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List of intelligence gathering disciplines
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Intelligence Gathering Disciplines
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- Human Intelligence - gathered from a person on the ground.
- Patrolling (Military police, patrols, etc);
- strategic reconnaissance, as by Special Forces
- military attaches
- Friendly accredited diplomats
- Prisoners of war (POW's) or detainees;
- Refugees;
- Traveler debriefing(e.g., CIA Domestic Contact Service);
- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs);
- Espionage;
- Geospatial Intelligence - gathered from satellite, aerial photography, mapping/terrain data
- IMINT - Imagery Intelligence - gathered from satellite and aerial photography
- Measurement and Signature Intelligence
- Electro-optical MASINT
- Nuclear MASINT
- Geophysical MASINT
- Weather and Sea Intelligence MASINT
- Acoustic MASINT (also known as ACOUSTINT- Acoustic phenomena)
- Seismic MASINT
- Magnetic MASINT
- [[Geophysical MASINT#Gravitimetric MASINT | Gravitimetric MASINT]
- Open Source Intelligence - gathered from open sources
- Signals Intelligence - gathered from interception of signals
- COMINT - Communications Intelligence
- ELINT - Electronic Intelligence - gathered from non-communications electronic emissions
- Technical Intelligence - gathered from analysis of weapons and equipment used by the armed forces of foreign nations, or environmental conditions.
- MEDINT Medical Intelligence - gathered from analysis of medical records and/or actual physiological examinations to determine health and/or particular ailments/allergetic conditions for exploitation.
- Financial Intelligence - gathered from analysis of monetary transactions