What is HUMINT?
'''HUMINT''' (an abbreviation of '''Human Intelligence''') is [[military intelligence|intelligence]] information got from personal contacts. It is a term used in the [[spy]] community of the [[NATO]] countries. ==Sources== Sources may be neutral, friendly, or hostile. They may or may not know they are giving information.<ref>Benedict, Ruth 1989. ''The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: patterns of Japanese culture''. Mariner Books. ISBN 0-395-50075-3. Very widely used source for interpreting Japanese culture.</ref><ref>Compos, Don ''The interrogation of suspects under arrest.'' (pdf), Studies in Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency. [https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/vol2no3/pdf/v02i3a08p.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017163240/https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/vol2no3/pdf/v02i3a08p.pdf |date=2020-10-17 }}</ref><ref>Walton, Douglas 2003. The interrogation as a type of dialogue. ''Journal of Pragmatics'' '''35''': 1771. [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378216602002011?via%3Dihub]</ref><ref> Skerker, Michael 2010. ''An ethics of interrogation''. Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press.</ref> Examples of HUMINT sources are: *Advisors or foreign internal defence personnel working with the host nation forces or populations; *[[Diplomacy|Diplomatic reporting]] by accredited diplomats (e.g. military attachés); *[[Espionage]]: secret reporting, using agents, couriers, cutouts; *[[Military attaché]]s: getting information is their job; *[[Non-governmental organization]]s (NGOs); *[[Prisoners of war]] (POWs) or other detainees; *[[Refugees]]; *Routine patrolling (by [[military police]], etc); *Talking to travellers (e.g. the [[CIA]] Domestic Contact Service). == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Intelligence agencies]] [[Category:Human communication]]