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  accordance with DOD Directive 3115.09, “all captured or detained personnel
  shall be treated humanely, and all intelligence interrogations or debriefings
  to gain intelligence from captured or detained personnel shall be conducted
  humanely, in accordance with applicable law and policy. Acts of physical or
  mental torture are prohibited.”
  Identify Critical Facts and Assumptions
  4-42. The human factor is preeminent in this step. Assumptions and facts
  include—
  • How HUMINT collectors can interact with the local population.
  • What types of sources are available.
  • What types of adversary intelligence and unconventional threats are
  present.
  Conduct Risk Assessment
  4-43. There are inherent risks involved in HUMINT collection. HUMINT
  collectors need access to the local population to perform their mission. Rules
  that restrict all forces to base areas to protect the force may be prudent;
  however, these restrictions can severely degrade HUMINT collection
  capabilities, particularly in support of force protection requirements. This
  measure deprives the collectors of sources needed to anticipate and prevent
  violent incidents. HUMINT collectors receive cultural training as well as
  security training to allow them to minimize the dangers of interacting with
  the local population. Commanders must weigh the risk to collectors against
  the risk to the force as a whole, and determine whether to provide additional
  security to the HCT in order to allow the team to perform missions outside
  the base area to gain needed intelligence. DA Pam 385-1 provides guidance
  for risk assessment.
  Select Courses of Action (COAs)
  4-44. During COA development the staff, under the commander’s guidance,
  analyzes various options for deploying and implementing HUMINT assets.
  Input from HUMINT senior NCOs and WOs is vital to COA development and
  analysis. Items to consider during COA development include—
  • The distribution of the HCTs and OMTs within the AO.
  • The support relationship (GS and DS) that exists for the deployed
  teams.
  • The command relationship in effect for the HCTs and OMTs (assigned,
  attached, or OPCON).
  • The manner in which the HUMINT assets are phased into the theater.
  • The tactical configuration (personnel and equipment) of the HCT.
  • The actual number of the HCTs and OMTs and the size of the
  supporting HUMINT operations section (if any) deployed.
  • The priority of the OMT’s efforts.
  • The priority of linguist support.