Table of Contents
Intelligence Techniques
1: HUMINT (Human Intelligence)
“HUMINT” is when secrets come from humans, not machines.
1: Undercover officers (Official and non-officials).
2: Psychological Profiling (Ideology and Money).
What is means:
1: Getting information by talking to people.
2: Using spies, informers, or undercover agents
Real Examples:
1: Adlrich Ames: He was a CIA officer who secretly gave U.S. secrets to Russia.
2: He used hidden meetings and secret handovers.
2: SIGINT (Signals Intelligence)
“SIGNIT” is like putting headphones on enemy communication.
SIGNIT means listening to secret conversations.
1: Phone Interception.
2: Radio and Satellite monitoring.
3: Metadata analysis.
4: Encrypted traffic pattern Analysis (Ideology and Money).
What it means:
1: Listening to phone calls.
2: Reading messages, emails, radio signals.
Real Example:
1: The PRISM program showed how U.S. agencies collected internet data.
Popular Cases:
PRISM:
1: U.S. agencies collected emails, chats, and calls.
2: Exposed by Edward Snowden.
3: Cyber and Digital Intelligence
1: Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs).
2: Zero-day exploitation.
3: Social engineering.
4: Dark-web intelligence
What it means:
1: Using computers and hacking tools.
2: Tracking people online.
3: Breaking into a system digital asset.
Real Example:
1: Stuxnet Virus (A computer virus that damaged Iran’s nuclear machines.
Popular Cases:
Stuxnet:
1: Virus demaged Iran’s nuclear machines.
2: First known cyber weapon.
Pegasus spywere:
1: Used by spy on phones of politicians, High profile personalities and journalists.
4: IMINT and GEOINT (Imagery/Geospatial)
“IMINT” means watching enemies from the sky.
1: Reconnaissance satellites.
2: UAVs/drones.
3: Facial recognition (selective use).
4: Terrain and movement mapping.
What it means:
1: Using satellite photos.
2: Using drones.
3: Studying maps and locations.
Real Examples:
1: Before the Osama Bin Laden raid, the CIA used satellite images to confirm his location.
Popular Cases:
Operation Neptune Spear:
1: Satellite images confirm Osama bin Laden’s location.
5: Surveillance and Counter-Surveillance
“Surveillance” is watching without being seen.
Watching someone secret.
1: Safe houses.
2: Using fake documents.
What is means:
1: Secretly following someone.
2: Watching where they go and who they meet.
Real Examples:
1: Terror suspects are tracked before arrests.
6: Financial and Economic Intelligence
1: Tracking illicit funding.
2: Hawala and Shell companies.
3: Crypto-transacting monitoring.
What it means:
1: Tracking money movement.
2: Finding out who is funding crime or terrorism.
Real Examples:
1: Terror groups use Hawala (Illegal money transfer).
2: Agencies track bank accounts to stop funding.
Hawala Terror Funding:
1: Used by terror groups to move money secretly.
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Actions:
1: Countries monitored for terror funding.
7: PYSOPS and Influence Operations
1: Disinformation campaigns.
2: Social media influence.
What it means:
1: Spreading messages, news, or rumors.
Real Examples:
1: Cold War radio programs influenced people behind enemy borders.
2: Social media propaganda during conflicts.
Popular Cases:
1: Cold War Propaganda: U.S. and USSR used radio and media to influence minds.
2: Social Media Influence Campaigns: Fake news and narratives during elections and wars.
Simple Meaning
1: PsyOps is controlling thoughts, not territory,
