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created: 2025-07-22
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updated: 2025-07-22
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title: Human Intelligence
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- intelligence
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- HUMINT
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description: Human Intelligence (HUMINT) is intelligence gathered by means of interpersonal contact, as opposed to the more technical intelligence disciplines.
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category: "Intelligence Concept"
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summary: "Human Intelligence (HUMINT) is intelligence gathered through interpersonal contact via foreign agents and case officers, as distinguished from technical collection disciplines such as SIGINT and IMINT."
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Human Intelligence (HUMINT) refers to intelligence gathered by means of interpersonal contact, such as through foreign agents and their case officers. It is often considered the "second-oldest profession" in the world of espionage.[^1]
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During the mid-1970s, following a series of scandals and increased congressional scrutiny, the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] under [[Stansfield Turner]] reduced its reliance on HUMINT, favoring more "arm's-length" collection techniques like satellite photography and communications intercepts. This shift inadvertently made psychic intelligence, or [[PSI-INT]], seem like an appealing alternative for intelligence gathering.[^1]
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[^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997. |