIA that engages
in clandestine activity; sometimes used as synonymous with
the CIA Operations Directorate.
=.-ODE: A cry tos stem in which the cryptographic equivalents
;,usually called "code groups"), typically consisting of let-
ters or digits (or both) in otherwise meaningless combinations,
are substituted for plain-text elements such as-.words,
phrases, or sentences. ~2.
COLLECTION: See Intelligence Cycle.
COLLECTION REQUIREMENT: 1"o----Eel1 Prti nn--requiT-em-ent-- i an
expression of intelligence information needs which has been
sanctioned by the resource manager and carries at least an
implicit authorization to the field collector to commit
resources in acquiring the needed information. (Also see
Intelligence Requirement).
COMBAT INTELLIGENCE: That knowledge of the enemy, weather,
an geographical features required by a commander in the
planning and conduct of combat operations.
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COMMUNICATIONS INTELLIGENCE (COMINT): Technical and intel-
ligence information derived from intercept of foreign com-
munications by other than the intended recipients. COMINT
does not include the monitoring of foreign public media nor
the intercept of oral or written communication obtained
during the course of foreign counterintelligence investi-
gations within the United States.
COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY (COMSEC): The protection resulting
from the application of any measures taken to deny unautho-
rized persons information of value which might be derived
from telecommunications or to ensure the authenticity of
such telecommunications.
CONSOLIDATED INTELLIGENCE RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEM
CIRIS): RItS-i~ the automated management information
system use to identify and display the expected distribu-
tion of all intelligence resources within the National
Foreign Intelligence Program.
CO-OPTED WORKER: A national of a country but not an officer
or employee of the country's intelligence service who assists
that service on a temporary or regular basis. (In most
circumstances a co-opted worker is ar_.afficial of the country
but can also be a tourist, student, etc.)
COORDINATION: The process of seeking concurrence from one
or more groups, organizations, and agencies regarding a
proposal or an activity for which they share some responsi-
'Lility, and which may result in contributions, concurrences
or dissents. In the production of intelligence, the process
by which producers gain the views or other producers on the
adequacy of a specific draft assessment, estimate, or report.
Coordination is intended to increase a product's factual
accuracy, clarify its judgments, resolve disagreement on
issues that permit, and sharpen statements of disagreement
on major unresolved issues.
COVER: Protective guise used by a person, organization, or
in stallation to prevent identification with clandestine ac-
tivities.
COVERT: See Clandestine. Covert Action has special meaning.
See
COVERT ACTION: A clandestinectivit~
Jdesigned to influence
foreign governments, events, organizations, or persons in
support of United States foreign policy. Covert action may
include political and economic action, propaganda, and para-
military activities.
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COVERT OPERATION: See "clandestine operation" (preferred
term). A covert operation encompasses covert action and
clandestine collection.
CRYPTOLOGIC ACTIVITIES: The activities and operations
involved in the production of signals intelligence and the
maintenance of communications security.
CRYPTOLOGY
(z?H The branch of knowledge which treats
the principles of cryptography and cryptanalytics and is
used to produce signals intelligence and maintain communica-
tions security.
CRYPTOSECURITY: The component of communications security
t at results from the provision of technically sound crypto-
systems and for their proper use.
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CRYPTOFYSTEM: All associated items of cryptomaterial (e.g.,
equipments and their removable components which perform
cryptographic func:ions, operating instructions, maintenance
manuals) that are _:sed as a unit to provide a single means
of encryption and decryption of plain-text, so that its
meaning may be concealed. (In addition, code, cipher, and
cryptographic systems include any mechanical or electrical
device or method used for the purpose of disguising, authen-
ticating, or concealing the contents, significance, or
meanings of communications.)
CURRENT INTELLIGENCE: Intelligence of all types and forms
of immediate interest to the users of intelligence; it is
usually disseminated without the delays incident to complete
evaluation or interpretation.
DCI COMMITTEE: A committee established by the DCI to advise
him and to perform whatever functions he shall determine.
DCI Committees usually deal with Intelligent-e Community
concerns, and their terms of reference ordinarily are specified
in DCI Directives (See DCID).
DECEPTION: Those measures designed to mislead a foreign
power, organization or person by manipulation, distortion,
or falsification of evidence to induce him to react in a
manner prejudicial to his interests.
DECONTROL: The removal of compartmented material from
special security controls stipulated by the compartment.
The decontrolled material is unchanged and remains in its
original form except that the control and accountability
markings for the specific compartment are removed.
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*DEFECTOR: A national of a designated country who has escaped
row m the control of such country, or who, being outside such
jurisdiction and control, is unwilling to return thereto and
is of special value to another government because he is able
to add valuable new or confirmatory information to existing
knowledge about his country.
DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY: Refers to DIA, NSA and the
Military Services Intelligence offices including DoD col-
lectors of specialized intelligence through reconnaissance
programs.
DEPARTMENT(AL) INTELLIGENCE: Foreign intelligence produced
and used within a governmental department or agency in order
to meet unique requirements of the department or agency
mission.
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE (DCI): Ore-D-irector of
Central Intell.i-gence is. the President's principal foreign
intelligence adviser appointed by him with the consent of
the Senate to be the head of the Intelligence Community and
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and to discharge
those authorities and responsibilities as they are prescribed
by law and by Presidential directives..
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DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE (DCID): A directive
issued by the DCI which outlines general policies and pro-
.:edures to be followed by intelligence agencies and organizations
rich are under his direction or overview.
DISAFFECTED PERSON: A person who is a potential defector
and who either t rough inducement or voluntary action has
indicated willingness or desire to defect.
DISSEMINATION: See Intelligence Cycle.
DOMESTIC COLLECTION: The acquisition of foreign intelligence
in ormation within the United States from governmental or
nongovernmental organizations or individuals who are witting
sources and choose to cooperate by sharing such information.
*DOMESTIC SECURITY MEASURE: An internal activity undertaken
by the United States Government to protect the nation from
acts of force or violence (not conducted pursuant to the
direction of a foreign entity) in violation of Federal law
and intended to overthrow or substantially impair the func-.,
tioning of the United States Government or the government of
a state; to substantially interfere with the legal activities
of a foreign government in the United States; or to deprive
persons of their civil rights.
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DOUBLE AGENT: An agent who is cooperating with an intelligence
service of one government on behalf of and under the control
of an intelligence or security service of another government,
and is manipulated by one to the detriment of the other.
*ELECTRO-OPTICAL INTELLIGENCE: See Optical Intelligence.
ELECTRONICS INTELLIGENCE (FLINT): Technical and intelli-
gence information derived from foreign noncommunications
electromagnetic radiations emanating from other than atomic
detonation or radioactive sources.
EMIGRE: A person who departs from his country for any law-
ful reason with the intention of resettling elsewhere.
EMISSION SECURITY AEE): The component of communications
security which result om all measures taken to deny to
unauthorized persons information of value which might be de-
rived from interception and analysis of compromising emana-
tions from crypto-equipment and telecommunications systems.
*END PRODUCT: Finished intelligence (See Product).
ENERGY INTELLIGENCE: Foreign intell ponce relating to the
technical, economic and political capabilities and programs
of foreign countries to engage in development, utilization
and commerce of basic and advanced energy technologies.
aergy intelligence includes the location and extent of
._.-oreign energy resources and their allocation; foreign
government energy policies, plans and programs; new and im-
proved foreign energy technologies; and economic and security
aspects of foreign energy supply, demand, production dis-
tribution, and utilization.
ESPIONAGE: Intelligence activity directed toward the
acquisition of information through clandestine means.
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION (EEI): Those items of
in ormation regarding a foreign power, forces or targets and
their environment essential for timely decisions.
ESTIMATIVE INTELLIGENCE: A category of intelligence pro-
duction which attempts to project future foreign develop-
ments and their implications for US interests, whether of a
national or departmental character. Estimative Intelligence
may or may not be coordinated.
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EVALUATE: To appraise the worth of an intelligence activity,
information, or product in terms of its contribution to a
specific goal, or the credibility, reliability, pertinency,
accuracy, usefulness of information in terms of an intelli-
gence need. Evaluation may be used without reference to
cost or risk, particularly when used in contrast with "assess."
(See Assess).
EVASION AND ESCAPE (E&E): The procedures and operations
whereby military personnel and other selected individuals
are enabled to emerge from enemy-held or hostile areas under
friendly control.
EVASION AND ESCAPE INTELLIGENCE: Processed information pre-
pared to assist personnel to evade capture if lost in enemy-
dominated territory or to escape if captured.
FOREIGN COUNTERINTELLIGENCE (FCI): Intelligence activity,
with its resultant product, devoted to countering the
effectiveness of !7oreign intelligence activities and under-
taken to protect t-'.-.e security of the United States, its per-
sonnel, informatic- and installations against espionage,
sabotage, and terrorism. Foreign counterintelligence does
not include personnel, physical, document, or communications
security programs.
FOREIGN INSTRUMENTATION SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE (FISINT):
Information derived from the collection and processing of
foreign telemetry, beaconry, and associated signals.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE (FI): The product of collection,
processing, and analysis of foreign intelligence information
relating to the national security, to the foreign relations
or economic interests of the United States by a government
agency that is assigned an intelligence mission.
*FOREIGN MATERIEL (FORMAT) INTELLIGENCE: Intelligence derived
from the exploitation of foreign materiel.
*FOREIGN OFFICIAL: A foreign national acting in an official
capacity on e.alf of a foreign power, attached to a foreign
.diplomatic establishment or an establishment under the control
of a foreign power, or employed by a public international
organization.
FUSION: In the military operational context, the blending
of intelligence with operational information; or, in the
tactical intelligence context, the blending of information
from multiple sources to produce a single intelligence
product.
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FUSION CENTER: A term referring to an organizational ac
tivity, associated with the Department of Defense and under
the control and supervision of a field commander, having the
responsibility of blending both compartmented intelligence
with all other available intelligence in order to support
military operations. (See Actionable Intelligence and
Tactical Intelligence.)
GEOGRAPHIC(AL) INTELLIGENCE: Foreign intelligence dealing
with the location, description, and analysis of physical and
cultural factors of the world, (e.g._, terrain, climate,
natural resources, transportation, boundaries, population
distribution) and their changes through time.
ILLEGAL: An officer or employee of an intelligence service
dispatched abroad who has no overt connection with the
intelligence service with which he is connected or with the
government operating that intelligence service.
*ILLEGAL AGENT: An agent operated by an illegal residency
or directly from the headquarters of [th-\ intelligence
service. G-n
*ILLEGAL RESIDENCY: An intelligence establishment in a foreign
country composed of one or more interigence officers and
possibly one or more employees which has no overt connection
with the intelligence service involved or with the government
of the country operating the intelligence service.
.-_av1AGERY: Representations of objects reproduced electronically
jr by optical means on film, electronic display devices, or
other media.
IMAGERY INTELLIGENCE: The collected products of imagery
interpretation processed for intelligence use.
IMAGERY INTERPRETATION: The process of location, recognition,
identification, and description of objects, activities, and
terrain represented by imagery.
INFORMATION(AL) NEED: The requirement of an official in-
volved in the policy-making process or the intelligence
production process of the US Government for the best avail-
able information and intelligence on which to base policy
decisions, recommendations, or intelligence production.
*INFRARED INTELLIGENCE: See Optical Intelligence.
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INTEGRATION: A process in the intelligence cycle in which a
pattern is formed through the selection and combination of
evaluated information.
INTELLIGENCE: A generic term which includes foreign intel-
ligence and foreign counterintelligence.
INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES: A generic term used to describe
the efforts and endeavors undertaken byttbe_ depa-r-tm-ents,
a-es, and elements comprising the Intelligence~Com-
munit-y:?
INTELLIGENCE-RELATED ACTIVITIES (IRA): Those activities
specifically excluded from the National Foreign Intelligence
Program which respond to departmental or agency tasking for
time-sensitive information on foreign activities; respond to
national Intelligence Community advisory tasking of collection
capabilities which have a primary mission to support depart-
mental or agency missions or operational forces; train
personnel for intelligence duties; or are devoted to research
and development of intelligence or related capabilities.
INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT: A category of intelligence production
that encompasses most analytical studies dealing with subjects
of some policy significance. Assessri-nts are thorough in
their treatment of subject matter, as distinct from building-
block papers, research projects, and reference aids; but
assessments unlike estimates may not attempt to project
t'uture developments and their implications. Assessments may
:-r may not be coordinated.
INTELLIGENCE ASSET: Any resource--person, group, instrument,
installation, or technical system--at the disposal of an
intelligence organization.
INTELLIGENCE CYCLE: The processes by which information is
converted into intelligence and made available to users.
There are usually five steps in the cycle:
a. planning and direction--determination of intelli-
gence requirements, preparation of a collection plan,
issuance of orders and requests to information collec-
tion agencies, and a continuous check on the productivity
of collection agencies.
b. collection--acquisition of information and the
provision of this information to processing and/or pro=
duction elements.
c. processing--conversion of collected information
into a form suitable to the production of intelligence.
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*d. production--conversion of information into in-
telligence through the integration, analysis, evaluation
and interpretation of all source data and the prepara-
tion of intelligence products in support of known or
anticipated user requirements.
e. dissemination--conveyance of intelligence to
users in a suitable form.
INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE: The product of Estimative Intelli-
gence.
*INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION: Information of potential intelli-
gence value concerning the capabilities, intentions and
activities of any foreign power or organization or any
associated non-United States person.
*INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT: A report which disseminates
foreign intelligence in ormation.
*INTELLIGENCE REPORT: A product of the analysis of foreign
intelligence information.
INTELLIGENCE REQUIREMENT: Any subject, general or specific,
upon which there is a need for the collection of information,
or the production of intelligence. (Also see Collection
Requirement)
INTERAGENCY INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM (IIM): A national
intelligence assessment or estimate issued by the DCI with
the advice of appropriate National Foreign Intelligence
Board agencies.
INTERDEPARTMENT(AL) INTELLIGENCE: Integrated department(al)
intelligence required by departments and agencies of the
U.S. government for the execution of their missions but
which transcends the competence or interest of a single
department or agency.
INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTIVITIES: Terrorism is the cal-
culated use o violence, or the threat of violence, to
attain political goals through fear, intimidation or coer-
cion. It usually involves a criminal act, often symbolic in
nature, and is intended to influence an audience beyond the
immediate victims. International terrorism is terrorism
transcending national boundaries in the carrying out of the-
act, the purpose of the act, the nationalities of the victims,
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or the resolution of the incident. These acts are usually
designed to attract wide publicity in order to focus attention
on the existence, cause, or demands of the perpetrators.
JOINT INTELLIGENCE: (Military Context) Intelligence pro-
duced by elements of more than one Service of the same
nation. (Intelligence Community Context) Intelligence
Produced by intelligence organizations of more than one
country.
*LASER INTELLIGENCE: See Optical Intelligence.
*LEGAL RESIDENCY: An intelligence establishment in a foreign
country composed of intelligence officers and employees
assigned as overt representatives of their government.
MONITOR: To observe, listen to, intercept, record, or
transcribe any form of communication or media for intelli-
gence collection or communications security purposes, either
overtly or covertly.
NATIONAL ESTIMATE (See National Intelligence Estimate.)
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ASSET: An intelligence asset, the
primary purpose of which is the collection, processing or
production of national intelligence. (See National In-
telligence.)
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`:AiTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATES (NIE.s) : Thorough assess-
aents of situations in the foreign environment that are
relevant to the formulation of foreign, economic, and
national security policy, and project probable future
courses of action and developments. They are structured to
illuminate differences of view within the Intelligence
Community, and are issued by the Director of Central Intel-
ligence with the advice of the National Foreign Intelligence
Board.
NEAR REAL-TIME: The brief interval between the collection
of information regarding an event and reception of the data
at some other location, caused by the time required for
automated processing, communications and display.
NET ASSESSMENTS': Comparative reviews `and analyses of
opposing national strengths, capabilities, vulnerabilities
and weaknesses. Intelligence net assessments involve only -
foreign countries.
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NONCOMMUNICATIONS EMANATIONS: That class of radiations
which are emitted intentionally or unintentionally by
electrical or electronic equipments for purposes other than
communications, e.g., by radars, navigational aids, jammers,
or remote control systems.
NUCLEAR INTELLIGENCE (NUCINT): Intelligence derived from
the collection and analysis of radiation and other effects
resulting from the detonation of nuclear devices or from
radioactive sources.
*OFFICIAL: See Foreign Official.
*OPEN SOURCE INFORMATION: A generic term describing information
o potential intelligence value derived from data available
to the general public.
OPERATIONAL CONTROL (OPCON): (Military Context) The authority
delegated to a commander to direct forces assigned so that
the commander may accomplish specific missions or tasks
which are usually limited by function, time, or location; to
deploy the forces concerned, and to retain or assign tactical
control of those forces. It does not, of itself, include
administrative or logistic control.
*OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE (OPINTEL): Intelligence required
for planning and executing operations.
:: 'TICAL INTELLIGENCE (OPTINT): Intelligence derived from data
,n optical applications using that portion of the electro-
magnetic spectrum from ultraviolet (0.01 micrometers) through
far (long wave length) infrared (1,000 micrometers).
ORDER OF BATTLE (OB): Intelligence pertaining to identification,
strength, command structure and disposition of the personnel,
units, and equipment -of any foreign military force.
*OVERT: Open; done without attempt at concealment.
*OVERT COLLECTION: The acquisition of intelligence information
from public media, observation, government-to-government
dialogue, elicitation, and from the sharing of data openly
acquired. The collection process may be classified or un-
classified. The target and host governments as well as the
sources involved normally are aware of the general collection
activity although the specific acquisition, sites, and
processes may be successfully concealed.
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PERSONNEL SECURITY: The means or procedures, such as
selective investigations, record checks, personal interviews,
supervisory controls, designed to provide reasonable assurance
that persons being considered for, or granted access to,
classified information are loyal and trustworthy.
*PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE (PHOTINT): The collected products
of photographic interpretation classified and evaluated for
intelligence use. Photographic intelligence is a category
of Imagery Interpretation.
*PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION (PI): The process of location,
recognition, identification,--a-n7 description of objects,
activities, and terrain represented on photography. Photo-
graphic interpretation is a category of Imagery Interpretation.
PHYSICAL SECURITY: Physical measures--such as safes, vaults,
perimeter barriers, guard systems, alarms and access controls--
designed to safeguard installations against damage, disruption
or unauthorized entry; information or material against un-
authorized access ;r theft; and specified personnel against
harm.
PLANNING AND DIRECTION: See Intelligence Cycle.
PROCESSING: See Intelligence Cycle.
*PRODUCT: (1) Finished intelligence reports disseminated by
intelligence agencies. (2) In SIGINT usage, intelligence
information derived from analysis of SIGINT materials and
published as a report or translation for dissemination to
customers.
PRODUCTION: See Intelligence Cycle.
PROLIFERATION INTELLIGENCE: Foreign intelligence relating
to (a) scientific, tec nical and economic capabilities and
programs and the political plans and intentions of non-
nuclear weapon states (NNWS) or foreign organizations to
acquire nuclear weapons and/or to acquire the requisite
special nuclear materials (SNM) and to carry on research,
development and manufacture of nuclear explosive devices,
and; (b) the attitudes, policies and actions of foreign
nuclear supplier countries or organizations within these
countries toward provision of technologies, facilities or
SNM which could assist NNWS or foreign organizations to
acquire or develop nuclear explosive devices.
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*RADAR INTELLIGENCE (RADINT): Intelligence derived from
in ormation collected by radar.
RADIATION INTELLIGENCE (RINT): Intelligence derived from
information obtained from unintentional electro-magnetic
energy emanating from foreign devices to determine their
function and characteristics, excluding nuclear detonations
or radioactive sources. (See Noncommunications Emanations).
RECONNAISSANCE (RECCE): A mission undertaken to obtain by
visual observation or other detection methods, information
relating to the activities, resources or forces of a foreign
nation; or to secure data concerning the meteorological,
hydrographic, or geographic characteristics of a particular
area.
*RECRUITMENT IN PLACE: A term pertaining to a person who has
been recruited and agrees to retain his position in his
organization or government while reporting thereon to an
intelligence or security service of a foreign country.
*REFUGEE: A person who is outside the country of his former
habitual residence, and who, because of fear of being per-
secuted in that country, is unwilling to return to it.
*REPORT: See Intelligence Report and intelligence Infor-
mation Report.
*^EQUIREMENT: See Intelligence Requirement or Collection
?equirement.
RESIDENCY: See Illegal Residency and Legal Residency.
SABOTAGE: Action against materiel, premises or utilities,
or their production, which injures, interferes with or ob-
structs the national security or ability of a nation to
prepare for or carryon a war.
*SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE: See Scientific and Technical
Intelligence. These terms are used interchangeably, but
Scientific and Technical Intelligence is the preferred'term.
*SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL (S&T) INTELLIGENCE: Intelligence
concerning foreign developments in basic and applied scientific
and technical research and development, including engineering
and production techniques, new technology, and weapon systems
and their capabilities and characteristics. Also includedq,
is intelligence which requires scientific or technical
expertise on the part of the analyst, such as physical
health studies and behavioral analyses.
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*SENSITIVE: Requiring special protection from disclosure
to avoid compromise or threat to the security of the sponsor.
SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION (SCI): All information
and materials subject to special national intelligence
community controls requiring restricted handling within
present and future community intelligence collection pro-
grams and their end products for which community systems of
compartmentation have been or will be formally established.
*SENSITIVE SOURCES AND METHODS: A source is a person, device,
system or activity which provides intelligence information.
A method is a technique or procedure used by a source.
Sensitive Sources and Methods require special protection from
disclosure.
SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE (SIGINT): A category of intelligence
information comprising all communications intelligence,
electronics intelligence, and foreign instrumentation sig-
nals intelligence, either individually or in combination,
including as well nonimagery infrared and coherent light
signals.
*SOURCE: A person, device, system or activity from which
intelligence information is obtained...
SPECIAL NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE (SNIE : National
Intelligence Estimates (NIEs which are relevent to specific
)olicy problems that need to be addressed in the immediate
,-?uture. SNIEs are generally unscheduled, shorter, and pre-
cared more quickly then NIEs and are coordinated within the
Intelligence Community only to the extent that time permits.
STRATEGIC WARNING: Intelligence regarding the-threat of
initiation of hostilities against the U.S. or in which U.S.
forces may become involved. Strategic Warning may be
received at any time, prior to the initiation of hostilities.
SURVEILLANCE: The systematic observation or monitoring of
aerospace, surface, or subsurface areas, places, persons, or
things by visual, aural, electronic, photographic, or other
means.
TACTICAL INTELLIGENCE: That intelligence required by
military commanders-in the field to maintain the readiness
of operating forces for combat operations and to support the
planning and conduct of military operations under combat
conditions.
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TACTICAL INTELLIGENCE ASSET: An intelligence asset, the
primary purpose of which is the collection, processing or
production of tactical intelligence. (See Tactical Intel-
ligence.)
TARGET: A country, area, installation, organization, weapon
system, military force, situation (political or economic),
person or other entity against which intelligence operations
are directed.
*TERRORIST ORGANIZATION: A group or-organization that engages
in terrorist activities. (See International Terrorist
Activities).
TRANSMISSION SECURITY TRANS)EC): The component of communi-
cations security which results from all measures designed to
.protect transmissions from interception and from exploita-
tion by means other than cryptanalysis.
UNITED STATES SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM: An entity that
is comprised of the National Security Agency (including
assigned military personnel); those elements of the military
departments and the Central Intelligence Agency performing
signals intelligence activities; and those elements of any
other department or agency which may from time-to-time be
authorized by the National Security Council to perform
signals intelligence activities during the time when such
elements are so authorized.
_."ALIDATION: A process normally associated with intelligence
collection, which provides official status to an identified
requirement and confirms that the requirement-is appropriate
for a given collector and has not previously been satisfied.
(See Requirement.)
*WALK-IN: A person who on his own initiative makes contact
wit representative' of a foreign country and who volunteers
information and/or requests political asylum.
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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
CIRIS Consolidated Intelligence Resources
Information System
COMINT Communications Intelligence
COMSEC Communications Security
CRYPTO Cryptology
DCI Director of Central Intelligence
DCID Director of Central Intelligence
Directive
EEI Essential Elements of Information
E&E Evasion and Escape
ELINT Electronics Intelligence
EMSEC Emission Security
FCI Foreign Counterintelligence
FI Foreign Intelligence
FISINT Foreign Instrumentation Signals
Intelligence
FORMAT Foreign Material
IIM Interagency Intelligence Memorandum
IRA Intelligence-Related Activities
NIE National Intelligence Estimate
NNWS Non-Nuclear Weapon States
NUCINT- Nuclear Intelligence
OB Order of Battle
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OPCON Operational Control
OPINTEL Operational Intelligence
OPTINT Optical Intelligence
PHOTINT Photographic Intelligence
PI Photographic Interpretation or
Photographic Interpretor
RADINT Radar Intelligence
RECCE Reconnaissance
RINT Radiation Intelligence
SF1T Scientific and Technical
SAO Special Activities Office
SCI Sensitive Compartmented Information
SIGINT Signals Intelligence
SNIE Special National Intelligence Estimate
?NM Special Nuclear Materials
SSO Special Security Officer
TRANSSEC Transmission Security
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