Intelligence Collection

Intelligence Collection by Robert M. Clark― one of the foremost authorities in the field―offers systematic and analytic coverage of the "how and why" of intelligence collection across its three major stages: the front end (planning), collection, and the back end (processing, exploitation, and dissemination). The book provides a fresh, logical, and easily understandable view of complex collection systems used worldwide. Its ground-breaking organizational approach facilitates understanding and cross-INT collaboration, highlighting the similarities and differences among the collection INTs. Part one explains how the literal INTs such as communications intelligence and cyber collection work. Part two focuses on nonliteral INTs including imagery, electronic intelligence, and MASINT. All chapters use a common format based on systems analysis methodology, detailing function, process, and structure of the collection disciplines. Examples throughout the book highlight topics as diverse as battlespace situational awareness, terrorism, weapons proliferation, criminal networks, treaty monitoring, and identity intelligence. This comprehensive book by one of the foremost authorities in the field offers systematic and analytical coverage of the'how and why'of intelligence collection across its three major stages—the front end (planning), collection, and the back end (processing, exploitation, and dissemination). The book provides a fresh, logical, and easily understandable view of complex collection systems used worldwide. Its ground-breaking organizational approach facilitates understanding and cross-INT collaboration, highlighting the similarities and differences among the collection INTs. The first part of the book explains how the literal INTs—open source, human intelligence, communications intelligence, and cyber collection—work. The second part focuses on nonliteral or technical INTs including imagery, electronic intelligence, and measurements and signatures intelligence. All chapters use a common format based on systems analysis methodology, detailing function, process, and structure of the collection disciplines. The third part is a complete chapter discussing the complexities of collection management in the United States. Rich, full color illustrations accompany the text with examples throughout the book on topics as diverse as battlespace situational awareness, terrorism, weapons proliferation, criminal networks, treaty monitoring, and identity intelligence. Robert Clark not only explains specific collection systems for analysts, but helps collectors work across boundaries and stovepipes, encouraging them to share collection approaches and to promote cross-pollination of ideas across the collection disciplines. The first part of the book covers open source (OSINT), human intelligence (HUMINT), communications intelligence (COMINT), and cyber collection , while the second part of the book is concerned with signals intelligence (SIGINT), imagery intelligence (IMINT), and others. There is also a chapter devoted to the management of intelligence collection. This full-colour guide is richly illustrated with images and graphics that help readers see examples of each type of collection material 1. Introduction I. LITERAL COLLECTION 2. Open Source Intelligence 3. Human Intelligence 4. Communications Intelligence 5. Cyber Collection II. NONLITERAL COLLECTION 6. Overview of Nonliteral Collection 7. Collection Sensors 8. Collection Platforms 9. Optical Imaging 10. Radiometric and Spectral Imaging 11. Radar 12. Synthetic Aperture Radar 13. Passive RF 14. Acoustic and Seismic Sensing 15. Materials Intelligence 16. Biological, Medical, and Biometric Intelligence 17. Materiel Acquisition and Exploitation III. COLLECTION MANAGEMENT STRATEGY 18. Managing Intelligence Collection Glossary Index This user-friendly book by one of the foremost authorities in the field offers systematic and comprehensive coverage of the "what and how" of intelligence collection, including the processing and exploitation of both literal and nonliteral information. **__Intelligence Collection__ by Robert M. Clark―**