This book is a detailed description of the methods used by U.S. Intelligence in Counter Terrorism Operations. It describes the intelligence tradecraft by which U.S. operatives locate Al Qaeda cells and uncover their leadership and clandestine activities. This book throws light on the Shadow War raging behind the Headlines. The Standard Operating Procedure is a checklist of sequential processes necessary to complete a particular task. The tasks in this book are those required to perform Interrogation, Liaison and Source or Informant Operations. This book collects those tasks in a manner that illustrates how a Human Intelligence Operation is planned, executed, and managed. An SOP presumes a certain level of knowledge to follow these procedures, so the reader is encouraged to further research U.S. Intelligence Doctrine. Its real value is in that it allows the reader to understand the enormous investment in money, time, and effort required to battle enemies such as Al Qaeda on a global scale.

HUMINT Operations Mission Planning.--Legal Asepects of Human Intelligence (HUMINT) Operations.--HUMINT Administrative Operations.--HUMINT Analysis.--HUMINT Screeniong Operations.--HUMINT Exploitation Preparation Phase.--HUMINT Exploitation Approach Phase.--HUMINT Exploitation Questioning Phase.--HUMINT Exploitation Termination Phase.--Human Intelligence (HUMINT) Exploitation Reporting Phase.--Document Handling and Exploitation.--Open Source Exploitation.--(CFSO) Plan and Prep.--(CFSO) Operational Coordination Phase.--(CFSO) Collection Phase.--(CFSO) Security Measures Phase.--(CFSO) Operational Techniques and Measures Phase.--(CFSO) Analysis Phase.--(CFSO) Reporting Phase.--(CGSO) Source Administration Phase.--Map Reading.--Interpreter Handling Operations.--Counterintelligence HUMINT Automated Tool Set (CHATS).--HUMINT Exploitation.--Coordination.--Operations.--Analysis.