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  requirements and request that the staffs incorporate these into their
  respective collection taskings. The results of debriefings by units should also
  be disseminated to the HCTs for source development, collection targeting,
  and analysis.
  Official Liaison
  5-25. Liaison with local military, government, or civilian agency officials
  provides an opportunity to collect information required by the commander.
  The HUMINT collector meets with these officials to conduct liaison,
  coordinate certain operations, collect information, and obtain leads to
  potential sources of information. Elicitation is the primary technique used
  with liaison contacts, although in many cases there is a more formal
  exchange of information. Information obtained by these elements through
  liaison normally tends to reflect the official positions of their superiors and
  may not be entirely accurate or complete.
  Detainees
  5-26. A detainee is any person captured or otherwise detained by an armed
  force. An EPW is a detainee who meets the criteria of Articles 4 and 5 of the
  GPW. (See Appendix A.) Detainees may be interrogated. They are frequently
  excellent sources of information but in many instances the access of the
  HUMINT collector to the detainees may be curtailed.
  5-27. For example, when supporting a counterinsurgency, the supported
  government may consider all captured insurgents to be criminals and not
  allow US forces access to them. In these instances, US HUMINT collectors
  should attempt to sit in during local questioning; they could submit questions
  or, at a minimum, coordinate to receive the reports from local authority
  questioning. US HUMINT collectors must remember that regardless of the
  legal status of the detainees they must be treated in a manner consistent
  with the Geneva Conventions. (See Appendix A.)
  FORMAL CONTACT
  5-28. Formal contacts are individuals who have agreed to meet and cooperate
  with HUMINT collectors for the purpose of providing information. HUMINT
  collectors who have met with a particular continuous contact three or more
  times should consider assessing him for use as a formal contact. Formal
  contacts meet repeatedly with HUMINT collectors, and their operation and
  tasking must be carried out in accordance with AR 381-172 (S//NF),
  DIAM 58-11 (S//NF), and DIAM 58-12 (S//NF).
  5-29. Formal contacts are generally local nationals or third-country national
  employees. Knowledge of their meeting with HUMINT collectors is restricted.
  This can be accomplished by either disguising the fact that the HUMINT
  collection personnel are indeed HUMINT personnel, or by concealing the
  purpose of overt meetings with HUMINT personnel. HCTs take
  extraordinary measures to protect their relationship with these contacts.
  Depending on METT-TC factors, meetings with formal contacts may range
  from overt meetings, which are conducted discreetly in order to protect the