It doesn't included espionage, since espionage is really a means to an end. Collection takes place using open or closed sources.
Analysis involves a variety of techniques to make conclusions or inferences.
Synthesis normally produces a product, such as a chart, graph, table, summary, or other visual aid. Interception comprises search, intercept, operator identification, signal analysis, traffic analysis, cryptonalysis, decryption, study of plaintext the fusion of these processes and the reporting of results. Excluded from this definition are the interception and processing of unencrypted written communications, press and propaganda broadcasts. An offensive operation that acquires defensive aspects tends to increase the emphasis on intelligence. Open sources is a term for primary and secondary source materials that are unclassified and may or may not be produced by the government.