translate English to French: Canada’s IO capabilities are spread wide throughout the forces, and they should be consolidated.76 Proper HUMINT training, such as the five-day interview, debrief and elicitation programme offered by the Director General of Intelligence, could go a long way in helping key military leaders become more efficient pieces of the intelligence gathering puzzle.77 Number 3 PPCLI reported that their soldiers established an excellent rapport with indigenous forces and local citizens, and a vast quantity of HUMINT was gathered by this means.78 Section commanders, up to, at the very least, company commanders, need more formal information-gathering courses.79 While HUMINT assets were developed and used on both these missions, they could have been employed much more extensively.
Une formation adéquate sur le renseignement humain, tel le programme offert par la Direction générale du renseignement (entrevues pendant cinq jours, comptes rendus oraux et subtilisation de renseignements), permettrait de faire progresser les choses en aidant les principaux chefs militaires à devenir des rouages plus efficaces de la machine complexe qu’est la collecte du renseignement77. En nouant d’excellentes relations avec les forces et les populations locales, les soldats du 3e bataillon du Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry ont pu recueillir une grande quantité de renseignements78.