text: Chapter 1
  PLAN REQUIREMENTS AND ASSESS COLLECTION
  1-6. The intelligence staff collaborates with the operations officer and the entire staff to receive and
  validate requirements for collection, prepare the requirements planning tools, recommend collection assets
  and capabilities to the operations staff, and maintain synchronization as operations progress. (See chapter 3
  for more information on planning requirements and assessing collection).
  TASK AND DIRECT COLLECTION
  1-7. The operations officer, based on recommendations from the operations staff, tasks and directs the
  information collection assets. (See chapter 4 for more information on tasking and directing information
  collection.)
  EXECUTE COLLECTION
  1-8. Executing collection focuses on requirements tied to the execution of tactical missions, such as
  reconnaissance, surveillance, security, and intelligence operations, based on the CCIRs. Collection
  activities acquire information about the adversary and the area of operations (AO) and provide that
  information to intelligence processing and exploitation elements. Collection activities begin soon after
  receipt of mission and continue throughout preparation and execution of the operation. These activities do
  not cease at the end of the mission but continue as required. This allows the commander to focus combat
  power, execute current operations, and prepare for future operations simultaneously.
  1-9. Execute collection subtasks include:
  * Establish technical channels and provide guidance.
  * Collect and report information.
  * Establish a mission intelligence briefing and debriefing program.
  Establish Technical Channels and Provide Guidance
  1-10. This subtask provides and conducts technical channels to refine and focus the intelligence
  disciplines’ information collection tasks. It coordinates the disciplines’ assets when operating in another
  unit’s AO. (See FM 2-0 for additional information on this task and its two subtasks: “Establish and
  maintain technical channels” and “Conduct deconfliction and coordination.”)
  1-11. Due to the characteristics of intelligence operations, technical channels ensure adherence to
  applicable laws and policies, ensure proper use of doctrinal techniques, and provide technical support and
  guidance to intelligence operations and discipline assets. Applicable laws and policies include all relevant
  U.S. laws, the law of war, international laws, directives, Department of Defense instructions, and orders.
  Commanders direct operations but often rely on technical control to conduct portions of the collection
  effort.
  1-12. Technical channels refer to supervision of intelligence operations and disciplines. Technical channels
  do not interfere with the ability to task organic intelligence operations assets. It ensures adherence to
  existing policies or regulations by providing technical guidance for intelligence operations tasks in the
  information collection plan. While not a formal command or support relationship, establishing technical
  channels is a critical function that ensures the collection asset has the required technical data to perform
  mission-related tasks.
  1-13. Technical channels also involve translating tasks into the parameters used to focus the highly
  technical intelligence operations collection or the legally sensitive aspects of signals intelligence collection.
  These channels also include human intelligence military source operations and counterintelligence tasks.
  Technical channels provide the means to meet the overall commander’s intent for intelligence operations.
  Technical channels include but are not limited to defining, managing, or guiding the use of intelligence
  assets or identifying critical technical collection criteria (such as technical indicators and recommending
  collection techniques or procedures).