4 censorship it is the control and examination of the

4. Censorship – it is the control and examination of the following;
a. civil
b. national
c. armed forces
d. field press
e. POW
Counterintelligence Investigation – is an activity which constitutes the value of the counterintelligence
workload, worldwide and includes specific investigation of individual and incidence, which for the most
part are conducted in an overt but discreet manner.
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Three Categories of Counterintelligence Measures
1. Denial Measures – secrecy discipline, document security, camouflage and concealment,
communication security, military censorship, counter reconnaissance effort
2. Detection Measures – secuiry tag or pass card, challenge or password, reconnaissance
3. Deception Measures – ruse – use of escape and evasion, dummy position, fabricated information
THE INTELLIGENCE CYCLE
Intelligence Cycle – the process through which intelligence is obtained, produced and made available to
users.
PHASE I – Planning the Collection Effort – it involves the determination of the requirements of
intelligence operation
1. Determination of Requirements
a. Enemy capabilities, including time, place, strength, or other details
b. Enemy vulnerabilities, including nature, extent, performance and other details
c. Enemy order of battle and factors
d. Terrain, including natural and artificial obstacles
e. Weather
f. Information desired by higher, lower or adjacent headquarters
2. Determination of the Essential Elements of Information
Essential Element of Information – an item of 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.
3. Establishment of Priorities
Priorities – reflect the criticality of the need for the particular information. No formula exists which can
automatically determine priorities. Such determination is a matter of judgment.
PHASE II – Collection of Information
a. Determine collecting agency
b. Send orders or request
c. Supervise collection efforts
d. Use tools or technique in collection
e. Ensure timely collection
Factors in Choosing Collection Agents
1. Capability – agent’s placement or access to the target
2. Multiplicity – more agents
3. Balance – the number of agents needed in the operation
PHASE III – Processing the Collected Information
1. Recording – is the reduction of information into writing or some other form of graphical representation
and the arranging of this information into groups related items.
2. Evaluation – is the determination of the pertinence of the information to the operation, reliability of the
source of or agency and the accuracy of the information.
Evaluation to Determine
a. Pertinence – does it holds some value to current operation
is it needed immediately
b. Reliability – judging the source of information or agency
c. Credibility – truth of information
Judging Credibility
a. It is possible for the reported fact or event to have taken place?