Intelligence
Intelligence
Product created through the process of planning, directing, collecting, collating, and analyzing
data for dissemination as useful information.
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
End product which concerns in the aspect of foreign nation or areas of operation.
POLICE INTELLIGENCE
End product which concerns in criminal activity significant to police planning operation.
INTELLIGENCE SERVICE
An agency that chiefly gathers and evaluates information for a country’s political and military
leaders.
• FOREIGN INTERNAL SERVICE- gathers info about foreign countries and institutions.
• INTERNAL SECURITY SERVICE- seeks to neutralize hostile intelligence security services operating
within the country.
The primary intelligence gathering and analysis arm of the Philippine Government, in charge of
carrying out overt, covert and clandestine intelligence programs.
A government agency primarily known for its role as a national clearinghouse for criminal cases
in the country.
Undertakes efficient detection and investigation of crimes and other offenses against the laws of
the Philippines.
Governs the information and intelligence gathered by the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
HISTORY OF INTELLIGENCE
BIBLICAL BEGINNINGS
Employed the art of deception by concealing agents of Israel and duped their pursuers.
A biblical personality, she was able to gain information by using her beauty and charm, she was
responsible for the fall of Samson, a known Israelite leader and enemy of the Philistines.
PRE-MODERN TIMES
SUN TZU
A Chinese philosopher who takes into account practical view in battle. According to him
foreknowledge cannot be elicited from spirits nor from gods nor from analogy with past events
nor from calculations.
He further asserted that if you know thy enemy and know thyself, you need not fear the results
of a hundred of battles.
A Greek Conqueror, was able to identify those who are disloyal to him by ordering the opening
of communication letter of his men and was successful in uplifting the esprit de corps and
morale of his men.
The Roman commander who possessed a white fawn and allowed it to become widely known
that he derived both secrets and guidance from the fawn. His intelligence agents credited their
information to the supernatural power of animals.
AKBAR
The “Great Mogul” and sagacious master of Hidustan employed more than 4,000 agents for the
sole purpose of bringing him the truth that his throne might rest upon it.
GENGHIS KHAN
He instructed his generals to send out spies and used prisoners as sources of information. They
collected information on the weaknesses of rivals by posting themselves as disguised merchants.
JULIUS CAESAR
The speculators where the first intelligence personnel to appear definitely in a military
organization.
Military success of the Romans was aided by the communication system. Made use of pigeons
as carrier which made intelligence transmittal very fast.
RENAISSANCE PERIOD
Spymaster of England, protector to Queen Elizabeth I, and utilizes students as his agents.
RENAISSANCE PERIOD
RICHLIEU
LUIS XIV
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
According to him “one spy in the right place is equivalent to 20,000 men in the field”.
KARL SCHULMEISTER
He is a master of deceit who used black mail to obtain information pertaining to the personality
and identify the enemies of Napoleon during the 18th century.
ALFRED REDL
One of the most brilliant, homosexual intelligence agents. A double spy who while working as
intelligence director of Austria and Hungary, spied for the Russians. In 1913, his treason was
discovered and he was forced to commit suicide. His treason led to the death of 500,000 agents
and soldiers combined in his 13 years espionage episode.
This Prussian master was able to classify his agents into four classes: common spies, double
spies, spies of consequence, and persons which are involuntarily led to undertake espionage.
HANNIBAL OF ROME
Organizer of OSS a builder of Central Intelligence System during the World War 2 and renaming
it to Central Intelligence Agency now.
PRINCIPLES OF INTELLIGENCE
OBJECTIVITY
It is a basic intelligence concept that there be unity between knowledge and action. Intelligence
must be adapted to the needs of the decision.
INTERDEPENDENCE
CONTINUITY
Intelligence must be continuous. What happens today could be studied in the light of what has
happened before which in turn would enable us to predict the shape of the things to come.
COMMUNICATION
Intelligence must be communicated to all the decision makers in the manner that they will
understand and puts intelligence to its most effective use.
USEFULNESS
Intelligence is useless if it remains in the minds or in the files of its collectors. The story must be
told.
SELECTION
TIMELINESS
Intelligence must be communicated at the appropriate time to permit its most effective use.
CIA has been founded in 1947, considered as an independent and top agency in the whole
world.
The prime functions include acquiring and analyzing information about foreigners, public
relations for required data and underground operations at the direction of the president of
United States. The agency headquarter is located in Langley, Virginia, a few miles west of
Washington.
MI6 formally known as the Secret Intelligence Service was created just before the World War I
for the possible reach the activities of the Imperial German government.
The secret front line” of Britain`s national security has responsibilities to keep close eye on
internal and external terror activities, organizations and countries which could harm national
defense and state security.
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) is the principal security agency of
the Russian Federation and the main successor agency to the USSR’s Committee of State
Security (KGB).
The Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), Federal Intelligence Service was established prior to World
War II to spy the enemies’ strategies and plans, headquartered in Pullach near Munich. The
main objective of Agency is surveillance of sensitive issues referred to domestic and foreign
intelligence.
The Australian Secret Intelligent Service (ASIS) agency has been founded in 1951 by the
executive power of the Commonwealth, the mission of ASIS is ‘Protect and promote Australia’s
vital interests through the provision of unique foreign intelligence services as directed by
Government’.
The Ministry of State Security (MSS) is the intelligence-security agency of the People’s Republic
of China, the headquarters located near the Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic
of China in Beijing.
MSS is working parallel to the public security bureaus but has non-state security matters often
collaborate both for the large extent.
MOSSAD is the intelligence agency of Israel, most active organization in the country committed
to collect intelligence involved in counter-terrorism and various covert operations.
The director of agency is bound to report activities to the head of state Prime Minister of Israel.
Contrary to others MOSSAD is considered as most powerful agency due to scarce widened
resources, the undercover agents have been present in various countries to collect the valuable
information for the country.
Mossad’s most notorious unit is the “Special Operations Division” or Metsada which has
involved in many assassinations and secret operations worldwide.
External intelligence agency, operating under the direction of the French Ministry of Defense.
The primary intelligence gathering and analysis arm of the Philippine Government, in charge of
carrying out overt, covert and clandestine intelligence programs.
FORMS OF INTELLIGENCE
SOCIOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE
BIOLOGRAPHICAL ASPECTS
GEOGRAPHICAL INTELLIGENCE
Deals with the progress of research and development as it affects the economic and military
potential of a nation.
Processed information which is long ranged in nature. It is used to describe and define criminals
and their activities as well as provide insight of their Modus Operandi.
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
It is used to coordinate all the activities of the government in developing and executing
integrated and national policies and plans.
UNDERCOVER WORKS
Is an investigative process in which disguises and pretext cover and deception are used to gain
the confidence of criminal suspects for the purpose of determining the nature and extent of any
criminal activities that maybe contemplating or perpetuating.
It is an activity which is intended to build an organization against the enemy by ensuring loyalty
of its members through stringent background investigation.
It also seeks to deny the enemy of any information consisting of passive and active intelligence
measures.
This is also known as Negative Intelligence. - phase of intelligence covering the activity devoted
in destroying the effectiveness of hostile foreign activities and the protection of information
against espionage, subversion and sabotage.
Production of intelligence essential to the prevention of crimes and the investigation, arrests,
and prosecution of criminal offenders.
Keeping peace within the borders of a sovereign state or other self-governing territories,
generally by upholding the national law and defending against internal security threats.
Refers to the knowledge essential to ensure the protection of lives and properties.
Seeks to overcome enemy attempts to use human sources to collect information or to conduct
sabotage and subversion which includes CI Special Operations, Liaison, Counter Security, CI
Screening.
Includes action taken to determine enemy signal intelligence and related capabilities and
activities. These actions include surveillance radar, photo thermal and infrared systems. This
primarily includes interpretation of photographs from aerial units. Sometimes this is termed as
PHOTINT.
Determines enemy signal intelligence and related electronic warfare capabilities. It also assesses
friendly operations to identify patterns, profiles, and develop and recommend counter
measures.
PASSIVE CI MEASURES
Protection of classified and sensitive information against unauthorized access through secrecy
communication security and other safeguards.
ACTIVE CI MEASURES
Those measures which seek actively to block enemies’ effort to gain information or engage in
espionage, subversion and sabotage.
Denies information to the enemy or decrease the intelligence capacity of the enemy.
DETECTION
PREVENTION
NEUTRALIZATION
ESPIONAGE
SABOTAGE
SUBVERSION
TREASON
SEDITION
MILITARY SECURITY
It encompasses the measures taken by a command to protect itself against espionage, enemy
operation sabotage, subversion, or surprise.
Application of both military and civil security measures for counter-intelligence control at point
of entry and departure, international borders and boundaries.
It encompasses the measures taken by a command to protect itself against espionage, enemy
operation sabotage, subversion, or surprise.
Application of both military and civil security measures for counter-intelligence control at point
of entry and departure, international borders and boundaries.
CIVIL SECURITY
SPECIAL OPERATIONS
COMBAT INTELLIGENCE
A kind of intelligence required by the commander to provide for planning and conduct tactical
and administrative operation in counter insurgency. This pertains to knowledge of People,
weather, enemy and Terrain (PWET) used in planning and conducting tactical and administrative
operation in a counter insurgency.
CENSORHIP
It is the control and examination of civil, national armed forces, field press and POWs.
It is an activity that constitutes the value of the CI workload, and includes specific investigation
of individual and incidence which for the most part is conducted in an overt but discreet
manner.
MISSION
Counter action and prevention- recommend counter measures in neutralizing the target.
It is an activity which constitutes the value of work load and includes specific investigation of
individual an incident which for the most part is conducted in an overt but discrete manner.
COLLECTION
PROCESSING
DISSEMINATION
PLANNING
The intelligence officer must have a thorough knowledge of the available sources of information,
the collecting agencies and type of information the latter can provide.
An item of intelligence or information of the characteristics of the area of operations and the
enemy which the commander feels he needs before he can reasonably arrive at a decision.
INFORMATION REQUIREMENT
Information regarding the enemy and its environment which needs to be collected and
processed in order to meet the PIR of a chief.
COLLECTION
The intelligence officer must have thorough knowledge of the available sources of information and
collecting agencies and the type of information they can provide and consider the following:
METHODS OF COLLECTION
A controlled group of people who worked through the direction of the agent handler.
INFORMANT (ASSETS)
College graduate.
AGENT OF INFLUENCE
AGENT IN PLACE
Agent who has been recruited within a highly sensitive target who is just beginning a career or
has been long insider.
PENETRATION AGENT
Agent who has reached the enemy, gather information and able to get back without being
caught.
EXPENDABLE AGENT
DOUBLE AGENT
An enemy agent who has been taken into custody turned around and sent back where he came
from as an agent of his captors.
MOLE
Also known as Sleeper Agent.
Tasked with monitoring an organization or individual. They are trained to be visible but to keep
their motives unknown.
In any clandestine operation, the upper echelon of a spy bureaucracy consists of:
WATCH OFFICERS
COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE OFFICER
REPORT OFFICER
TARGET- person, place or thing, against which the clandestine activity is to be conducted.
PRINCIPAL AGENT
ACTION AGENT
ESPIONAGE AGENT
PROPAGANDIST AGENT
SUPPORT AGENT
COMMUNICATION AGENT
• The spies themselves are mostly considered as traitors, and traitors come in amazing variety of
forms:
INADVERTENT SPIES
DEFECTORS
WALK-INS
UNDERCOVERS
People who have made the plea bargain with law enforcement.
RECRUITS
DOUBLE AGENTS
FALSE FLAG
A pretension on the part of the case officer where he holds a nationality whom the target
DEAD DROP
A place usually a dumpster or public garbage can where materials are discarded and later picked
up.
TECHNIQUES IN BLACKMAILING
CURRENCY VIOLATIONS
Targets are threatened with exposure for violating currency laws of the host nation.
SECURITY VIOLATIONS
Targets are threatened with exposure for violating no trespassing zones or being on government
property of the host nation.
Targets are threatened for prosecution for various criminal offenses that they have been set up
in.
PROCESSING/ANALYSIS
COLLATION
Organization of raw data and information into usable form, grouping similar items of
information so that they will be readily accessible.
RECORDING
The reduction of info writing or some other form of graphical representation and the arranging
of this into groups of related items.
EVALUATION
ANALYSIS
Is the stage in which the collected information is subjected to review in order to satisfy
significant facts and derive conclusions there from.
INTEGRATION
The combination of the elements isolated analysis with other known information related to the
operation.
INTERPRETATION
The process of determining the significance of new information and its meaning.
DEDUCTION
DISSEMINATION
Processed information or intelligence data are disseminated to end users, common methods of
disseminating intel data are conferences, briefing and person to person exchanges.
SURVEILLANCE
Is the covert, discreet observation of people and places for the purpose of obtaining information
concerning the identities or activities of subjects.
BURN OUT
CONTACT
Any persons whom the subject picks or deals with while he is under observation and identifies
the observer.
CONVOY
DECOY
DROP
Any person in a convenient, secure and unsuspecting place where police undercover men meet
his action agent for debriefing or reporting purposes.
LIAISON PROGRAM
This is the assignment of trained intelligence personnel to other agencies in order to obtain
information of police intelligence value.
LOG
Chronological records of activities that took place in the establishment under surveillance.
LOST
The surveillant do not know the whereabouts of their subject or the subject had escape or
eluded the surveillant.
MADE
When the subject under surveillance becomes aware that he is under observation.
PRE-SURVEILLANCE CONFERENCE
A conference held among the team members, police intelligence unit before a surveillance is
conducted.
RABBIT/HARE
SAFE HOUSE
Refers to place where agents meet each other for purposes of debriefing and reporting.
STAKEOUT OR PLANT
SUBJECT
Can be a person, place, property and vehicle, group of people, organization, or object.
SURVEILLANCE PLAN
A plan established as required according to type of personnel, and the general and specific
instructions for surveillance.
SURVEILLANT
TAILING OR SHADOWING
The common trick of the subject when he becomes conscious that he is being tailed.
UNDERCOVER MAN
It refers to a person trained to observe and penetrate certain organization suspected of illegal
activities and later reports the observation and information’s that proper operational action can
be made.
METHODS OF SURVEILLANCE
STATIONARY SURVEILLANCE
Also referred to as Fixed or Stakeout Surveillance - is used when you know or suspect that a
person is at or will come to a known location, when you suspect that stolen goods are to be
dropped or when informants have told you that a crime is going to be committed.
TECHNICAL
MOVING SURVEILLANCE/SHADOWING/TAILING
BUG
BUG DETECTOR
Electronic device that produces a tone that can pick up any form of electronic transmission.
PEN REGISTRER
SCRAMBLER
Device attached to the telephone that scrambles the speaker’s voice to everyone.
TAP
VOICE AMPLIFIER
• Pick sounds from a distance away and also called as Bionic Ear.
FORMS OF SHADOWING/TAILING
LOOSE TAIL
Employed where a general impression of the subject's habits and associates is required. It can
be applied frequently or infrequently, or in varied occasions.
ROUGH SHADOWING
Employed without special precautions, subject maybe aware of the surveillance, employed also
when the subject is a material witness and must be protected from harm or other undesirable
influences.
CLOSE TAIL
Extreme precautions are taken against losing the subject is employed where constant
surveillance is necessary.
PROGRESSIVE/LEAPFROG METHOD
Attempting to locate the hideout of the subject and agents are at the same point always.
AUTOMOBILE SURVEILLANCE
Depends on the numbers and types of surveillance vehicles available, volume of traffic.
Area condition and habit- whether the place is a residential, commercial, highly urbanized, or
rural.
Active opposition- means all organs of every security system whose task is to prevent
intelligence activity in a given area.
Escape and evasion- the exit planning in case of emergencies from immediate focal point to the
general area.
METHODS OF CASING
PERSONAL RECONNAISANCE
MAP RECONNAISANCE
RESEARCH
More information can be acquired and best used with other methods.
PRIOR INFORMATION
HEARSAY
Information usually gains by the person operating in the area and performing casing job.
ELICITATION
It is a system whereby information of intelligence value is obtained through the process of direct
intercommunication with one or more parties who are unaware of the purpose of the
conversation.
FLATTERY APPROACH
TEACHER/PUPIL
Make the person express topics about him. Most people like to talk about themselves.
KINDRED SOLE
“Misery loves company”. People express a need for recognition, particularly the lonely, the
neglected, the vain and those with feelings of inferiority.
GOOD SAMARITAN
PROVOCATION APPROACH
TEASER-BAIT
Make the source believe you know more than he knows on the topic.
JOE BLOW
The elicitor adopts an unbelievable attitude above anything. He questions all statements and
oppositions.
Natural propensity of all persons to defend their country and its policies.
PROBE
An attempt to obtain more information after the subject gives a vague, incomplete general
response. It is used to sustain the conversation.
COMPLETION
By inserting bits of factual information on a particular topic, the source may be influenced to
confirm and further expand on the topic.
CLARITY
A request for additional information where the source`s response is unclear. Like “what do you
mean by….”.
HYPOTHETICAL
Can be associated with a thought or idea expressed by the source. Many people who might not
make a comment concerning an actual event may express an opinion on a hypothetical
situation.
It serves to pin down a subject in a specific area or it may be used to point out contradictions in
what the subject has said.
BUGGING
The use of an equipment or tool to listen and record discreetly conversation of other people.
WIRETAPPING
TACTICAL INTERROGATION
It is the process or method of obtaining information from a captured enemy who is reluctant to
divulge information.
PORTRAIT PARLE
It is a means of using descriptive terms in relation to the personal features of an individual and it
can be briefly described as a word description or a spoken picture.
UNDERCOVER OPERATION
Disguising one’s own identity or using an assumed identity for the purpose of gaining the trust
of an individual or organization to learn secret information or to gain the trust of targeted
individuals in order to gain information or evidence.
COVER
It refers to the changing, forging, or falsifying agent' real personality including but not limited to
things, location, job and others that will be used in undercover assignments.
TYPES OF COVER
RESIDENTIAL/DWELLING ASSIGNMENT
Related to the neighbor of the subject and agent will live as a new resident without making
suspicion.
SOCIAL ASSIGNMENT
WORK ASSIGNMENT
SUBVERSIVE ASSIGNMENT
Most dangerous of all undercover assignment wherein the agent will join the organization.
MULTIPLE ASSIGNMENTS
ROPE JOB
ORGANIZATIONAL COVER
Account consisting of biographical which when adopted by an individual will assume the
personality he wants to adopt.
PLANNING PHASE
Case in managed and coordinated with the major problems in the operation.
COMMUNICATION
INVESTIGATION
CLOSURE
BURNED
AGENT CONTROL
CONTROL
Authority to direct the agent to carry out task or requirement on behalf of the clandestine
organization in an acceptable manner and security.
POSITIVE CONTROL
Characterized by professionalism and rapport like agent motivation and psychological control.
NEGATIVE CONTROL
Characterized by threat and it includes disciplinary action, escrow account and blackmail.
AGENT CONTROL
DISCIPLINARY ACTION
Includes verbal reprimand for poor performance or insecure actions withholding certain
material rewards, reduction of agents’ salary or in extreme situation the threat of terminating
professional relationship.
ESCROW ACCOUNT
Putting agent’s salary in the bank to be withdrawn only after a fulfillment of a condition.
CODING
The changing of message from plain clear text to unintelligible form, also known as encrypting.
DECODING
CRYPTOGRAPHY
Arts and science of codes and ciphers.
CRYPTO ANALYST
CRYPTOGRAPHER
Refers to a person who is highly skilled in converting message from clear to unintelligible forms
by use of codes and ciphers.
SECURITY CLEARANCE
A certification by a responsible authority that the person described is clear to access and classify
matters at appropriate levels.
CLASSIFIED
COMPROMISE
COMPARTMENTATION
The grant of access to classified matter only to properly cleaved persons in the performance of
their official duties.
DECLASSIFY
RECLASSIFY
UPGRADING
NEED TO KNOW
Term given to the requirement that dissemination of classified matters is limited only to
authorities because of the nature of their work.
CLASSIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS
Calls for the utmost degree of protection, Unauthorized revelation of these materials and
information will cause extremely severe damage to the nation, politically, economically, or
militarily.
SECRET (RED)
Unauthorized disclosure of these documents or things may put at risk the national security,
cause serious injury to the reputation of the nation.
Examples: info about intelligence operations, troop movements, order of battle, etc.
CONFIDENTIAL (BLUE)
Examples: plans of government projects, routine intelligence reports, personnel records, etc.
This are information which should not be published or communicated to anyone except for
official purposes.
These records are daily files, routine in nature even if lost or destroyed will not affect operation
or administration.
PHYSICAL SECURITY
The broadest type of security that is concerned with the physical measures designed to
safeguard personnel and prevent unauthorized access to equipment, facilities, materials,
documents and to protect them from espionage, sabotage, damage, or theft.
COMMUNICATION SECURITY
The protection resulting from the application of various measures which prevent or delay the
enemy or unauthorized person in gaining information through communication.
Protection of documents, classified matters and vital records from loss, access to unauthorized
persons, damage, theft and compromise through proper storage and procedure.
PERSONNEL SECURITY
The sum total procedures followed, inquiries conducted and criteria applied to determine the
work suitable to a particular applicant or the retention or transfer of a particular employee.
NATIONAL INTEREST
NATIONAL SECURITY
The state or condition wherein the people’s way of life and institutions, their territorial integrity
and sovereignty, as well as their welfare and well-being, are protected or advance.
INSURGENCY/INSURGENT
The used in connection with any movement that employs extra-legal measures in rising up
against an incumbent authority for the purpose of obtaining some change in social order.
SUBVERSIVE INSURGENCY
INSURGENT WAR
• A violent form of subversive insurgency and it is a deliberate effort using local adherence.
POLITICAL STRENGTH
Stems from the character of the people and from the type and stability of the government and
the sounders of its foreign policy.
ECONOMIC STRENGTH
Stems from a combination of factor such as geographic location, climatic conditions and
supplies.
CULTURAL STRENGTH
Stems from the national unity, the social and moral fiber of the people and the things that they
believe.
MILITARY STRENGTH
The ability of a nation to exert pressure by armed force in furtherance of national policy.
INTELLIGENCE
TARGET HARDENING
INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
The approval of the Republic Act 9372 or the Human Security Act of 2007.
CYBERCRIME
COMPUTER DATA
Anything stored in the memory of the computer software either text, audio, video, or any form
of communication.
DIGITAL INVESTIGATION
Process undertaken by the forensic computer investigator and examiner to uncover the
elements of the crime.
DIGITAL DEVICE
All devices capable of performing multiple functions such as storing, sending, and receiving
electronic data.
ELECTRONIC DATA