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  may make the source uncomfortable), or the expert viewing and
  listening to the questioning through a remote video and sound hook-
  up.
  • Local Support: The HUMINT collector does the questioning. The expert
  sits in on the questioning and provides input to the HUMINT collector
  during the course of the questioning. This can break both the source’s
  and the HUMINT collector’s trains of thought and confuse the lines of
  control in the questioning.
  • Expert Participation: The HUMINT collector initiates the questioning,
  but the expert participates throughout the questioning, asking for
  clarification and additional information as required. Unless properly
  trained, the expert can seriously taint the quality of the information
  through the use of poor questioning techniques. The HUMINT collector
  can lose rapport and control.
  • Trained Expert Questioning: In rare instances, with particularly
  difficult technical topics or those areas of questioning that require a
  high degree of technical expertise, it may be easier to train the expert
  in basic questioning techniques than it is to train the HUMINT
  collector on the technical topic. In this instance, the HUMINT collector
  sits in on the questioning to ensure proper procedures and techniques
  are used and to advise the technical expert. The technical expert does
  most of the questioning.
  9-32. In any case, if the source is to receive compensation for his time, it
  must come from the HUMINT collector, not the analyst or technical expert.
  This continues to reinforce that the HUMINT collector is in charge, and does
  not transfer the source’s trust to the expert.
  THIRD-PARTY OFFICIAL AND HEARSAY INFORMATION
  9-33. The source may have information that he did not observe firsthand.
  While this information is not as reliable as firsthand knowledge, it is often
  significant enough to report. The HUMINT collector must be careful to
  identify this information as to its origin, type, and the time and manner that
  the information was obtained by the source. This information will be entered
  into the report as a source comment or a collector comment. This will
  include—
  • The origin of the information. This may be the name, rank, and duty
  position or job of an individual or may be an official or unofficial
  document such as an OPORD, official memorandum, or party
  newspaper.
  • The complete organization to which the person who provided the
  information belongs or the identity of the organization that produced
  the official or unofficial document from which the source obtained the
  information.
  • Date-time group (DTG) when the source obtained the information.
  • The circumstances under which the source obtained the information.
  9-34. Comparing the details of the hearsay information, such as DTG, where
  the information was obtained and the circumstances under which the source