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- Concept
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- Intelligence
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category: "Intelligence Concept"
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summary: "Technical Intelligence (TECHINT) refers to intelligence gathered through technical collection means such as satellite imagery and signals intercepts, as distinguished from Human Intelligence (HUMINT)."
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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 [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]'s director of counterintelligence, was known for his forte in human intelligence, and not technical intelligence, such as the U-2 imagery.[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 11. |