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Case Officer: A professional employee of an intelligence organization who is responsible for
providing direction for an agent operation.
Clandestine Activity: An activity that is usually extensive, goal-oriented, planned, and executed
to conceal the existence of the operation. Only participants and the agency sponsoring the
activity are intended to know about the operation. “Storefront” operations, “stings,” and certain
concentrated undercover investigations can be classified as clandestine activities.
Classification: The determination that official information requires, in the interest of national
security, a specific degree of protection against unauthorized disclosure, coupled with a
designation signifying that such a determination has been made; the designation is normally
termed a security classification and includes Confidential, Secret, and Top Secret.
Collation (of information): A review of collected and evaluated information to determine its
substantive applicability to a case or problem at issue and placement of useful information into
a form or system that permits easy and rapid access and retrieval.
Collateral Information: National security information classified TOP SECRET, SECRET or
CONFIDENTIAL that is not sensitive compartmented information.
Collection (of information): The identification, location, and recording/storing of information—
typically from an original source and using both human and technological means—for input into
the intelligence cycle for the purpose of meeting a defined tactical or strategic intelligence goal.
Collection Plan: The preliminary step toward completing an assessment of intelligence
requirements to determine what type of information needs to be collected, alternatives for how
to collect the information, and a timeline for collecting the information.