Friday, July 26, 2013

Community Defense Framework The Basics of HUMINT Collection: Tactical Questioning

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Before we get into TQ, I’ve updated the Training page to reflect a few classes.  We have the first ICAC scheduled for the Atlanta area on 17-18 August.  We already have a nice sized class shaping up.  I’m going to limit these classes to 10 pax because there will be a lot of questions, and because everyone benefits from one-on-one interaction.  We have a few spots left, so email me if you’re interested.
 
Seeing as how the new Intelligence Collection and Analysis Course (ICAC) is going to cover interviewing and tactical questioning, I figured now’s a good a time as any to provide a brief primer on the mystical skills of “interrogation”.

In keeping with our motto that “Every Patriot is a Sensor”, it’s incumbent on all Patriots to collect information of intelligence value when able.  On a tactical or community level, most collection should be passive instead of active.  By passive collection, I mean collecting information that you overhear or come into contact with in the normal course of your duties; you’re not going out of your way to gather information.  If everyone was James Bond, there’d be thousands of 007 movies.  The best thing to do is unless you’ve been tasked to satisfy an intelligence requirement, to stay out of the way.  There’s no sense in fifteen “collectors” asking the same individual about the same information.  Chances are good that you’ll screw up the source, especially an unwitting source.

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