INTELLIGENCE EVALUATION SHEET

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: STARGATE
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00789R002000090001-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Content Type: REPORT

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INTELLIGENCE EVALUATION SHEET
INFORMATION and INSTRUCTIONS:
The information in this report was obtained in direct response to
an intelligence collection requirement provided by your office.
The material furnished to you has been acquired through a unique
and highly sensitive collection technique. Your care in
evaluating this information will form the basis by which USI can
assess this technique and/or modify and refine the technology to
improve its overall value. While formulating your evaluation the
following comments concerning this unique collection technique
may be helpful.
Foremost it must be stated that the information obtained through
this technique is likely to consist of a mixture of correct,
incorrect or at times apparently, irrelevant data. Given this
anomaly the consumer should be sensitive to the following:
a. Conceptual descriptive data tends to be more reliable
than analytic labeling. As an example, a source may
inappropriately report (label) a body of water in an artificial
holding device at a designated target as a "recreational swimming
pool," when in fact it is a water purification sewage pool. More
critical however, is that an aircraft fuselage may be erroneously
labeled by the source as a submarine hull. Caution is therefore
advised when a source's descriptions evidence a great deal of
analytic labeling. Again, conceptual descriptive data tends to
be more reliable than analytic labeling.
b. Certain anomalies may exist in the overall descriptive
reporting. A report on a known three building complex may, for
example, only contain data pertaining to two buildings.
Furthermore, significant buildings or facilities may be
attributed to a site when it is known that such "additions" do
not exist. Such gaps or additions are neither intentional nor an
attempt to fabricate information. In fact, they occasionally may
prove useful with careful analysis on the part of the consumer.
When this type of serious gap or addition is encountered it
should only be weighed in the context of the actual tasking and
how it affects the results of the information sought. In other
words, if you were initially seeking the purpose of a deep
circular hole in the ground, do not be concerned about additional
descriptions of a nearby lake when previously confirmed
information indicated no lake is present at the site. Instead,
focus your evaluation on the data pertaining to the deep circular
hole, while within reason, ignoring extraneous data.
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c. At times, some data may appear to be abstract with no
apparent importance even though other data tends to confirm and
improve upon the known data base on a target. Information of
this nature may, at a later date, be valuable. For example, a
reported lack of personnel at a normally bustling defense
installation may seem incongruous until it is learned at a later
date that this particular reporting period coincided with a
evacuation drill.
d. The consumer should be aware that for reasons of
security, strict compartmentation and operational effectiveness,
the actual collectors (sources) of this data are given only
general guidance. Therefore, the collectors may tend to report
on many seemingly extraneous facets of a target as well as the
specific area of interest to the consumer. If this otherwise
superfluous data is known to be true, the veracity of the
source's other descriptions is enhanced.
It is recommended that the consumer first examine the information
provided to isolate the data already known, if any, about the
target. From this data base the consumer should extract any new
and heretofore unknown information relevant to the specific
target. The "irrelevant" information should be examined
carefully in light of the comments listed above. Patently false
or irrelevant information should be weighted as a facet of your
evaluation only when this data contradicts previously confirmed
information pertaining to the target.
If you have any questions regarding this letter, the Intelligence
Evaluation Sheet (IES), or any information provided to you by
this activity please contact this office at any time.
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