MINUTES OF DEFINITIONS WORKING GROUP MEETINGS

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13 October 1977
MEMORANDUM FOR: Members, Intelligence Definitions Working Group
Office o Policy and Planning
Intelligence Community Staff
SUBJECT: Minutes of Definitions Working Group Meetings
1. A summary of the meetings held on 12 and 13 October 1977 of the
Intelligence Definitions Working Group is attached for your information.
2. The candidate list of terms has been revised to reflect the
additions, deletions, and assignment of actions decided at the 12 October
meeting. Also attached are draft definitions for "Actionable Intelligence,"
"Monitor," "Review," "Evaluate," and "Assess." -These definitions were
developed by urces Committee, and will be discussed
at subsequent meetings. has suggested that "Foreign Affairs
Community" be included in our g ossary and has provided a draft definition
for your consideration.
18 October 1977, at CHB, Room 5SO9
3. The meeting of the Working Group is scheduled for 0930, Tuesday,
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MINUTES OF THE INTELLIGENCE
DEFINITIONS WORKING GROUP
12-13 October 1977
1. The meeting opened by discussing a revised introductory paragraph
to the glossary of intelligence terms which incorporates terminology
suggested by CIA/OLC. The revised paragraph was distributed to the members
and will be discussed at subsequent meetings.
2. The review of the composite list of candidate intelligence terms
(to.be included in the glossary) was completed and various acronyms were
added. The Group decided that the final document should also contain a
separate section listing all appropriate acronyms and their meaning. At
the conclusion of this review, the Chairman assigned responsibilities to
the participants for developing draft definitions. The participants were
asked to provide these definitions to OPP at'their earliest opportunity
or bring them to the next meeting.
3. An unscheduled meeting of the Group was called on 13 October 1977
in order to discuss definitions for 26 intelligence terms requested by.
Senator Huddleston. xplained that the Senate Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence was expected to introduce intelligence legislation
on 29 October 1977 and that the Committee would develop its own definitions
of intelligence terms unless the Community provided them prior to that
date. The Group then began a review of the strawman definitions developed
for Senator Huddleston and agreement was reached on seven terms.
4. The next meeting of the Working Group is scheduled for 0930,
Tuesday, 18 October 1977, at CHB,. Room 5S09.
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COMPOSITE LIST OF INTELLIGENCE TERMS
12 October 1977
Acoustical Intelligence (ACOUSTINT)
Actionable Intelligence
Advisory Tasking
Agent
Agent of Influence
Alert Memorandum
Assess
Assessment
Asset
Authentication
Automated Intelligence
Basic Intelligence
Biographic Intelligence
Cartographic Intelligence
CIFAX (See "Enciphered Facsimile")
Cipher
CIPHONY
CIVISION
Clandestine
Clandestine Services
Classification Authority
Code
DEFINITION PROVIDED BY
HRC
OPP
CIA, FBI
FBI
CIA
CIA
SECOM
NSA
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Critical Intelligence Message (CRITIC)
Cryptanalysis
CRYPTO
Cryptographic System
Cryptography
Cryptologic Activities
Cryptology
Cryptosecuri ty
Current Intelligence
Customer
DCI
DCI Committees
DCIDs
DCID 1/2 Attachment
Deception
Declassification
Decompartmentation
Decontrol
Defector
Defector in Place
Defense Intelligence Community
Department Intelligence
Dissemination
Domestic Collection
Domestic Security
DEFINITION PROVIDED BY
NSA
CIA
Treasury
CIA
OPP
DIA
SECOM
SECOM
Army
CIA
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Codeword
Collateral
Collection
Collection Requirement
Combat Intelligence
Communications Cover
Communications Deception
Communications Intelligence (COMINT)
Communications Security (COMSEC)
Compartmentation
Compartmented Intelligence (See "Sensitive
Compartmented Information")
Compromise
Compromising Emanations
COMSEC Monitoring
COMSEC Signals Acquisition & Analysis
COMSEC Surveillance
Computer Security
Co-opted Worker
Coordination
Counterintelligence (CI)
Cover
Covert
Covert Action (CA)
Critical Intelligence
Critical Intelligence Communications
System (CRITICOMM)
DEFINITION PROVIDED BY
NSA
SECOM
SECOM
NSA
NSA
NSA
SECOM
FBI
Treasury
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Double Agent
Downgrade
Economic Intelligence
Electro-Optical Intelligence
Electronic Countermeasures (ECM)
Electronic Intelligence (ELINT)
Electronics Security (ELSEC)
Electronic Surveillance
Emanations Security (EMSEC)
Emigre
Emission Security
Enciphered Facsimile (CIFAX)
End Product
End User
Energy Intelligence
Espionage
Essential Elements of Information (EEI)
Estimative Intelligence
Evaluate
Evasions and Escape Intelligence
Foreign Communications
Foreign Counterintelligence
Foreign Instrumentation Signals Intelli-
gence (FISINT)
Foreign Intelligence (FI)
FBI, CIA
SECOM
Treasury
Air Force
NSA
NSA
State
Treasury
ARMY, FBI
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Foreign Intelligence Agency
Foreign Material Intelligence
Financial and Monetary Intelligence
Finished Intelligence
Geographic Intelligence
Guidance
Human Resources Collection
Human Source
Human Source Reporting
HUMINT (see "Human Source Reporting")
Illegal
Illegal Agent
Illicit Communications
Imagery Intelligence
Imagery Interpretation
I&W (see "Indications and Warning
Intelligence")
Imitative Communications Deception
Indications and Warning (I&W Intelligence)
Information
Information Need
Information Security
Infrared Intelligence
Integration
Intelligence
DEFINITION PROVIDED BY
NSA
Air Force
Treasury
Treasury
OPP
HRC
HRC
HRC
NSA
DIA
Treasury, IHC
Treasury
NSA
Air Force
DIA
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Intelligence Activities
Intelligence'Community (IC)
Intelligence Community Staff (ICS)
Intelligence Consumer
Intelligence Cycle
Intelligence Data Handling System
Intelligence Estimate
Intelligence Information
Intelligencd Process
Intelligence Producer
Intelligence Related Activities (IRA)
Intelligence Report
Intelligence Requirement
Intelligence User (see "Intelligence
Consumer")
Interaction
Interagency Intelligence Memorandum (IIM)
Interdepartmental Intelligence
International Leased Communication (ILC)
International Terrorism, International
Terrorist Activities
Interpretation (see "Analysis" and
"Evaluate")
Interrogation Intelligence
Joint Intelligence
Key Intelligence Questions (KIQs)
Laser Intelligence (LASINT)
DEFINITION PROVIDED BY
Treasury
NSA
Treasury
NSA
NIO
Army
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Manipulative Communications Deception
Medical Intelligence
Military Intelligence (MI)
Monitor
National Estimates (see "National
Intelligence Estimates")
National Foreign Assessment Center (NFAC)
National Foreign Intelligence Board (NFIB)
National Foreign Intelligence
Program (NFIP)
National Intelligence
National Intelligence Estimate (NIE)
National Intelligence Officer (NIO)
National Intelligence Tasking Center (NITC)
National Security
National/Tactical Interface
Net Assessments
Non-Communications Emanations
Nuclear Intelligence (NUCINT)
Officials
Open Source Information
Operational Control
Operational Intelligence
Optical Intelligence (OPTINT)
Order-of-Battle (OB)
Overt
Overt Collection
NSA
OPP
OPP
NIO
OPP
OPP
Army
OPP
DIA
FBI
State
DIA
DIA
Air Force
DIA
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Penetration
Personnel Security
Photographic Intelligence (PHOTINT)
Photographic Interpretation
Physical Security
Policy Review Committee (Intelligence)
(PRC(I))
Political Intelligence
Priority
Processing
Produce
Producer
Product
Production
Proliferation
Protected Wireline Distribution System
(PWDS)
Radar Intelligence (RADINT)
Radiation Intelligence
Raw Intelligence
Recruitment in Place
Red/Black Concept
Refugee
Requirement
Review
Sabotage
DEFINITION PROVIDED BY
NSA
SECOM
CIA
CIA
OPP
NSA
Air Force
OPP
Treasury
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Sanitization, Sanitize
Scientific Intelligence
Scientific & Technical (S&T) Intelligence
Security
Sensitive
Sensitive-Compartmented Information (SCI)
Sensitive Operations
Signals Intelligence (SIGINT)
Source
Sources and Methods
Special Activities Office (SAO)
Special Intelligence (SI) (see "Communica-
tions Intelligence")
Special Intelligence Communications
(SPINTCOMM)
Special National Intelligence Estimate
(SNIE)
Special Security Office(r) (SSO)
Strategic Intelligence
Strategic Warning
Subversion
Tactical Intelligence
Target Intelligence
Tasking
Technical Control
Technical Intelligence
Telemetry Intelligence (TELINT)
DEFINITION PROVIDED BY
SECOM
CIA
CIA
SECOM
CIA
SECOM
Air Force
OPP
Air Force
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Terrorism (see "International Terrorist
Activities")
Terrorist Organization
Traffic Analysis
Transmission Security (TRANSSES)
United States Signals Intelligence
System (USSID)
Warning
OPP
Treasury
NSA
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMUNITY
Those departments, U.S. Government agencies, and
other organizations which are. represented in U.S.
diplomatic missions abroad; and Executive Branch entities
which may not be represented abroad but are significantly
involved in international activities with the governments
of other nations.
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Monitor to Assess
MONITOR
The overt or clandestine act of observing, listening
to, intercepting, recording, transcribing any form of
communications or media for intelligence collection or
intelligence security purposes.
REVIEW
To examine, inspect, and discuss in a critical manner,
precedent to consideration of value.
EVALUATE
To appraise the worth of an intelligence activity or
result in terms of its contribution to a specific goal,
or the credibility, reliability, pertinency, accuracy,
usefulness of information in terms of an intelligence
need, usually without reference to cost.
ASSESS
A management deliberation in which the value of an
intelligence activity, result, or product is weighed
against resource allocation or expenditures.
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ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE
Information that is directly useful to consumers
without having to go through the full intelligence
processing cycle. NOTE: It may address strategic or
tactical needs, as in close-support type collection for
U.S. negotiating terms or action elements dealing with
international terrorism, narcotics, etc. (See also
Tactical Intelligence)
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DCI/IC 77-6359
5 October 1977
MEMORANDUM FOR: Members, Intelligence Definitions
Working -Group
SUBJECT: Revised List of Candidate Terms
1. A summary of the second meeting of the Intelligence
Definitions Working Group is attached for your information.
2. The candidate list of terms for inclusion in the
glossary has been revised to reflect decisions taken at our
last meeting. Ihope we can finalize the list at our next
meeting and get on with compilation of the actual definitions.
As indicated in paragraph 4 of the minutes, please be prepared
to submit and discuss whatever intelligence acronyms you feel
should be included in the glossary.
3. The next meeting of the Working Group is scheduled
for 0930, Wednesday, 12 October 19-77 at CHB, Room BS05.
Attachments
As stated
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