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Indicator: Generally defined and observable actions that, on the basis of an analysis of past
known behaviors and characteristics, collectively suggest that a person may be committing,
preparing to commit, or has committed an unlawful act.
Inductive Logic: The reasoning process of using diverse pieces of specific information to infer
(from the information) a broader meaning through the course of hypothesis development.
Inference Development: The creation of a probabilistic conclusion, estimate, or prediction
related to an intelligence target by using inductive or deductive logic in the analysis of raw
information related to the target.
Informant: An individual not affiliated with a law enforcement agency who provides information
about criminal behavior to a law enforcement agency. An informant may be a community
member, a businessperson, or a criminal informant who seeks to protect himself/herself from
prosecution and/or provide the information in exchange for payment.
Information: Pieces of raw, unanalyzed data that identify persons, evidence, or events, or
illustrate processes that indicate the incidence of an event or evidence of an event.
Information Sharing Environment (ISE): The ISE provides analysts, operators and investigators
with integrated and synthesized terrorism, weapons of mass destruction and homeland
security information needed to enhance national security and help keep our people safe. The
ISE supports the law enforcement, public safety, homeland security, intelligence, defense, and
foriegn affairs communities and facilitates sharing between and among federal, state, local,
tribal, and territorial governments, the private sector and foriegn partners. The ISE established
by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 and the Program Manager was
granted government wide authority to plan for, oversee the implementation of, and manage
the ISE.