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quick help with definitions please? - 10/18/2013 7:21:30 PM

GBS

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Couldn't find in the glossary. What is HUMINT and SIGINT and what is the difference. I'm sure it is common military terminology.

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RE: quick help with definitions please? - 10/18/2013 7:35:28 PM

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Human Intelligence (frequently abbreviated HUMINT) is intelligence gathered by means of interpersonal contact, as opposed to the more technical intelligence gathering disciplines such as Signals Intelligence, Imagery Intelligence and MASINT.
NATO defines HUMINT as "a category of intelligence derived from information collected and provided by human sources."[1] Typical HUMINT activities consist of interrogations and conversations with persons having access to information.

Signals intelligence (often contracted to SIGINT) is intelligence-gathering by interception of signals, whether between people ("communications intelligence"�COMINT) or from electronic signals not directly used in communication ("electronic intelligence"�ELINT), or a combination of the two. As sensitive information is often encrypted, signals intelligence often involves the use of cryptanalysis. Also, traffic analysis�the study of who is signaling whom and in what quantity�can often produce valuable information, even when the messages themselves cannot be decrypted.

From the good ole' wikipedia.

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RE: quick help with definitions please? - 10/18/2013 7:35:32 PM

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human intelligence ( spied)
signal intelligence (esm, bugs, technical means of getting information)

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