text: FM 2-22.3 _________________________________________________________________________________
  • All key leaders (political, military, social, religious, tribal), opinion
  leaders, and other influences on public opinion.
  • The media and its influence on the population of both the AO and AOI.
  • The primary and secondary languages and dialects spoken in all parts
  of the AO.
  4-39. A target folder, if one is used, provides valuable up-to-date intelligence
  information about the AO for mission analysis and planning. Once
  intelligence products identify the contentious areas, trends, capabilities, and
  latest issues concerning the AO, the commander may request a target folder
  prepared on specific items, such as a hostile organization with the inclination
  and potential to cause harm to friendly forces. Target folders may include—
  • Imagery of the AO and personalities.
  • Terrain models of the AO.
  • Latest information reports from the AO.
  • Biographical data on key leaders in the AO.
  Review Available Assets
  4-40. The commander and staff, including the OMTs or HUMINT operations
  section, must look at organic assets and consider factors such as language
  capability, experience in various aspects of collection, analysis, and
  management. If organic assets are inadequate, the commander and staff
  should consider additional available assets within the organization and
  resources from higher echelons. The commander and staff must consider the
  analysis and management structure of a HUMINT operations section in
  addition to the OMT and HCTs. During this step the mission analysis and
  planning group should determine, among other things—
  • The number of HUMINT collectors available.
  • The number of collectors who are qualified linguists.
  • The number of linguists available to support the collectors.
  • Force protection considerations.
  • The optimal number of HCTs, OMTs, and HUMINT operations
  sections that can be configured from the available assets.
  • Whether additional assets such as CI agents, TECHINT personnel,
  analysts, additional linguists, or other experts need to be added to
  some or all the HCTs to meet mission requirements.
  Determine Constraints
  4-41. This is a critical step in HUMINT mission analysis. HUMINT collection
  operations are affected by applicable law and policy. Applicable law and
  policy include US law; the law of war; relevant international law; relevant
  directives including DOD Directive 3115.09, “DOD Intelligence
  Interrogations, Detainee Debriefings, and Tactical Questioning”; DOD
  Directive 2310.1E, “The Department of Defense Detainee Program”; DOD
  instructions; and military execute orders including FRAGOs. The degree of
  restriction may depend on the type of operation being conducted. Constraints
  are normally found in the scheme of maneuver, the concept of operations, and
  coordinating instructions. Specific to intelligence interrogation operations, in