Intelligence Disciplines

When intelligence professionals receive requirements from decision-makers, they choose from a variety of tools and techniques to uncover the information needed to satisfy these requests. These techniques vary widely, from using clandestine spies on the ground to assigning remote electronic capabilities to intercept communications from afar.

Intelligence professionals developing a collection plan must identify the intelligence disciplines most likely to successfully satisfy intelligence requests. They must then work with collection managers to assess the availability of assets in those disciplines and the relative priority of their requests. After that, they assign intelligence assets to work on those assignments, beginning ...

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