text: _______________________________________________________________________________ FM 2-22.3 5
  • Legal guides, SOFAs, operations and execute orders, ROE, and other
  legal and administrative requirements. The HUMINT collector must
  be thoroughly familiar with all documents that may set the legal
  parameters for his collection operations. These are available through
  the chain of command and from the SJA office. He must know how
  these requirements apply and to what type of sources each is applied.
  • Collection requirements. The HUMINT collector needs not only to
  know but also to understand the requirements that he will be
  attempting to answer. These requirements can include CCIRs (PIRs
  and IRs), essential elements of friendly information (EEFIs),
  Intelligence Priorities for Strategic Planning (IPSP), specific requests
  from national level consumers such as HUMINT collection
  requirements (HCRs), SDRs, or even vocal orders given by the local
  commander. These all will determine the objective of the questioning
  plan.
  • Databases. Intelligence databases can give the HUMINT collector
  detailed information about the source's unit, its organization, and its
  capabilities. They also have information on personalities. The
  HUMINT collector will use information obtained from databases to
  control the source and assess his answers for truthfulness. They will
  also give the HUMINT collector ideas of other areas to research. For
  example, if the threat is primarily a lightly armed insurgent force,
  studying similar organizations will provide the HUMINT collector with
  valuable insights into the possible methods of operation of the current
  target organization.
  • SITMAP and COP. The current situation, both friendly and enemy, is
  vital for the movement of the HCT and for its collection operations. It
  reflects enemy unit identification, disposition, and boundaries; major
  roads or trails for movement of personnel, equipment, weapons; and
  locations of artillery, minefields, roadblocks, entrenchments, obstacles,
  staging areas, NBC contaminated areas, and ground surveillance
  devices. All of this information can be used in source questioning as
  control questions or in otherwise determining source veracity. The
  HUMINT collector will be able to identify indicators and predict what
  should be PIRs and IRs.
  • INTSUM. The INTSUM provides a summary of the intelligence
  situation covering a specific period as dictated by the commander. It is
  already analyzed intelligence.
  • Intelligence estimate. The intelligence estimate is derived from the
  intelligence preparation of the battlefield (IPB). It is based on all
  available intelligence and considers everything of operational
  significance. It will help point out gaps in the intelligence database. It
  is from these gaps that requirements are derived. It will provide
  information on the mission, AO, weather, terrain, enemy situation,
  enemy capabilities, and conclusions. It will cover all of the standard
  OB topics.
  • Weapons and equipment guides. Weapons and equipment guides can
  assist the HUMINT collector in becoming familiar with the type of
  equipment employed in the AO. Guides are available in hardcopy and
  softcopy.