Intelligence collation in asymmetric conflict: A canadian armed forces perspective

Intelligence in the asymmetric environment appears to lend itself to relying more heavily on information coming from human sources which may provide a wealth of opportunistic intelligence. This kind of information is increasingly available in very large quantities and various formats. The intelligence community has the challenge of ensuring that this collected information/knowledge, which is, by its very nature, mostly unstructured, can actually be "packaged" efficiently so that it can be readily and efficiently exploited for all of its intelligence value. After revisiting the intelligence process and paying particular attention to collation and analysis, the problem of collation is exposed and potential avenues of solutions presented.