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  • Cultural awareness in the various AOs will have different social and
  regional considerations that affect communications and can affect the
  conduct of operations. These may include social taboos, desired
  behaviors, customs, and courtesies. The staff must include this
  information in pre-deployment training at all levels to ensure that
  personnel are properly equipped to interact with the local populace.
  1-30. There are other areas of knowledge that help to develop more effective
  questioning:
  • Proficiency in the target language. The HUMINT collector can
  normally use an interpreter (see Chapter 11) and machine translation
  as they are developed to conduct questioning. Language proficiency is a
  benefit to the HUMINT collector in a number of ways: He can save
  time in questioning, be more aware of nuances in the language that
  might verify or deny truthfulness, and better control and evaluate
  interpreters.
  • Understanding basic human behavior. A HUMINT collector can
  best adapt himself to the source’s personality and control of the
  source’s reactions when he understands basic behavioral factors, traits,
  attitudes, drives, motivations, and inhibitions. He must not only
  understand basic behavioral principles but also know how these
  principles are manifested in the area and culture in which he is
  operating.
  • Neurolinguistics. Neurolinguistics is a behavioral communication
  model and a set of procedures that improve communication skills. The
  HUMINT collector should read and react to nonverbal
  communications. He must be aware of the specific neurolinguistic clues
  of the cultural framework in which he is operating.
  CAPABILITIES AND LIMITATIONS
  CAPABILITIES
  1-31. HUMINT collection capabilities include the ability to⎯
  • Collect information and cross-cue from an almost endless variety of
  potential sources including friendly forces, civilians, detainees, and
  source-related documents.
  • Focus on the collection of detailed information not available by other
  means. This includes information on threat intentions and local
  civilian and threat force attitudes and morale. It also includes building
  interiors and facilities that cannot be collected on by other means due
  to restrictive terrain.
  • Corroborate or refute information collected from other R&S assets.
  • Operate with minimal equipment and deploy in all operational
  environments in support of offensive, defensive, stability and
  reconstruction operations, or civil support operations. Based on solid
  planning and preparation, HUMINT collection can provide timely
  information if deployed forward in support of maneuver elements.