Human Intelligence (HUMINT)
Human Intelligence (HUMINT) refers to intelligence gathered from human sources, the discipline in which CIA counterintelligence chief James Jesus Angleton was considered most expert.
Human Intelligence (HUMINT) refers to intelligence gathered from human sources. James Jesus Angleton, the CIA's director of counterintelligence, was known for his forte in HUMINT. However, analysts in the CIA's Office of National Estimates (ONE) often did not find his HUMINT sources reliable, particularly concerning Dimona and Israel's nuclear weapons progress.1
Sources
- Hersh, Seymour M. The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy. Random House, 1991. Chapter 11. ↩
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