text: _______________________________________________________________________________ FM 2-22.3 5
  OBJECTIVE
  7-10. The HUMINT collector will first determine the objective of his
  questioning. The objective is the set of collection requirements that the
  HUMINT collector will attempt to satisfy during the questioning session. A
  number of circumstances including the intelligence requirements, the time
  available, and the source will set the objective. Determining the objective
  consists of three parts:
  • Identify the intelligence requirements. The primary objective of any
  questioning session is to answer or confirm PIR or other collection
  requirements.
  • Identify the subject: The HUMINT collector will want to consider the
  source; for example, who he is, what he may know. The HUMINT
  collector will also want to consider the legal and other restrictions
  based on the type of source (contact source, EPW, refugee, strategic).
  For a military source (EPW) this includes rank, position specialty, and
  unit of assignment. For a civilian source it includes job, placement and
  access, associations, area of residence, and employment.
  • Identify the intelligence requirements that the source may be able to
  answer. The HUMINT collector cannot normally waste time “fishing”
  for information. He must determine based on screening, what
  collection requirements the source can answer. The HUMINT collector
  compares the information that he gathered through his general and
  source-specific research and compares it to his list of collection
  requirements. He compares that list to the identity of the source and
  refines the list including all requirements that the source can be
  expected to be able to answer. The HUMINT collector will approach
  those areas first while staying aware of leads into other collection
  topics.
  LOCATION
  7-11. In most cases, the location for the questioning will be determined by
  operational requirements. However, the HUMINT collector should ensure
  some basic requirements are met:
  • Each questioning session should be conducted outside the hearing and
  view of third parties. Even in the case of a source meeting in a public
  place, the HUMINT collector should choose a location where they
  cannot be overheard and where their meeting will not arouse
  suspicion.
  • The location should be in a place that has reasonable security for the
  HUMINT collector and the source. In contact operations, the risk
  cannot always be eliminated but the acceptable risk levels should be
  based on the expected intelligence gain. In combat operations, most
  questioning (interrogation, debriefing of civilians on the battlefield)
  will take place in forward combat areas, but it cannot be done if it
  increases the risk to the source. Safe evacuation of the sources has
  priority over questioning.
  • The location should provide ready access to the chosen method of
  recording and reporting the information.