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INTELLIGENCE EVALUATION SHEET
INFORMATION and
INSTRUCTIONS;
The
information
in
this report
was obtained
in direct
response
to
an
intelligence collection requirement provided by your office.
The material
furnished to you has been acquired through
a unique
and highly sensitive collection
technique.
Your care
in
evaluating
this information
will
form the basis by which
USI
can
assess this technique and/or modify and refine
the technology to
improve
its overall
value.
While formulating your evaluation
the
following comments concerning this unique collection technique
may be
helpful.
Foremost
it
must
be stated that
the
information obtained through
this technique
is
likely to consist
of
a mixture
of correct,
incorrect
or
at times apparently,
irrelevant
data.
Given
this
anomaly the consumer
should
be sensitive
to the following.
a.
Conceptual
descriptive data tends
to be more reliable
than analytic
labeling.
As
an example,
a source may
inappropriately report
(label)
a body of water
in
an artificial
holding device
at
a designated target
as
a
’recreational
swimming
pool,” when
in
fact
it
is
a water purification sewage
pool.
More
critical
however,
is
that
an aircraft fuselage may be erroneously
labeled by the source
as
a submarine
hull.
Caution
is therefore
advised when
a source's descriptions evidence
a great deal
of
analytic
labeling.
Again,
conceptual
descriptive data tends
to
be more reliable
than analytic
labeling.
b.
Certain anomalies may exist
in
the
overall
descriptive
reporting.
A report
on
a known
three building complex may,
for
example,
only contain data pertaining
to two buildings.
Furthermore,
significant buildings
or facilities may be
attributed to
a site
when
it
is known
that such
’’additions
do
not
exist.
Such gaps
or additions
are neither
intentional
nor
an
attempt
to fabricate
information.
In
fact,
they occasionally may
prove
useful
with careful
analysis
on the part
of
the consumer*
When
this type
of serious gap
or addition
is encountered
it
should only be weighed
in
the context
of the actual
tasking and
how
it affects
the results
of the
information
sought.
In other
words,
if
you were
initially seeking
the purpose
of
a deep
circular hole
in
the ground,
do not
be concerned about additional
descriptions
of
a nearby lake when previously confirmed
information
indicated no
lake
is present
at
the
site.
Instead,
focus
your evaluation
on
the data pertaining
to the deep circular
hole,
while within
reason,
ignoring extraneous data.
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c.
At
times,
some data may appear
to
be abstract with no
apparent
importance even though other data tends to confirm an
improve upon the known data base
on
a target.
Information of
this nature
may,
at
a
later
date,
be valuable.
Fo
£ J^mpie,
reported
lack of personnel
at
a normally bustling defense
installation may seem incongruous until
it
is
learned
at
a
date
that this particular reporting period coincided with
evacuation
Hrill.
d.
The consumer should be aware that
for reasons
of
security,
strict compartmentat i on and operational
effectiveness,
the actual
collectors
(sources)
of this data are given only
general
guidance.
Therefore,
the collectors may tend to report
on many seemingly extraneous facets of
a target as wellau the
specific area of
interest to the consumer.
If this otherwise
superfluous data
is known
to
be true,
the veracity of
the
source's other descriptions
is enhanced.
It
is recommended that the consumer first examine the
information
provided to
isolate
the data already known,
if
any,
about
the
target.
From this data base
the consumer should extract any new
and heretofore unknown
information relevant to the specific
target
.
The
"irrelevant”
information should be examined
carefully
in
light
of the comments
listed above.
Patently false
or
irrelevant
information should be weighted
as
a facet
of your
evaluation only when this data contradicts previously confirmed
information pertaining
to the
target.
If you have any questions regarding this
letter,
the
Intelligence
Evaluation Sheet
(IES),
or any information provided to you
by
this activity please contact this office
at any time.
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