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• Contact Who Spoke in Confidence: For private sector sources who voluntarily alert
federal law enforcement to various suspicious activities. These sources provide
reliable information that is gained in the course of their ordinary duties.
• SOURCE: (U) A contact with [direct/indirect/good/excellent] access who spoke in
confidence and whose reporting, though limited, has been reliable in the past.
• Collaborative Source: This category is for individuals with whom there is a formal
relationship. The reliability statement is based on a combination of the quality and
quantity of the source’s reporting. For example:
• SOURCE: (U) A collaborative source with [direct/indirect/good/excellent] access,
[some/much/all] of whose reporting has been corroborated over the past
[number] years.
• Established Source: This category is primarily for sources with whom there is a long
term relationship and who are responsive to tasking.
• SOURCE: (U) An established source with [direct/indirect/good/excellent] access,
[some/much/all] of whose reporting has been corroborated over the past
[number] years.
• Walk-in/Write-in/Call-in: This category is for individuals who volunteer information
on their own, with or without requesting some sort of assistance in return. Inclusion
of a context statement should be considered for sources that fit this category.
• SOURCE: (U) A walk-in to this agency.
• SOURCE: (U) A write-in to this agency.
• SOURCE: (U) A write-in to an official U.S. Government web site.