Technical Intelligence
Technical Intelligence (TECHINT) refers to intelligence gathered through technical collection means such as satellite imagery and signals intercepts, as distinguished from Human Intelligence (HUMINT).
Technical Intelligence refers to intelligence gathered through technical means, such as satellite imagery and communications intercepts. This is in contrast to Human Intelligence (HUMINT). James Jesus Angleton, the CIA's director of counterintelligence, was known for his forte in human intelligence, and not technical intelligence, such as the U-2 imagery.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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