Intelligence Information Reports

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Intelligence Information Reports
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Intelligence Information ReportTask, Conditions,
Standards

• Task To prepare an Intelligence Information
  Report (IIR).
• Conditions Given a source capable of answering
  requirements, DIAM 58-12, and unit SOP.
• Standards Prepare an IIR IAW DIAM 58-12 and unit
  SOP.

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Overview

• IIR Format
• IIR Hints

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IIR Format

• CITE
• CITE (U) SMID-9001-00.
• SERIAL
• SERIAL (U) IIR 2 216 9XXX 00.
• PASS
• PASS (U) SCJ2 USSOUTHCOM PASS TO CHE BONILLA,
  USARSO COLL MGR.
• Optional Prosign

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IIR Format

• COUNTRY
• COUNTRY (U) PANAMA (PM) EL SALVADOR (ES) CUBA
  (CU).
• IPSP
• IPSP (U) IFC1120 IFC1131.
• SUBJ
• SUBJ IIR 2 216 9XXX 00/TIARA -THE 66TH TANK
  BRIGADE (U)

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IIR Format

• DOI
• DOI (U) 19991203.
• REQS
• REQS (U) U-UEV-1131-011-97 G-TRI-1122-423-00.
• REQS (U) INITIATIVE.

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IIR Format

• SOURCE
• SOURCE (C/NF) //DARM-006-99//AN
  __________________ WHO HAD DIRECT (INDIRECT)
  ACCESS TO THE REPORTED INFORMATION. RELIABILITY
  CANNOT BE DETERMINED AT THIS TIME.

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IIR Format

• SUMMARY
• SUMMARY (C) THE 66TH TANK BDE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
  DEFENDING THE CITY OF BARRAZA. THE BDE CONSISTS
  OF THREE TANK BNS AND ONE INFANTRY BN. THIS IIR
  IS THE RESULT OF A JOINT DEBRIEFING BETWEEN DHS
  AND THE 66TH MI GP. ENCLOSURE.

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IIR Format

• TEXT
• COMMENTS
• COMMENTS (U) (FIELD COMMENTS) - 1. (U) THIS IS
  THE FIRST REPORT FROM THIS SOURCE.
• 2. (U) THIS REPORT ANSWERS USAREUR PIR NUMBER
  XXX DATED XXXXXX.
• 3. (U) SOURCE IS AVAILABLE FOR RECONTACT.
• 4. (U) ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE
  CONTENT OF THIS IIR TO OCE HUMINT OPERATIONS
  OFFICER 66TH MI GRP AT STU III 314-347-3338.
• 5. (U) FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE 66TH
  TANK BRIGADE FACILITY, CITE IIR SMID-9002-00,
  TIARA-THE 66TH TANK BDE, A VERBAL DESCRIPTION.

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IIR Format

• COLL
• COLL (U) BA AC FQ BH.
• INSTR
• INSTR (U) U.S. NO.
• INSTR (U) U.S. YES 13.
• PREP
• PREP (U) 2-10343.

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IIR Format

• ENCL
• ENCL (U) TO FOLLOW -SOURCE MEMORY SKETCH, 1
  COPY, 1270TH TANK RGT (U), 19991226, 2 PAGES (C).
• ENCL (U) TO FOLLOW - 2 ENCLOSURES.
  1. PHOTOGRAPHY, 1 ROLL, 35MM
  UNPROCESSED KODACOLOR FILM, SOTO CANO AIR BASE
  (U), 19991202, 24 FRAMES (C).
  2. LEAFLET, 1 COPY, COMUNISMO EN LAS
  AMERICAS (COMMUNISM IN THE AMERICAS) (U), IN
  SPANISH, UNDATED, 1 PAGE (U).

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IIR Format

• ACQ
• ACQ (U) HEIDELBERG, GERMANY (19991225).
• DISSEM
• DISSEM (U) FIELD - TASK FORCE ABLE SENTRY. SENT
  TO -JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK.

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IIR Hints - General Categories

• Style
• Dos and Donts
• Numbers
• Map Coordinates

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IIR Hints - Style

• Foreign Acronyms
• Panamanian Defense Forces (Fuerzas de Defensa de
  Panama -FDP)
• Equipment Identification
• BM-21 Multiple Rocket Launcher (MRL)
• Active Voice
• Abbreviations

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IIR Hints - Style

• Paragraph Format Outline Style
• 1. (C/NF)
  
  
  
  A. (C/NF)
  
  (1) (C/NF)
  
  (A) (C/NF)
• Paragraph Titling
• 1. (C) MISSION. THE MISSION...
• 2. (C) DISPOSITION. UNIT X IS LOCATED...

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IIR Hints - Style

• Quotation Marks
• LA BARRICADA
• MORONS
• MALCOLM X
• Field and Source Comments
• (FIELD COMMENT - ...........).
• (SOURCE COMMENT - .......).

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IIR Hints - Dos Donts

• Flag Officers
• Mulitiple Subjects
• Use of Symbols ()
• Springboarding from Summary
• Isolated Data in Memory Sketches

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IIR Hints - Dos Donts

• Catch All Phrases
• Source Said...
• Names
• Contractions
• Colons
• U.S. vs. American

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IIR Hints - Dos Donts

• Directions
• Negative Information
• Use of NFI and (NFI)
• Use of UNKNOWN
• Grid Coordinates
• General Questions

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IIR Hints - Numbers

• Quantities
• ...ten trucks but only six drivers...
• ...25 tanks, 10 trucks, but only 6 drivers...
• Measurements/Distances
• ...the fence measured 1.5 meters high and 200
  meters long...
• Ordinal Numbers
• Adjective 3rd Infantry Battalion
• Quantity One third of humanity...

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IIR Hints - Numbers

• Dates
• ...killed on 6 Mar 1998...
• Foreign Currency
• ...their monthly salary is 300 Pesetas (144
  USD)...
• Calibers
• ...9mm Makarov pistols....

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IIR Hints - Numbers

• Time
• ...will attack at 2300 hours local time...
• Leading Off a Sentence
• Twenty five meters north of ....

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IIR Hints - Map Coordinates

• UTMCOORD VS GEOCOORD
• Map Sheet Data

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UTMCOORD/GEOCOORD Examples

• ...LIGHTHOUSE //UTMCOORDLR356980 SHEET 1730 IV
  EDITION 1-DMATC SERIES E724 SCALE 1-50,000
  WGS-84//
• ...POL STORAGE AREA //UTMCOORDLR381961, SHEET
  1730 IV//
• ...TO CIENFUEGOS //GEOCOORD2216N/08413W, USBGN//

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Questions?