text: FM 2-22.3 _________________________________________________________________________________
  COLLECTION PRIORITY
  4-45. During the MDMP, the MI commander advises his higher headquarters
  on the most efficient use of the HUMINT collectors to meet collection
  requirements. Depending on the particular higher echelon mission and the
  capabilities of the specific personnel under his command, the supported S2
  must decide whether to concentrate collection efforts on source, debriefing,
  interrogation, tactical questioning, liaison, or DOCEX operations to answer
  collection requirements. (See Chapter 5 for a description of these operations.)
  The MI commander may be required by his operational tasking to support
  any or all of these operations. He must decide how to task organize his assets
  to meet these requirements. When faced with limited assets, prioritization of
  collection is paramount.
  4-46. A commander normally must prioritize HUMINT collections and
  DOCEX. Although the decision is primarily dependent on which type of
  source (human or document) is most likely to give the priority information,
  other factors such as phase of operation, ROE, source availability, and
  collection resource capabilities may influence his decision. At the tactical
  level, both human sources and documents are screened and the senior
  HUMINT soldier establishes the priorities. If documents and human sources
  are determined to be equally likely of containing priority information, human
  sources are normally exploited first due to—
  • The ability of the HUMINT collector to get a human source to
  elaborate and explain his information, which cannot be done with a
  document.
  • The rate at which people forget detailed information.
  • The fact that an individual's resistance is easier to bypass immediately
  after undergoing a significant traumatic experience (capture). Capture
  thrusts them into an unfamiliar environment over which they have no
  control and are vulnerable to various approach techniques. This initial
  vulnerability passes quickly. An individual's established values begin
  to assert themselves again within a day or two, and the individual's
  willingness to cooperate might also decrease.
  TASK ORGANIZATION
  4-47. Because of the need to place HUMINT collectors in contact with the
  local population and the need in many cases to integrate the HUMINT
  collection process into other operations, the planning and analysis staff for
  HUMINT missions is somewhat expanded from the norm. They should
  include the C/J/G/S2X, SJA, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, other staff officers, as
  necessary, Provost Marshal, MP, and US Army Criminal Investigation
  Command, CA, unit HUMINT commanders, and senior HUMINT technicians
  of the deploying unit. If the unit’s mission is to replace a currently deployed
  HUMINT unit, a representative of that unit should be included.
  4-48. The challenge to the MI commander is the proper training during
  operations, task organization, placement, and coordination of movement of
  HUMINT elements to meet collection requirements. The unit modified table
  of organization and equipment (MTOE) organization, which is designed for
  an MTW, may have to be modified to meet the specific requirements of