{"id":145,"date":"2014-04-18T15:08:34","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T22:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.usacounterterrorism.com\/blog\/?p=145"},"modified":"2014-04-20T11:34:52","modified_gmt":"2014-04-20T18:34:52","slug":"usa-counter-terrorism-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.usacounterterrorism.com\/blog\/usa-counter-terrorism-2\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Counter-terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">What is Intelligence?<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Since 9\/11 the United States as been engaged in a world wide fight against terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>The intelligence community uses five basic<br \/>\nintelligence sources:<br \/>\n<strong>Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT<\/strong>) is the exploitation and analysis of imagery, Imagery Intelligence<br \/>\n(IMINT), and geospatial information to describe, assess, and visually depict physical features and<br \/>\ngeographically referenced activities on the Earth.<br \/>\n<strong>Human Intelligence (HUMINT)<\/strong> is intelligence derived from information collected and provided<br \/>\nby human sources. This information includes overt data collected by personnel in diplomatic and<br \/>\nconsular posts as well as otherwise unobtainable information collected via clandestine sources,<br \/>\ndebriefings of foreign nationals and U.S. citizens who travel abroad, official contacts with foreign<br \/>\ngovernments, and direct observation.<\/p>\n<p><SCRIPT charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Farabiandreamh-20%2F8001%2F4ad1ffe5-5639-407f-baa7-443128ed6195\"> <\/SCRIPT> <NOSCRIPT><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Farabiandreamh-20%2F8001%2F4ad1ffe5-5639-407f-baa7-443128ed6195&#038;Operation=NoScript');\"  href=\"http:\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Farabiandreamh-20%2F8001%2F4ad1ffe5-5639-407f-baa7-443128ed6195&#038;Operation=NoScript\">USA counter terrorism<\/A><\/NOSCRIPT><\/p>\n<p><strong>Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT)<\/strong> is technically derived data other than<br \/>\n<strong>Imagery and Signals Intelligence (SIGINT)<\/strong>. The data is analyzed and results in intelligence that<br \/>\nlocates, identifies, or describes distinctive characteristics of targets. It employs a broad group of disciplines including nuclear, optical, radio frequency, acoustics, seismic, and materials sciences.<br \/>\nExamples include the distinctive radar signatures of specific aircraft systems or the chemical<br \/>\ncomposition of air and water samples.<br \/>\n<strong>Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)<\/strong> is intelligence produced from publicly available information<br \/>\ncollected, exploited, and disseminated in a timely manner to an appropriate audience for the<br \/>\npurpose of addressing a specific intelligence requirement. OSINT draws from a wide variety of<br \/>\ninformation and sources, including the following:<br \/>\n\u2022 Mass Media \u2014 newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and computer-based information.<br \/>\n\u2022 Public Data \u2014 includes government reports, official data such as budgets and<br \/>\ndemographics, hearings, legislative debates, press conferences, speeches, directories,<br \/>\norganization charts, marine and aeronautical safety warnings, environmental impact<br \/>\nstatements, contract awards, and required financial disclosures.<br \/>\n\u2022 Gray Literature (a.k.a. Grey Literature) \u2014 open-source material that usually is available<br \/>\nthrough specialized access for a specific audience. Gray Literature can include, but<br \/>\nis not limited to, research reports, technical reports, economic reports, trip reports,<br \/>\nworking papers, discussion papers, unofficial government documents, proceedings,<br \/>\npre-prints, studies, dissertations and theses, trade literature, market surveys, and<br \/>\nnewsletters. The material cuts across scientific, political, socioeconomic, and military<br \/>\ndisciplines.<br \/>\n\u2022 Observation and Reporting \u2014 includes significant information not otherwise available<br \/>\nthat is\/has been provided by amateur airplane spotters, radio monitors, and satellite<br \/>\nobservers among many others. The availability of worldwide satellite photography,<br \/>\noften high resolution, on the Web (e.g., Google Earth) has expanded open-source<br \/>\ncapabilities into areas formerly available to major intelligence services only.<br \/>\n<strong>Signals Intelligence (SIGINT)<\/strong> is information gathered from data transmissions, including<br \/>\nCommunications Intelligence (COMINT), Electronic Intelligence (ELINT), and Foreign<br \/>\nInstrumentation Signals Intelligence (FISINT). SIGINT includes both the raw data and the<br \/>\nanalysis of the data.<br \/>\n\u2022 COMINT is the capture of information for the purposes of tracking communications<br \/>\npatterns and protocols (traffic analysis), establishing links between intercommunicating<br \/>\nparties or groups, and\/or analysis of the meaning of the communication.<br \/>\n\u2022 FISINT is information derived from the intercept of foreign electromagnetic emissions<br \/>\nassociated with the testing and operational deployment of non-U.S. aerospace,<br \/>\nsurface, and subsurface systems including, but not limited to, telemetry, beaconry,<br \/>\nelectronic interrogators, and video data links.<br \/>\n\u2022 ELINT is information derived primarily from electronic signals that do not contain<br \/>\nspeech or text (which are considered COMINT). The most common sources of this<br \/>\ntype of information are radar signals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Intelligence? 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