Technical Intelligence for the Non-Technical Student is a course that teaches the basics of Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT), Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Measurement and Signals Intelligence (MASINT). It provides an overview of technical intelligence systems and organizations, and describes the processes that the Intelligence Community uses to set priorities and collect information by technical means. Real world examples of unclassified and declassified systems and intelligence products are featured throughout the lectures to facilitate student understanding.

Course Objectives:
This course seeks to promote understanding of technical disciplines as a way of furthering collaboration across the intelligence enterprise, and to bridge the gap between the collection and analytic disciplines. More specifically, upon completion of this course, participants will have a better understanding of:

• Intelligence gathering by technical systems
• How technical collection systems work, their capabilities and limitations, how they are used in practice, and the intelligence that they provide
• The terminology of technical collection, and their applications to intelligence issues
• How technical intelligence fits into intelligence collection and the analytic process
• How technical collection supports policy decisions and military operations

Who Should Attend: Intelligence analysts, intelligence consumers, collection specialists, collection managers, military operators, policy makers, and contractors who support the intelligence sector.*
Length of Course: One (1) day
Instructor(s): Regis (Reg) Heitchue

*Participants should read Eyes in the Sky: Eisenhower, the CIA and Cold War Aerial Espionage, by Dino A. Brugioni, prior to attending this course.

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